The Rangers finished one game better — actually worse — than Pittsburgh. The Pirates, who had the No. It will be the sixth time since the club moved to Texas in that the Rangers have had a pick in the top three. It will be the first time since when the Rangers have had top three picks in consecutive years. The last time, the Rangers took David Clyde No. The Rangers drafted Vanderbilt right-hander Jack Leiter with the second overall pick this year. Evan has covered the Rangers since He has twice been named one of the top 10 beat writers in the country by the AP Sports Editors.
Last Game: May 1, Age d vs. Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during season. Relatives : Father of Ben Grieve.
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Are you a Stathead, too? Subscribe to our Free Newsletter. This Month in Sports Reference Find out when we add a feature or make a change. Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more. Grieve was sent to the New York Mets as part of a four-team, player deal. On his arrival at the winter meetings, Rangers owner Brad Corbett had said there was no way that Grieve would be traded.
The problem for Grieve was that the Mets had a glut of outfielders. Manager Joe Torre said he would like to keep six of them on the roster. Unfortunately for Grieve he ended up being the sixth man, so although he was with the team the whole season, he got just plate appearances, the lowest total of his career so far.
Of his 54 games, 27 were as a pinch-hitter when he hit just. Opportunity lost, again. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Pete Falcone. Grieve hit. Grieve spent as director of group sales for the Rangers, then was promoted to assistant farm director. At the end of Joe Klein was promoted to general manager, and Grieve moved up to farm director.
In he became the first former first-round pick to make a first-round selection in the draft, when he chose Jeff Kunkel. Klein had been unhappy that Stone had changed the structure of the club so that manager Doug Rader reported directly to him, instead of to Klein. I want to stick around to be the oldest. Grieve expressed his philosophy early on. The Rangers stumbled starting , and with a record in early May, Rader was fired.
Bobby Valentine , a former Mets teammate of Grieve, succeeded him. The hiring included a switch back in the chain of command, with Valentine reporting directly to Grieve, instead of to Stone. At the end of the year Grieve signaled a change in attitude, stating that the team needed to develop its own players instead of signing free agents. Grieve had recognized how far from being competitive the Rangers were.
Although the Rangers had quick success in , finishing second in the American League West Division, they fell back to sixth the following two seasons, and the building continued.
Grieve had some gambles, such as signing Steve Howe , a pitcher with a history of drug problems. Howe pitched decently for the Rangers at the end of , but relapsed and the team terminated his contract. By Grieve was starting to make more moves, and admitted that the pressure to win was beginning to build.
In a string of trades and signings, Grieve remade the team, bringing in first baseman Rafael Palmeiro , second baseman Julio Franco , pitcher Jamie Moyer , and, surprising everyone, Nolan Ryan.
During the season, as the team struggled to keep up with the leaders, Grieve made another trade. New owner George W. Bush believed in Grieve, though. But Bush shook things up after the season, firing Stone and bringing in Tom Schieffer as president. Jared Sandler is in his seventh season as the full-time pre and postgame host for the Texas Rangers Radio Network.
A native of Dallas, Sandler previously worked for He and his wife Emily reside in Dallas. Eleno Ornelas is in his 22nd season as a radio broadcaster for all Rangers Spanish, his 19th as the lead play-by-play announcer. He joined the Rangers organization as a full-time employee in He currently does Spanish radio broadcasts for Oklahoma City Thunder home games.
Ornelas is a native of Juarez, Mexico and was a professional baseball announcer in that country before coming to Texas. He has an extensive background as an administrator in the Mexican amateur baseball leagues in North Texas, serving as President of the Dallas League from The former major league pitcher re-joined the broadcast team in after previously serving in that role on a full-time basis from Guzman also provided analysis on the Rangers Spanish home television broadcasts from He makes appearances in the community on behalf of the team.
Guzman compiled an record in career appearances with the Rangers and Cubs from He won 11 or more games four times with. Comeback Player of the Year in Shoulder injuries plagued him for much of his career, although he came out of retirement to pitch for the Independent Fort Worth Cats in and Texas Rangers Broadcasters. Dave Raymond.
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