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Flat busted, totally baroque | 04/30/08, 09:02 AM

Go luck finding a job, Botts. You weren't exactly putting up Babe Ruth numbers. I'm not sure if even the Nats would take him to play everyday at the major league level. Have you considered that maybe baseball isn't for you? How about the exciting world of life insurance?

madhatter | 04/30/08, 09:18 AM

He has talent...just needs a team that will let him showcase it over a season or two.

timewalker | 04/30/08, 09:25 AM

Botts sucks. Each time I've seen him hit, he just stares as the ball wizzes past him for a called 3rd strike. He seems to be a player that wants to look better than play hard (Manny). Good luck with your next team and enjoy your reamining few months in the bigs, loser.

Jamman | 04/30/08, 10:13 AM

remaining*

Jamman | 04/30/08, 10:13 AM

Great title.....again could us normal folk approach management after a demotion and demand a trade or a new job??? Don't let the door hit you on the way out....

Me DUM DUM | 04/30/08, 10:53 AM

Botts? That's his name? Playing time is just the least of his issues.

THE TRUTH | 04/30/08, 11:53 AM

Players with contracts get 'demoted' or bought out, in the real world you get fired or layed off... unfortunately for him, drastic times call for drastic measures and with the season slipping away even before the All-Star break again this year, Nolan, Jon, and Ron are grasping at straws... maybe we need Oshan to come in and shore up the line-up or fix cracks in the foundation of the team! Botts would do well to find another team, as would Young, before he signed his deal last year... I think the last player on the team with any sense was Tex, he was smart enough to get out while he still had a few years to prove something. Young could have been a GREATER Hall of Famer, but he'll waste away on this team... we need to take out about 10-20 rows of outfield seats on the lower level in Arlington and then maybe we could get some pitchers willing to risk their ERA to play for us before they retire.

Hank1987 | 04/30/08, 12:27 PM

If Botts played baseball as well as Guitar Hero, who knows?!? His days of being a Rock Star baseball player are getting close to an end, he'll soon be playing in sandlots or a garage band. He should have gotten him a contract like Blalock...

Hank1987 | 04/30/08, 12:37 PM

Don't even get started with Blalock. He just hasn't become the player he was supposed to be. They need to cut ties with him as well.

Though, I do believe it's the coaching that has screwed up everything. Every player that leaves the Rangers becomes amazing (Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez, Edidson Volquez).

Jamman | 04/30/08, 01:02 PM

Or he could be a big flop where ever he goes.

KenoshaMark | 04/30/08, 01:22 PM

Who is jason botts?

Superheat | 04/30/08, 04:58 PM

That was my thought exactly......

TenRingsSTL | 04/30/08, 05:02 PM

If you're not gonna play him, let someone else!

Hillary Clinton | 04/30/08, 07:50 PM

Release him.

Tell it like it is | 04/30/08, 09:25 PM

Heres a guy who doesn't have a true postion on the field...hits .238 career....with less RBI in 300 at bats than Hamilton has this season...and he's upset he's getting sent down...It's time to see what Brandon Boggs can do...like hit home runs, which he did tonight...only 4 more to go and he's tied with Botts career total...

ThePermianLion | 04/30/08, 09:39 PM

Botts his a homer about a week ago with very limited playing time. I thought that might have earned him some more at bats. They only gave him a few at bats here and there because Ben Broussard was slumping so badly. Botts has torn up the minors to the point where he has nothing else to prove there. He needs CONSISTENT major league at bats, and the Rangers have refused to give him any.

I would want to leave too.

For those who say "who is this guy?" "Why should we care?" You have to be a Rangers fan to know because he's really only a prospect. He's never been given a real chance to play. His best position is probably just at DH, but he has learned to play first base at a basic level in a short period of time and has learned to play left field passably as well. Again, more time and practice and who knows what he could become. I have never seen him given more than about 2 weeks worth of at bats with any consistency. He was either in the minors, platooned, or riding the bench.

Imagine Adam Dunn with fewer strikeouts. That's what I think Bott's potential is.

There are other players on the this team that I would have released before Jason Botts. I believe he is going to turn out to be another regret for the Rangers. Like Travis Hafner, Chris Young, Carlos Pena, Edison Volquez, and Doug Davis. There are probably more, but that's just off the top of my head.

Droppo | 05/01/08, 03:59 PM