both players are young enough to be around for a while and contribute and can add speed and defense up the middle

Bourjos has no place to play since Hamilton was signed and Borbon played the entire season at AAA as the Rangers have Gentry and Martin penciled in ahead of him vying for center

not sure what the cost would be but those would be two targets i'd call about

Bourjos would be a decent pickup but only for minimal players/lower prospects. He isn't anything special.

i think if you look more closely at his career numbers you'd think more highly of him

Bourjos? Idk...he had a .271 BA in 2011 which is decent...though given his 502 ABs he had that year, the 124 K's he had is a bit high....not the greatest attribute for leading off. He would hit a good amount of triples and probably steal around 20-25 bases. His OBP is certainly nothing special. Good defense. I wouldn't be opposed to getting him but I'd never consider giving up anything of significance for him. If Dickey went to LA, I'd expect he would be the additional player in the trade on top of Trumbo.

nope,not saying we should have given up Dickey for Bourjos,just that he's a potential target to play centerfield coming from a team that might be motivated to deal him

We desperately do need some young players in the OF GOOD ONES

and Bourjos is the same age as Den Dekker believe it or not so he's someone who can patrol center for us for years

Bourjos and Borbon fill the criteria of being young AND having a ML resume

i think either of them would come at a reasonable price and could potentially be fixtures for years

neither one of these guys may be as good as Bourn now but they're younger(Bourjos will be 26 and Borbon 27 next season),play good defense,offer some speed,and won't cost us 50-60 million dollars

How do we get them? What will it take? MDD and Nimmo are quite a ways away. Not so much MDD but Nimmo yes. Being our only OF Prospects

i don't really know what it would take,probably less for Borbon than Bourjos,but worth the call to try to get either of them

Idk what they would want from the Mets but I would definitely explore this.

Exactly all we really need is a filler till Nimmo and MDD is ready. Maybe even MDD this year who knows

Does anyone want Duda for a DH because his fielding is atrocious

I doubt he turns any heads at this point.

Bourjos because he is a right handed bat would work but Borbon is left handed and we have too many of those in the outfield already.

Borbon? He still around?

true,but i'd rather get talent and worry righty/lefty later

and remember Duda,Kirk,Baxter,and Den Dekker are ALL lefty!!!

yep,and he might be inexpensive

I'd go with Borbon of the two. He put up a very nice season in AAA where he could have just given up as he is now the Rangers 6th or 7th OFer. Career WAR of 1.8 is nice as well as his A+ Range in the OF. Most importantly when considering this team lately....cheap.

Shows you what great organizational depth the Rangers have in the OF when a guy with a career 1.8 WAR couldn't even crack the Rangers lineup for a single game.