Oh, looks like this puts the Rangers roster at 40.

AccidentProne said:

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Darvish is coming back. Trust me

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To Texas? A few months ago you were all in: then said not happening. Now you are going all in again?

I'd be fine moving on from Darvish. Sometimes people just need a change of scenery.

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DallasAg 94 said:

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Ag_07 said:

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So what's yalls obsession with the Angels?

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It is the off season and they are in our division?

And the Rangers seem to be sitting out this off-season

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What?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/transactions/_/name/tex/texas-rangers

And I don't believe that link includes the Fister and Martin deals

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'll break this down with the following idea:

age<27: Expect a better season

27-33: Expect relatively peak

33<age: Expect decline


Pos: 2017 - to - 2018
IF
1B: Napoli (36)\Gallo (24) - to - Gallo (25): Up
2B: Odor (23) - to - Odor (24): Up
3B: Beltre (38) - to - Beltre (39): Down
SS: Andrus (29) - to - Andrus (30): Same
C: Chirinos (33) - to - Chirinos (34): Down

OF:
LF: Gallo (24) to Calhoun (23): Tossup
CF: Gomez (32) to DeShields\Rule V Guy
RF: Mazara (22): Up
DH: Choo (35): Down

SP:
Hamels (33, 24GS, 4.20, 1.20): Down
Perez (26, 32GS, 4.82, 1.54): Up
Darvish (31, 22GS, 4.01, 1.17) to Matt Moore (28, 31GS, 5.52, 1.532) @ $9M (option for 2019 ($10M)
Cashner (31, 28GS, 3.40, 1.32) to Doug Fister (33, 15GS, 4.88, 1.384) @ 1yr/$3.5M
Martinez (27, 17GS, 5.66, 1.37) to Mike Minor (29, 0GS, 65G, 2.55, 1.017 @ 3yr/$28M

Darvish made $11M, so Moore is a savings of $2M.
Cashner made $10M, so Fister is a savings of $6.5M
Martinez made $517K, so Minor is an increase of $7.8M
We'll call it a wash on costs.

You don't blow $9M on Moore and his 5.52 ERA, if you're signing Darvish.

Man AP, I wish I could go with your predictions, but they've just been off. Hope I'm wrong.

Not that the Rangers need another LH bat, but Adrian Gonzalez should be available soon for relatively cheap after he gets dumped following the Dodgers - Braves mutual unloading of bad contracts.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/dodgers-acquire-matt-kemp-massive-salary-relief-in-five-player-trade-with-braves/

And with both A. Gonzalez and Kemp likely on the verge of becoming DH candidates in the AL, the odds of unloading Choo somewhere to be a DH just got that much lower.

Jared Hoying is now there for the taking....

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12/18/star-pitcher-gives-away-9-75-million-mansion-land-to-christian-camp-for-kids-with-special-needs?utm_content=buffer76d5c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Surprised this hasn't been posted. Awesome gift by Hamels

My wife told me about it last night amidst me cleaning out email.

I hadn't had a chance to read about it, myself.

I have a buddy\co-worker from Philly and when Texas traded for Hamels, he called to assure me Texas got a great guy. He gushed about him.

IIRC, Hamels has a special needs kid?! I seem to recall my buddy indicating part of his willingness to be traded to Texas was Hamels felt his kid would have access to more options here.

Just looking up... I didn't realize Hamels' wife was a contestant on Survivor.

Really cool of Hamels, and I don't think Survivor is all his wife was in...

I was certainly not expecting that...

Back to baseball...

Tommy Hunter signed 2yr/$18M. 30 year old reliever.

Looking at the few signings, so far, and Darvish is going to rake... 6yr/$30M per?

I thought it was getting late into the off-season, without more pieces being signed. Then, I looked at the going rate, and it is crazy.

Santana was projected 3/$45M and got 3/$60M
Mike Minor was projected 4/$28M and got 3/$28M
Chatwood: 3/$20M got 3/$38M

I wish I could talk my boys into becoming pitchers.

Ag2012 said:

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...tha f***?!
I don't know whether to call him a bad ass, or a dumb ass...

That really depends on what an "incident with a bull" means.

Silvertaps said:

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Ag2012 said:

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...tha f***?!
I don't know whether to call him a bad ass, or a dumb ass...

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Dumbass

Jeff Wilson

@JeffWilson_FWST

Jon Daniels says #Rangers have no meeting planned with Yu Darvish, whose price supposedly remains out of reach.

Didn't Perez miss some time last year because he hurt his thumb in a hotel door. Between him and Derek Holland "tripping over his dog" we really need to find some smarter pitchers

You were saying??

free_mhayden said:

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Martin Perez possibly missing the first few weeks of the season isn't going to change the direction you take this season.

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It may not affect the direction you take management of personnel, but 5 GS from your #2 SP, in a rotation of
Hamels
Perez
and...

Crap, I forgot whom we've penciled in.

Oh yeah...
28 year old Matt Moore (5.52 ERA in 31 GS/2017)
29 year old Mike Minor (0 GS in MLB since 2014)
33 year old Fister (4.88 ERA in 15GS/2017)
<TBD>

That is a rotation like 1996 (Hill/3.63, D Oliver/4.66, Pavilk/5.19, Witt/5.41, K Gross/5.22)

I predict a SP ERA over 5.00 for the season.

I'm in despair.

So a rotation good enough to make the playoffs. Now the Rangers just need Odor, Mazara, and Beltre to start raking like Pudge, Palmer and a juiced JuanGone. That '96 team had a +129 run differential.

Darvish just retweeted a report that he's having dinner with Jon Daniels tomorrow night...

_lefraud_ said:

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So a rotation good enough to make the playoffs. Now the Rangers just need Odor, Mazara, and Beltre to start raking like Pudge, Palmer and a juiced JuanGone. That '96 team had a +129 run differential.

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Sadly... that is where MLB is headed. Oh yeah... I see testing is up, but I'm not buying now, anymore than I bought then.

Maybe I just underestimate how hard it is to play MLB.

What time are the dinner reservations and where?!

I'd like to plead the Rangers' case for Darvish.

Wow, I just spent far too long catching up on this thread... Took some weird turns there with the talk about Angels attendance.

That being said, I have kept up slightly with the Rangers this offseason (not near as much as recruiting under Jimbo). I am really hoping Matt Moore returns to form here from when he stifled our elite offensive lineup in both the 2010 and 2011 ALDS. Still looking for a "splash" hire though to really peak my interest. Otherwise, I will be out of it by the All-Star break and just waiting for Aggie football to start up again.

rwhitlock3 said:

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Wow, I just spent far too long catching up on this thread... Took some weird turns there with the talk about Angels attendance.

That being said, I have kept up slightly with the Rangers this offseason (not near as much as recruiting under Jimbo). I am really hoping Matt Moore returns to form here from when he stifled our elite offensive lineup in both the 2010 and 2011 ALDS. Still looking for a "splash" hire though to really peak my interest. Otherwise, I will be out of it by the All-Star break and just waiting for Aggie football to start up again.

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pique.



ASB? Weren't you a Rangers STH at one point?

Yeah, I had a mini 10 game plan last year. I always keep up with the team (even in the dreadful 2014 injury-plagued season) but I would shift my attention back to Aggie football this year if they are well out of it by the ASB.

Woohoo! We signed post TJ Shawn Tolleson who can't pitch any time soon! Oh happy day!

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... had Tommy John surgery in May, 2017, which likely means he won't be major league ready until August at the earliest

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I'm sure it was low budget, so why not. But would like to see some more moves to help field a competitive big league team in 2018. Also reacquired Paolo Espino as well. LINK to story on both.

Lucky #007 said:

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Woohoo! We signed post TJ Shawn Tolleson who can't pitch any time soon! Oh happy day!

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JD's dinner with Darvish must not have gone well.

Lucky #007 said:

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Woohoo! We signed post TJ Shawn Tolleson who can't pitch any time soon! Oh happy day!

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Anyone know the status of Neftali? Maybe he can come in and be the set up man for Tolly