***** Official 2019/2020 Texas Rangers Off Season Thread *****

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Proposition Joe
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In reply to Legal Custodian • 11:12a, 7/7/20
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I don't understand how this hasn't become more of a local story. I figured the DMN would be all over this, do people really just not care?

Engel wrote an article about it, but he's been so critical of every franchise that it just kinda gets lost in the noise.
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In reply to Legal Custodian • 11:29a, 7/7/20
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Legal Custodian said:
I don't understand how this hasn't become more of a local story. I figured the DMN would be all over this, do people really just not care?
Fear tactics
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7:24p, 7/7/20
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MLB, and especially the Rangers, have done themselves so much harm during the pandemic. It's hard to imagine giving them much of any money in the future.
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In reply to Proposition Joe • 9:32p, 7/7/20
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Proposition Joe said:
Legal Custodian said:
I don't understand how this hasn't become more of a local story. I figured the DMN would be all over this, do people really just not care?

Engel wrote an article about it, but he's been so critical of every franchise that it just kinda gets lost in the noise.
This is what happens when you build a career writing nothing but clickbait, trolling garbage. The guys is an absolute joke. There's a reason nobody listens to him.
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11:28a, 7/8/20
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Initial roster projection. Remember we start the season with 30 on the roster, so bullpens will be loaded up.

https://www.lonestarball.com/2020/7/8/21317213/2020-texas-rangers-opening-day-roster-guess

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3:00p, 7/8/20
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Ignore the message, no need to start a debate.

This picture looks NICE
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3:15p, 7/8/20
Looking out the window towards the temple.
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3:16p, 7/8/20
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Stadium looks incredible. Ignore the haters.
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J.P. 03
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4:17p, 7/8/20
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Looks like they're only allowing advertisers on the outfield walls to use green and white instead of whatever colors they want. That would certainly be a welcome change from the last place.
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5:41p, 7/8/20
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The A's are wearing Mike Fiers masks.

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In reply to J.P. 03 • 12:57p, 7/9/20
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J.P. 03 said:
Looks like they're only allowing advertisers on the outfield walls to use green and white instead of whatever colors they want. That would certainly be a welcome change from the last place.

The old place started that way too. With this ownership group, I expect it to look like Times Square within 3 years.
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6:19p, 7/10/20
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Anyone gonna do the doppleranger?
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 6:29p, 7/10/20
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Just realized that the doppelganger thing was for charity so my post was stupid. For charity I say go ahead and do it if ya want.
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 6:30p, 7/10/20
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AgBQ-00 said:
Anyone gonna do the doppleranger?
I'm considering it. Sounds like it's all going to charity so why not?
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7:42p, 7/10/20
Will they send me a ball if it hits me?
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In reply to sburg2007 • 8:11p, 7/10/20
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That would be awesome!
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 11:05p, 7/10/20
I thought I read another org was doing it
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In reply to sburg2007 • 1:56a, 7/11/20
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sburg2007 said:
I thought I read another org was doing it


That's what the A's are doing if I remember right.
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Jimmy McNulty
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7:17a, 7/11/20
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What is this doppleranger?
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Quincey P. Morris
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In reply to Jimmy McNulty • 11:24a, 7/11/20
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You pay $50 and upload a picture of yourself and they make a life sized cutout and put it in on the seats from first to third behind the plate for the season.

Some orgs are also doing a deal where if a foul ball hits your cutout they're going to box it up and send it to you.
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In reply to Quincey P. Morris • 11:44a, 7/11/20
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Does my $300 they still have count?
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10:06a, 7/12/20
So serious question how much will tickets cost if we do get to sit in the stands and watch?
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12:07p, 7/13/20
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/13/texas-rangers-team-name-must-go/
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Quincey P. Morris
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:12p, 7/13/20
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Sweet, another "Texan" who moved to a liberal bastion and now feels they need to lecture inhabitants of their former home. Hard pass.
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12:54p, 7/13/20
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Seems she did not read the team's response to this nonsense a couple of weeks ago. They did a good job of nicely telling this agenda to eff off.
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1:35p, 7/13/20
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Umm...has anyone drank Coke-Cola mixed with beer?
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3:13p, 7/13/20
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Saw the story below. Seems the players are learning the quirks of the new field. Good reviews of the playing surface but limited number of comments so who knows. Anyone seen anything else about it?

Globe Life impressions
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5:27p, 7/13/20
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I wonder why the wall is so different from other ballparks

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The outfield will be more of an issue, especially during day games with the roof closed. The roof is dark, and there is a lot of natural light coming through the enormous side windows.

"There are some issues out there for sure," said Rangers manager Chris Woodward. "It's not just the roof, but the side wall -- it goes light, dark, light, dark, back and forth. It's really tough on our outfielders, so for them to get the reps is huge for us. We need to continue to work on it.

"The angles of the fence are something I don't think we were anticipating when we first saw the designs of the stadium. There are a lot of little ones you can't see with the naked eye that, when it hits off, it shoots in a completely different direction. And it comes off the padding a lot harder than in other stadiums, so there is going to be some potential for easy triples or inside-the-park home runs."
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In reply to TXAggie2011 • 6:09p, 7/13/20
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TXAggie2011 said:
I wonder why the wall is so different from other ballparks

Not sure if this made it into the final design, but at one point I thought the team released a bunch of random, we're-trying-way-too-hard-to-create-history-for-a-park-that-has-none dates and milestones they were going to "honor" with the distance of the wall from home plate. Wouldn't shock me if they ended up building all of them, resulting in an outfield wall that juts in and out all over the place without regard for how it would actually play.
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6:27p, 7/13/20
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We won't know how the ground actually is to play on for these guys until about halfway through the season.
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6:55p, 7/13/20
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The walls were clearly designed (and made) for the acoustics during concerts.
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11:36a, 7/14/20
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MLB.com has the Rangers rotation ranked 7th in MLB ahead of NYM, HOU, and StL.

What is everyone's thoughts? We have to get the same kind of production out of Lynn and Minor as last year. Kluber has to be healthy and rested, Lyles and Gibson have to be serviceable. If the Rangers actually put together a Top 10 rotation I'll be pretty excited.

As an aside, can anyone see teams with less SP depth possibly going to a 4 man rotation. That takes potential starts from 12 to 15. Four days rest would be tough. What about a 4.5 man rotation?

This is certainly going to be an interesting year.
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In reply to Fuzzy Dunlop • 11:43a, 7/14/20
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The way they're squeezing games in I think it will be incredibly difficult for anyone to go to a 4 man.
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In reply to Fuzzy Dunlop • 11:46a, 7/14/20
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I've seen some writers mention the possibility of a 4 man rotation, with the shortened season. You can use off-days and an occasional bullpen day to keep your starters on 4 days of rest for the most part.



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12:07p, 7/14/20
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a fun press release will be coming out at some point today
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