AccidentProne said:

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How do we feel about Castellanos at 1B and Todd Frazier at 3B?

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I'd be good with Castellanos at first and Frazier as insurance at 3rd if they can't strike a deal with the Rockies or Cubs for Arenado/ Bryant.

$6 MM one year for Chirinos. I'm good with that

I'd just get castellanos and Frazier then call it a day,

Better than last year at least.

wbt5845 said:

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$6 MM one year for Chirinos. I'm good with that

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Plus a club option in 2021

I still wanna round out the roster.... Its a leap but Puig in RF?? Allows Gallo to go to CF with Santana in relief... I realize he can be a headache but thats a pretty nice RH bat to add.

The Rangers would rather never put Gallo in CF again. He's just top valuable to regularly play that position.

If the season opened today, here is the Rangers projected lineup

1 Shin-Soo Choo DH - 517 AB, 84 R, 21 HR, 60 RBI, 11 SB, 0.263/0.367/0.439, 75 BB, 145 K
2 Elvis Andrus SS - 564 AB, 78 R, 12 HR, 66 RBI, 22 SB, 0.273/0.316/0.402, 35 BB, 90 K
3 Joey Gallo OF - 474 AB, 91 R, 41 HR, 89 RBI, 6 SB, 0.222/0.343/0.540, 84 BB, 210 K
4 Danny Santana OF - 507 AB, 80 R, 24 HR, 73 RBI, 19 SB, 0.252/0.293/0.473, 27 BB, 154 K
5 Willie Calhoun OF - 528 AB, 77 R, 24 HR, 71 RBI, 2 SB, 0.267/0.335/0.460, 50 BB, 88 K
6 Nick Solak 3B - 505 AB, 84 R, 24 HR, 75 RBI, 11 SB, 0.265/0.344/0.455, 55 BB, 138 K
7 Rougned Odor 2B - 520 AB, 76 R, 27 HR, 79 RBI, 12 SB, 0.225/0.290/0.438, 43 BB, 156 K
8 Ronald Guzman 1B - 358 AB, 49 R, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB, 0.237/0.318/0.422, 39 BB, 114 K
9 Robinson Chirinos C - 352 AB, 53 R, 18 HR, 57 RBI, 1 SB, 0.236/0.343/0.446, 47 BB, 122 K

Projected 2020 Starters

1 Corey Kluber SP - 164 IP, 10-8, 3.79 ERA, 1.23 WHIP 170 K, 44 BB
2 Mike Minor SP - 204 IP, 12-11, 4.06 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 192 K, 64 BB
3 Lance Lynn SP - 200 IP, 13-9, 3.60 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 213 K, 71 BB
4 Kyle Gibson SP - 169 IP, 9-10, 4.26 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 155 K, 62 BB
5 Jordan Lyles SP - 149 IP, 8-9, 4.47 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 144 K, 55 BB

Discuss

wbt5845 said:

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If the season opened today, here is the Rangers projected lineup

1 Shin-Soo Choo DH - 517 AB, 84 R, 21 HR, 60 RBI, 11 SB, 0.263/0.367/0.439, 75 BB, 145 K
2 Elvis Andrus SS - 564 AB, 78 R, 12 HR, 66 RBI, 22 SB, 0.273/0.316/0.402, 35 BB, 90 K
3 Joey Gallo OF - 474 AB, 91 R, 41 HR, 89 RBI, 6 SB, 0.222/0.343/0.540, 84 BB, 210 K
4 Danny Santana OF - 507 AB, 80 R, 24 HR, 73 RBI, 19 SB, 0.252/0.293/0.473, 27 BB, 154 K
5 Willie Calhoun OF - 528 AB, 77 R, 24 HR, 71 RBI, 2 SB, 0.267/0.335/0.460, 50 BB, 88 K
6 Nick Solak 3B - 505 AB, 84 R, 24 HR, 75 RBI, 11 SB, 0.265/0.344/0.455, 55 BB, 138 K
7 Rougned Odor 2B - 520 AB, 76 R, 27 HR, 79 RBI, 12 SB, 0.225/0.290/0.438, 43 BB, 156 K
8 Ronald Guzman 1B - 358 AB, 49 R, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB, 0.237/0.318/0.422, 39 BB, 114 K
9 Robinson Chirinos C - 352 AB, 53 R, 18 HR, 57 RBI, 1 SB, 0.236/0.343/0.446, 47 BB, 122 K

Projected 2020 Starters

1 Corey Kluber SP - 164 IP, 10-8, 3.79 ERA, 1.23 WHIP 170 K, 44 BB
2 Mike Minor SP - 204 IP, 12-11, 4.06 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 192 K, 64 BB
3 Lance Lynn SP - 200 IP, 13-9, 3.60 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 213 K, 71 BB
4 Kyle Gibson SP - 169 IP, 9-10, 4.26 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 155 K, 62 BB
5 Jordan Lyles SP - 149 IP, 8-9, 4.47 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 144 K, 55 BB

Discuss

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It's formidable. Could still use some help in the lineup to be taken seriously.

Yeah, one more legit bat and I really, really like it.

3B needs fixing - and we need Guzman to bat well.

If you'd asked me who had the highest K totals last season, the first two would be easy. But I'd never have guessed Santana 3rd.

Should we really make kluber our #1 with his injury history?

Grapesoda2525 said:

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Should we really make kluber our #1 with his injury history?

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Yes. He's the ace. It's not like he's recovering from Tommy John.

I don't think that lineup is producing many runs

Ed Gelton said:

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I don't think that lineup is producing many runs

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Castellanos/ Frazier would make it look a lot better.

wbt5845 said:

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The Rangers would rather never put Gallo in CF again. He's just top valuable to regularly play that position.

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So what if the Rangers played Gallo 100 games in CF.... Santana 62 games in CF.....that gives Gallo 50+ @ DH or day off..... then you give Santana 70ish @ 1st
Give Puig scheduled days off in RF where Choo plays..... just a little lineup flexibility. Just spitballin here to get another fairly cheap RH bat in lineup
Choo
Andrus
Gallo/Santana
Puig
Calhoun
IKF/Solak
odor
chirinos
Santana/Guzman

Chirinos is old, and doesn't need 100 games at catcher. I'd like to get 40 - 50, with another 50 - 60 at DH or 1B, and provide RH PH pop against back-end bullpen fastballs.

Rumor Marcell Ozuna down to Rangers and Cardinals per a Spanish language site.

Looking for more details.

I would LOVE Ozuna in this lineup.

DallasAg 94 said:

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Article a couple weeks ago, indicated the Rangers wanted to continue the "Santana in CF" experiment.

So, unless we sign a CF, and/or he fails tremendously... Santana appears to be our CF in 2020.

Santana's K rate was one of the things I kept asking those who wanted him to replace Odor... who complained about Odor's K rate. I was assured that since Santana's BA was higher, it was ok.

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His OPS was much higher than odor's as well.

Thinking back, I thought Santana's ko's mostly picked up the last few of months of the season, but his highest strikeout % month was actually May. For his career, he is at 27%. It should be noted that he also hit 28 HR's last year, which blew away his previous career high of 7 HR's; so swinging for the long ball likely accounts for some of the increase in ko's.


April/March
27.12%
May
37.93%
June
24.36%
July
28.74%
August
36.28%
Sept/Oct
35.44%
Season
31.86%

GLF 90% complete

Cards just made a big trade with the Rays for Liberatore...speculation is to then move him to the Rockies for Arenado.

Wow

Couple notes from mlb.com;

Why Cards could prefer Castellanos to Ozuna
Jan. 11: Nicholas Castellanos and Marcell Ozuna have been lumped together as comparable free-agent corner outfielders with big bats for much of the offseason. As such, a lot of the same teams have been linked to both players, but there's one club in need of outfield help that could make a savvy decision in its pursuit of these two.
The Cardinals, who would appear to need to add an outfielder in the wake of sending Jos Martnez and Randy Arozarena to the Rays for pitching prospect Matthew Liberatore earlier in the week.
While there have been reports that the Cards could look to bring back Ozuna, who has indicated that a return to St. Louis is his preference, there's also a strong case for the team to go after Castellanos instead. The gist of it is that Castellanos is not tied to Draft-pick compensation because, unlike Ozuna, he was not presented with the qualifying offer at season's end by virtue of having been traded during 2019.
In other words, there's no penalty for signing Castellanos, but there is for Ozuna. Plus, if Ozuna inks elsewhere, the Cardinals would get an extra Draft pick (and the accompanying bonus pool money that comes with it), meaning St. Louis actually might have motivation to let Ozuna walk away, especially if a similar player is available.
MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal pointed out this strategy, as relayed by an MLB executive.

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Morosi: Rangers among finalists for Castellanos
Jan. 7: Sources tell MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi that the Rangers are among the finalists to sign Castellanos. Per Morosi, Castellanos recently met with Texas and came away with a favorable impression.
Castellanos is one of two marquee free-agent outfielders, along with Marcell Ozuna. Both players have similar profiles, but Castellanos has a number of factors working in his favor.
Castellanos is more than a year younger, he had a better 2019 season and he doesn't have any Draft compensation tied to him.
Ozuna rejected a one-year, $17.8 million qualifying offer from the Cardinals, which means teams other than St. Louis will need to forfeit one or more Draft picks to sign him. Castellanos was ineligible for a QO after being traded during the season.
It's not exactly clear how likely the Rangers are to sign Castellanos. On Tuesday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson cited a club official saying the team hasn't yet made Castellanos an offer, and that Texas wouldn't do something like move Joey Gallo to first base to accommodate Castellanos in right field. Plus, even though Castellanos played mainly third base for his first four full seasons in the Majors, the Rangers don't envision him playing there, per that report.
But what the Rangers could do, as Morosi notes, is sign a cheaper third baseman like Todd Frazier, move Castellanos to first base and keep Gallo in the outfield. More >

KT 90 said:

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and hot off the presses we have this:

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$5 mil for one year seems like a steal! This team is going to be a lot better than last year. Definitely potential to make a run at the division or at least a wild card spot.

Heismenberg said:

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KT 90 said:

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and hot off the presses we have this:

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$5 mil for one year seems like a steal! This team is going to be a lot better than last year. Definitely potential to make a run at the division or at least a wild card spot.

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It's not sexy. It's not exciting, but

If we can have Frazier replace a hoge poge of guys at 3rd who way underperformed ( IKF, Cabrera, Santana, solak)

Chirinos / Trevino replace Mathis at catcher

Castellanos help out at first base.

That would fill 3 of our biggest holes. We got hardly anything from those positions last year offensively.