wbt5845 said:
Some of you seem confused about what a rebuild is.
$10 MM saved this year on starting pitching is $10 MM more available in 2023. Why spend that money now to get from 55 wins to 60 wins?
And if you only get excited following a winning team, you may want to find a different hobby this summer.
What to get excited about for this summer:
- Is Gallo the cornerstone of a championship contender?
- Is Solak/IKF a middle infield we can move forward with?
- Is Guzman our 1B of the future?
- Is Taveras going to become a perennial All Star?
- Of our young SPs, who is going to step forward and become a regular in our rotation for years to come?
- The arrivals of Sam Huff and Josh Jung.
These are the things you look to follow and enjoy. If you're just a band wagon fan who likes to follow a winning team, come back in 2023 and ask "wow where'd these guys come from?" and we'll just chuckle.
Don't fall off your high horse there.
I'll make statements similar to what DallasAg made.
Money not spent in 2021 is not going to correlate to money spent in 22, 23, 24, etc. It just isn't. I think ownership has shown us what they are about. Brand new stadium, very little talent.
I want Gallo to be a cornerstone but I don't think he ever will be. He's cut down on his strikeouts and is more disciplined but until he can make teams pay for the overshift, he's a .220/30/85 RBI guy. The 30/85 is good. The .220 is not.
I love Solak's bat. He's the kind of hitter we need in Arlington with the set up of the new ballpark. How will he do at 2B? That remains to be seen. I don't think he'll be worse than Odor defensively and offensively he'll get on base. I'm excited to see what we have there.
Condor or Lowe, who cares. We don't have a 1B bat. Condor is great on defense but, like Gallo, he needs to be better at the plate. I could probably live with .220 if he was hitting 40-50 HRs and getting 100+ Rbis.
I don't know if Tavares will be an All-Star but I think he will be a very good ball player. I'm looking forward to seeing him patrol CF this year.
Our young SPs give me hope. Burke, Allard, and Palumbo look to be pretty good, especially given their age. I don't know ow if any of them will ever be a FotR type pitcher but I sure hope at least one makes it while they're still Rangers.
I hope Huff and Jung continue to progress and become All-Stars.