gigem1223 said:

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Meanwhile Langford 2-3 tonight w/ a walk.

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I can't wait to see him next year. He's so far along physically too he looks like he could start today, just a complete tank. But I guess that's the usual when your quads are the size of trees

I have Swift in 2 of 3 leagues, only played him in one.
Going forward, what's the feeling on Swift, Gainwell, and Penny share?

Swift season

Lucas Giolito going for the Indians tonight. He's been flat awful as of late. In last 5 games:

27.2 IP
27 H
23 ER (7.86 ERA)
11 BB
32 K
11 HR

There any good podcasts out there y'all like that cover the Rangers?

bmac_aggie18 said:

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There any good podcasts out there y'all like that cover the Rangers?

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Haven't listened to it personally, but a good buddy of mine says the straight up Texas podcast is pretty good. And I really love listening to Sandler and I think it's pretty cool Lowe is on it as well.

bmac_aggie18 said:

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There any good podcasts out there y'all like that cover the Rangers?

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There's two that I would recommend. Diamond Pod, which is done by the Ticket is excellent, as is the Rangers Today podcast done by Jeff Wilson. Both of those are weekly (usually), but they're the most accurate IMO and also offer the most info on minor league players/prospects.

There's a daily Rangers podcast, but it's done by a fan and is horribly inaccurate and his takes are pretty uninformed and borderline stupid IMO. The Ranger Report isn't bad, but they try too hard to be funny and have a bad habit of getting good guests and then talking over them.

Hope that helps.

Impressive sweep on the road.

Last series sweep was of the Marlins at home during the first week of August.
The last road sweep was of the Royals back in the third week of April, and that's been the only other sweep on the road so far this season

This is just too good.

How much have you liked from Duran? Specifically at SS when he filled in for Seager...

I know this is premature, but the articles just came out, so I thought I'd piggy-back.

From MLBTR, they've reviewed available FA SS after the season and another article indicates Miami will be in the market. Miami has a ton of young SP.

Rangers:
Duran (24.116): 117G, .276, 14 HR, 8 SB, .323 OBP, .767 OPS
-Career: 175G, .262 BA, 19 HR, 12 SB, .308 OBP, .724 OPS

Best Available:
Rosario (27.299): 38G, .235, 3 HR, 4 SB, .278 OBP, .670 OPS
-Career: 829G, .272 BA, 60 HR, 94 SB, .307 OBP, .707 OPS

Current Miami SS who is a FA after the season:
Wendle (33): 103 G, .222, 2 HR, 7 SB, .257 OBP, .579 OPS

I've suggested if the Rangers win the WS, it might be worth asking Semien (32) if he wanted the Rangers to see about finding him a full-time SS gig on another team. I think he is owed 4yr/$26Mper and a 5th at $20M.

You could put Duran at 2B. He has 5 yrs of team control. You could spend $26M'ish on other players and get fantastic prospects back for Semien.

Thoughts?

MrCoachEricTaylor said:

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DallasAg 94 said:

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How much have you liked from Duran? Specifically at SS when he filled in for Seager...

I know this is premature, but the articles just came out, so I thought I'd piggy-back.

From MLBTR, they've reviewed available FA SS after the season and another article indicates Miami will be in the market. Miami has a ton of young SP.

Rangers:
Duran (24.116): 117G, .276, 14 HR, 8 SB, .323 OBP, .767 OPS
-Career: 175G, .262 BA, 19 HR, 12 SB, .308 OBP, .724 OPS

Best Available:
Rosario (27.299): 38G, .235, 3 HR, 4 SB, .278 OBP, .670 OPS
-Career: 829G, .272 BA, 60 HR, 94 SB, .307 OBP, .707 OPS

Current Miami SS who is a FA after the season:
Wendle (33): 103 G, .222, 2 HR, 7 SB, .257 OBP, .579 OPS

I've suggested if the Rangers win the WS, it might be worth asking Semien (32) if he wanted the Rangers to see about finding him a full-time SS gig on another team. I think he is owed 4yr/$26Mper and a 5th at $20M.

You could put Duran at 2B. He has 5 yrs of team control. You could spend $26M'ish on other players and get fantastic prospects back for Semien.

Thoughts?

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I don't love the idea of trading away our only leader in the locker room. But I do think Duran has some incredible potential. His chase and strikeout numbers are higher than you'd like, but he's got plenty of time to try to iron out that part of his game.

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I don't want to move Semien either. I think we still need him, even at the higher payroll hit.

Flip it around, with Duran being young and controllable...... that would also bring in a nice haul, correct? But you also have to dig a little deeper first I think and decide how much longer is Seeger going to stay at SS (there's been talk of him moving at some point)? Is he ultimately sliding over to 3B or 1B? That would open up a spot for Duran (theoretically). But then Jung moves to 1B and Lowe gets traded? Or leave Jung at 3B and put Seeger at 1B?

Anyway, having one too many starting caliber IF is a good problem to have. CY will figure it out.

Ranger players should send texts to Cole Ragans and Bobby Witt jr.

Hype them up for the 6 games they have with the Astros.

KT 90 said:

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MrCoachEricTaylor said:

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DallasAg 94 said:

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How much have you liked from Duran? Specifically at SS when he filled in for Seager...

I know this is premature, but the articles just came out, so I thought I'd piggy-back.

From MLBTR, they've reviewed available FA SS after the season and another article indicates Miami will be in the market. Miami has a ton of young SP.

Rangers:
Duran (24.116): 117G, .276, 14 HR, 8 SB, .323 OBP, .767 OPS
-Career: 175G, .262 BA, 19 HR, 12 SB, .308 OBP, .724 OPS

Best Available:
Rosario (27.299): 38G, .235, 3 HR, 4 SB, .278 OBP, .670 OPS
-Career: 829G, .272 BA, 60 HR, 94 SB, .307 OBP, .707 OPS

Current Miami SS who is a FA after the season:
Wendle (33): 103 G, .222, 2 HR, 7 SB, .257 OBP, .579 OPS

I've suggested if the Rangers win the WS, it might be worth asking Semien (32) if he wanted the Rangers to see about finding him a full-time SS gig on another team. I think he is owed 4yr/$26Mper and a 5th at $20M.

You could put Duran at 2B. He has 5 yrs of team control. You could spend $26M'ish on other players and get fantastic prospects back for Semien.

Thoughts?

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I don't love the idea of trading away our only leader in the locker room. But I do think Duran has some incredible potential. His chase and strikeout numbers are higher than you'd like, but he's got plenty of time to try to iron out that part of his game.

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I'm not either. I think we still need him, even at the higher payroll hit.

Flip it around, with Duran being young and controllable...... that would also bring in a nice haul, correct? But you also have to dig a little deeper first I think and decide how much longer is Seeger going to stay at SS (there's been talk of him moving at some point)? Is he ultimately sliding over to 3B or 1B? That would open up a spot for Duran (theoretically). But then Jung moves to 1B and Lowe gets traded? Or leave Jung at 3B and put Seeger at 1B?

Anyway, having one too many starting caliber IF is a good problem to have. CY will figure it out.

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Absolutely! I definitely think Seags needs to be moved sooner rather than later, but I don't see that realistically happening for another 3 maybe 4 seasons. Jung has really grown into being a potential Gold Glove 3rd baseman. Lowe has definitely improved at first as well. I think the most realistic option is Seags and Lowe split time at 1B/DH. But Seags would probably end up at DH more often than not strictly regarding his injury history.

Garver back in the lineup is a good sign after getting dinged up and leaving the game last night:

Rangers starting lineup for September 15 at Cleveland. pic.twitter.com/6a9jqy7a9D

— Texas Rangers PR (@TXRangersPR) September 15, 2023

Just to be clear... In my post, the options weren't just to trade Semien... that was a thought.

The other thought was trading Duran. Maybe to Miami for a SP.

Yes, Jung-Seager-Semien were All-Stars. The thought is have you seen enough of Duran to think he has real trade value or real value as a Ranger?

In terms of Semien, he'll be 33 next year. Compare a 33-34-35 year old Semien ($26Mper) to a 25-26-27 year old Duran (Serfx2+Arb).

I like the idea of keeping Semien and trading Duran for say, a SP from Miami:
Luzarda (25): 29GS, 3.82 - 3yrs Arb
Garrett (25): 28GS, 3.67 - Serf

But the idea of a diminishing Semien at 2B is a concern, as well, if Duran can be of similar performance.

Evan Carter moves to leadoff.

DallasAg 94 said:

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But the idea of a diminishing Semien at 2B is a concern, as well, if Duran can be of similar performance.

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Yes, but I would take a diminishing Semi at 2B over a diminishing Seager at SS. And strictly talking about fielding.

I'm all about having someone else lead off and bat Semi at the 2 hole, just to have more rbi opportunities for him.

This sounds like I'm attacking you (which is not what I'm intending), but with Scott Lucas no longer publishing the organizational chart in the same format that he used for years, I believe you are the only person in the entire world that is using the word serf for pre-arbitration players.

Dumb mistake from Carter that'll probably cost us a run. Not sure what he was thinking on that

Already feels like a game where nothing will go our way. Multiple strike calls way above the zone, unfortunate overturned call on Carter, etc. Gonna really have to battle in this one

Not sure what he was thinking? He was thinking he needs to slide. Unfortunately his momentum carried him off the bag