I like the signal

strike319 said:

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23 Semien 2B
22 Perez SP
21 Gallo B
20 Lynn SP
19 Minor SP
18 Leclerc RP
17 Claudio RP
16 Dyson RP
15 Choo B
14 Martin B
13 Darvish SP
12 Beltre 3B
11 Wilson SP
10 Hamilton OF
09 Cruz DH
08 Bradley OF
07 Benoit RP
06 Otsuka RP
05 Teixeira 1B
04 Cordero RP
03 Shouse RP
02 Rodriguez SS
01 Zimmerman RP
00 Rogers SP
99 Pudge C
98 Gonzalez OF

I went with fangraphs WAR and went 50/50 for pitchers, came out to 110.7 total WAR. Wonder what tweaks would improve this team?

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I stopped reading your list at Dyson...

Maybe he thought somebody has to keep the players wives in line.

Evan Grant writes "Five players who need to step up in Surprise" in todays DMN article.

Owen White

Jack Leiter

Yerry Rodriguez

Justin Foscue

Zeke Duran

White has a chance to be on the big league club in some capacity to break camp. He's the most "ready" pitcher we have right now. The issue for him is that he's got to strike guys out again and show that his stuff is back to where it was (K/9 6.7 last year and walk rate up to 11.8%).

Leiter has no chance to break camp with the big club, but he must show significant progress from his time off and last summer.

Yerry Rodriguez has big stuff but needs to find the zone more, while subsequently not piping fastballs. He's also out of options. Nut up or shut-up.

Foscue can stick it. He may not be a traditional slugger, but he puts the ball in play and gets on base a ton. DH is wide open and if he has a solid spring training, he and Wyatt Langford could split time at DH while Wyatt is playing the outfield. If he has a good spring and performs well enough as a DH, it could make Leody dispensable and a piece for a trade for a starting pitcher.

Duran is going to get almost all the reps at SS during spring training while Seager is on the mend. He's got to show that the second half of last season was more of an aberration than the norm, and needs to cut down and the pure swinging and missing. This team has plenty of boppers, just put the ball in play and go run. A good spring could also spark some potential for a trade for a starting pitcher.

#Rangers’ deal with Diamond Sports is official. Dave Raymond back as lead play-by-play voice. Jared Sandler will handle some play-by-play duties when Raymond is off. David Murphy, Dave Valle, Mike Bacsik will split time as color analysts, replacing C.J. Nitkowski.

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) February 12, 2024

Awful.

I like Bacsik. The rest are less than exciting.

Sandler isn't bad but I feel like with baseball he's still kind of learning on the fly (the commentary aspect of it, not the game itself).

Sandler, Bacsik, and Murph are the only ones worth anything.. idk why they dropped CJ

I'm hopeful Bascik can bring something.

Proposition Joe said:

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JFC. It's like we search out for monotone, boring broadcasters.

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We're the champs, we can go rogue if we want to. Get Derek Holland up there. He couldn't be any more of a loose cannon than Hawk Harrelson, who was (is) an absolute legend.

beagle2009 said:

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#Rangers’ deal with Diamond Sports is official. Dave Raymond back as lead play-by-play voice. Jared Sandler will handle some play-by-play duties when Raymond is off. David Murphy, Dave Valle, Mike Bacsik will split time as color analysts, replacing C.J. Nitkowski.

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) February 12, 2024

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I had mlb.tv for a few years and worked at night then so it was worth having / paying for it and they let you watch the in market game an hour and a half after it was over which again was no problem for me.

They let you choose which announcers to listen to, home or away and 99% of the time I listened to the other teams broadcast. Dave Raymond is so awful.

Tksymm7 said:

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I do other things while watching the rangers, so I don't really pay much attention to the announcers.

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Same, only listening to the radio instead of watching. Anybody know who's doing the radio broadcasts this year?

Excited baseball is right around the corner. Lots of disrespect out there for the world champs. The media continues to crap on this team….From top players lists to win projections, there's plenty of bulletin board material for Boch to hang in the locker room to fire these guys up.

I think it would be a little different if we were moving into this season with a healthy pitching staff, but as of opening day we'll have 3/5 would be starters hurt, and one who we probably wont be on the team because we won't resign him. Good news is we'll have them all back by the summer.

CampingAg said:

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beagle2009 said:

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#Rangers’ deal with Diamond Sports is official. Dave Raymond back as lead play-by-play voice. Jared Sandler will handle some play-by-play duties when Raymond is off. David Murphy, Dave Valle, Mike Bacsik will split time as color analysts, replacing C.J. Nitkowski.

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) February 12, 2024

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Sigh. Are we the only team who does this? A revolving door of five different announcers? I'd rather just hire two up and comers, not even necessarily former players, and have them call 162.

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Rangers announcing has sucked ever since Nolan Ryan stuck his nose where it didn't belong.

Tksymm7 said:

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I think it would be a little different if we were moving into this season with a healthy pitching staff, but as of opening day we'll have 3/5 would be starters hurt, and one who we probably wont be on the team because we won't resign him. Good news is we'll have them all back by the summer.

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Agree but that doesn't take away the disrespect to the individual players. I could be wrong, but I think the young guys like Bradford and White are going to take this opportunity and excel. It's their time and GDit we're due for some young pitchers to step up.

Bradford pitched well in spots and spurts last year, so I've got hopes get can be a good innings eating starter, but I'll be honest Owen White has me nervous. His stuff has been really fallen off from his breakout-ish 2022 season. He's got to show the ability to strike guys out at the big league level.

Worth noting, regarding GSs from 2023:

29 Gray
28 Heaney
26 Dunning
25 Eovaldi
8 Bradford
8 Scherzer
6 deGrom
1 Yerry

20 Perez (4.98 ERA as a Starter) <- Addition by subtraction
11 Monty (2.79 ERA as a Starter) <- Important loss


All-in-all, we'll return our 4 leading SPs (in terms of GS) from 2023.

Perez is an easy replacement.

Evan Grant put out a Spring Training roster, with a brief comment on each. Plus additional non-roster invitees. Pretty good info/recap of where we stand currently:


https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2024/02/12/texas-rangers-spring-training-2024-roster-invites/?sailthru_id=6268110a4f757f64badd17d2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EveningRoundup_02122024&utm_term=Evening%20Roundup%20with%20Start%20Exclusion

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CampingAg said:

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beagle2009 said:

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#Rangers’ deal with Diamond Sports is official. Dave Raymond back as lead play-by-play voice. Jared Sandler will handle some play-by-play duties when Raymond is off. David Murphy, Dave Valle, Mike Bacsik will split time as color analysts, replacing C.J. Nitkowski.

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) February 12, 2024

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Sigh. Are we the only team who does this? A revolving door of five different announcers? I'd rather just hire two up and comers, not even necessarily former players, and have them call 162.

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Rangers announcing has sucked ever since Nolan Ryan stuck his nose where it didn't belong.

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Correct. Heck, Harry Carays twin grandsons call games for the Amarillo Sod Poodles. Why not hire them rather than this hodge podge of bland guys we have currently.

The battle for DH is perhaps going to be the most interesting one this spring. We have at least four minor leaguers who have a legit chance to get time in that spot to start the season. I am looking at Foscue, Crim, Wendzel, and of course Langford (but if he's going to make the team he's going to start a bunch games as an OF, not DH). Then on top of that you have old veteran players like always.

Each of Foscue, Crim and Wendzel bring something different to the plate literally and figuratively.

You guys complaining about the broadcast team.

It could be a lot worse

Jenny Cavnar has been hired as the A’s primary play-by-play announcer, per @NBCSAthletics

She will be the first female primary play-by-play voice in MLB history 🙌 pic.twitter.com/HUpBR8ih12

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 13, 2024