*****Official Texas Rangers World Series Title Defense Thread***** [Staff Warning]

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gigem1223
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Solid lefty veteran reliever with an era+ of 135. Will definitely bolster the BP.
DallasAg 94
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Bullpen Additions:
Rangers: Chafin (41G, 3.16 ERA, 37.0 IP, 40 SO, 1.378 WHIP
Astros : Fergie (42G, 5.13 ERA, 33.1 IP, 41 SO, 1.500 WHIP

Probably because other teams like us more.
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topoftexasag said:

Looks like Chafin is heading our way. Not sure on return yet.

Knizner and Wendzel?
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Detroit actually sending us some decent pieces.
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What is that - four years in a row Chafin gets traded at the deadline?
gigem1223
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Either way we def upgraded our hair and mustache game
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Quincey P. Morris said:


I may not be a rangers fun but I'm extremely jealous of this move. Dude just screams badass coming out of the bullpen
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I hope we sent them Foscue. Would y'all do that straight up?

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Waiting to see what we gave up, but I like this move just because it gives us two 8th inning guys: a lefty and a righty.
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Who wouldn't do that deal?
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Controllable thru next season ($6 mill team option)
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So the Tigers are just giving up? They're aren't winning the Central but are only a game behind us in the wild card. Seems kind of knee jerk to throw in the towel. I don't think they're getting great prospects in return.

I wonder if we're giving up quite a bit and taking on a bat as well but only Chafin being floated out there.
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Fuzzy Dunlop said:

So the Tigers are just giving up? They're aren't winning the Central but are only a game behind us in the wild card. Seems kind of knee jerk to throw in the towel. I don't think they're getting great prospects in return.

I wonder if we're giving up quite a bit and taking on a bat as well but only Chafin being floated out there.
7 games back of a playoff spot with 6 teams or so vying for it. That's a tough task, we'd be in the same boat except our division sucks donkey balls
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DallasAg 94 said:

2015 had then believing a deal for Flaherty was done.

They probably thought they were getting Vlady and all the best players.

They got a meh innings guy and now a horrible LH RP for Intl pool money.

Keep digging. Exhaust all flexibility to add cheap talent.

In my buddies defense.. he just said there was a lot of smoke, as well as Jon Heyman (allegedly)
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Legal Custodian said:

Fuzzy Dunlop said:

So the Tigers are just giving up? They're aren't winning the Central but are only a game behind us in the wild card. Seems kind of knee jerk to throw in the towel. I don't think they're getting great prospects in return.

I wonder if we're giving up quite a bit and taking on a bat as well but only Chafin being floated out there.
7 games back of a playoff spot with 6 teams or so vying for it. That's a tough task, we'd be in the same boat except our division sucks donkey balls


I agree with you there. We don't have as big a hill to climb. But I don't see Detroit getting the splash prospects. I guess there are other trades to make, though.
DallasAg 94
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I think it came down to where they are vs who is adding.

When you look at all the teams adding in the AL, they would need to buy just to keep up.

It's like getting to the turn on a 100M Free LCM... holding the wall and watching all the other swimmers returning... the farther they get away the easier it is to just get out of the pool.
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DallasAg 94
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Well... and that we've added Scherzer, Dunning, Jung, Bradford, and soon Mahle. All for free.
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Detective Jake Peralta said:




What if it was not accepted by their model?????
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No idea the validity of their model, it was just the first place I had seen the return on Twitter.
DallasAg 94
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That's how you do it.

#27 Prospect Montalvo. Looks like a guy that could be a really, really good SP... but is just too far away to carry on the 40 for a team looking to win Championships.

Lee looks like more of a project, but close. He may be able to clean up some stuff in a new org.

Detroit gets 2 pretty good Ps that could benefit them at some point... and we may look back wishing we had them, but knowing we couldn't wait.
DallasAg 94
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I think it is just a model to tell fans whether the GM got fleeced. On the Bloss/Loperfido trade it said "Rejected." Obviously it still happened, but it gives Astros fans heartburn... and cause for Rangers fans to help affirm the Astros fans in how suck-ass the trade was.
fc2112
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Good deal for Big Country. Three lefties in the bullpen now.
DallasAg 94
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Because of the 3batter minimum, the BP Lefty v Righty dynamic has changed. It is still relevant, but different.

Last year when Sborz was pitching in the ALCS against Houston... was it Yordan who was coming up and everyone thought the Rangers would bring in a LHP... Bochy left Sborz in and Yordan looked totally surprised. He looked like he hadn't looked at the scouting report for Sborz because he was convinced we'd bring in a Lefty.

Without a Left in the BP in '24... teams might bring in a LHB to PH, however, with what we have now, it may be that a team decides to stick with their Righty.
Proposition Joe
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Win tonight and you're guaranteed a 2-4 road trip which, while not sexy, keeps the season alive into August.
fc2112
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While the L/R is not as important now, it's still nice to have another lefty not named Jacob Latz.
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While true, let's not poo poo the ONLY lefty who's been in the pen all year and pitched to a 3.63 and 110 ERA+. Unless you were actually going for the fact that he has been indeed our only lefty all year and not a dig hahah.
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Please let Aroldis Chapman go to the Astros especially after the **** they talked about him and him being a criminal and how they would NEVER
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So who have we added? I've been out of the loop.
World's worst proofreader
WestTexasAg
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vander54 said:

So who have we added? I've been out of the loop.
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From Newberg:

"Joel Sherman (New York Post) reported in the last hour on MLB Network that part of the impetus for the trade of Michael Lorenzen to the Royals was that Chris Young was trying to do right by the veteran righthander since he signed with the Rangers in March with the expectation that he would be in the rotation and that opportunity was about to be taken away in Texas."

This kind of stuff pays dividends down the road.
DallasAg 94
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That's the kind if GM I want... it is why I never expect to win a Championship. Sometimes doing right by a player isn't always easy.

Lorenzen has been trying to establish himself as a SP and his lack of proven durability worked against him getting a long-term deal.

He'll still get a WS Ring when the Rangers win it this year.
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Just saw Wendzel was traded to Reds for cash. I couldn't find a tweet so take it with a grain of salt. He was DFA'd a few days ago.
DallasAg 94
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Here you go rook.




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