2021-2022 Texas Rangers Offseason Thread

[CowtownHorn 5126]

New thread because I want to forget about the one I started for the 2021 season. That one needs to be put out to pasture. Having said that…today’s events have me a little happy and excited.

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by CowtownHorn

[ztejas 43411]

We signin errrbody. 

[CowtownHorn 5126]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

We signin errrbody. 

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2061]

breaking: literally the entire league is a ranger

[Don Johnson 4752]

Boom

 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Damn, we paying eeerbody

[mdmost 42997]

Where’d all this money come from? Powder has been kept very dry

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Holy fucking shit

[Zepol87 9185]

God damn 

[ztejas 43411]

Did someone in ownership have a stroke?

Here for it. 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Where’d all this money come from? Powder has been kept very dry

Cheap bastards finally got the message with nobody showing up to a new stadium that the product on the field fucking matters?

[Radical Larry 28539]

[mdmost 42997]

2019: we have no money

2020: we have no money

2021: BRING US ALL THE WHORES AND COCAINE!

[Storm the Field 5291]

Rangers have committed $556M in the last 24 hours.

[Trey3216 15343]

Won’t confirm or deny that I posed as a server for their most recent partners meeting and roofied them just enough to force them to spenD money.  Also, I have a 3 week old baby so I may just be delirious and dreaming.   

[Don Johnson 4752]

2 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Rangers have committed $556M in the last 24 hours.

Half a billion just for the middle infield.

[ztejas 43411]

Don't want to get carried away but we could win 70, 75 games this year.

[Jameslaw121 4448]

So next year

1B - Lowe

2nd - Semien

SS - Seager

3rd (eventually) - Jung

Can Solak play 1st or 3rd and be a UTL infielder?

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

UIF has to be able to play SS, Nick can’t. He gone unless they want to screw around in LF again. 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

[Surly Bevo 24908]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Don't want to get carried away but we could win 70, 75 games this year.

Woa, 75.....dude 72 would be a SOLID 20% Y/Y improvement.  

[Trey3216 15343]

Maybe we can get a real tv presence meow 

[conVINCEd 21469]

WTF is going on here?  Are the owners being held hostage somewhere?

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Shocked the owners decided to wake up.

[Elmer_Fudd 22198]

Now let's get Kershaw, another SP, and a couple of BP arms.

Edited November 29, 2021 by Elmer_Fudd

[ztejas 43411]

This makes me a bit more nervous about extending Woodward. 

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

2 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Now let's get Kershaw, another SP, and a couple of BP arms.

Yeah maybe more than one pitcher signing. 
 

beyond that, wtf is going on?

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

This is my favorite tweet of the day. Not having to see Nick & IKF hit everyday again is a beautiful thing. 

 

[gsoda3 3245]

This makes me a bit more nervous about extending Woodward. 

After the cold hard cash Woodward is probably one of the reasons we got seager. That said, we gotta pull the rug fast if this doesn't turn around.

[ztejas 43411]

1 minute ago, gsoda3 said:

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This makes me a bit more nervous about extending Woodward. 

After the cold hard cash Woodward is probably one of the reasons we got seager. That said, we gotta pull the rug fast if this doesn't turn around.

We do have a couple years to develop some farm guys and flesh out the pitching staff before we should be expected to contend (at least at this point - who knows if they're done writing checks). But if it's 2023 and we're below .500 or something at the ASB I hope they don't hesitate to make a change. 

[Rholl 217]

I think I have read that Sonny Gray is on the block.... Package IKF, Foscue and a low level SS for him??? 

[AngryDragon 270]

Kershaw and an outfielder like Suzuki would be a nice way to wrap this up.

[Ignatius 4017]

By my Spotrac math Rangers are still only 10th in majors in payroll, and a good chunk drops off in 2023 when Roogie and Elvis come off the books….

 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Evan Grant on MLB network - Rangers still looking for another SP - Kershaw was mentioned.

[dcar00 14147]

damn.  what the fuck happened with our ownership?

[C-Man 27183]

Fuck it. Let's do this.

[warhorn8 14]

Am I the only one not thrilled about Semien? Think it will be good for a couple of years, but 7 years is a long time for a 31 year old...

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[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2061]

9 minutes ago, warhorn8 said:

Am I the only one not thrilled about Semien? Think it will be good for a couple of years, but 7 years is a long time for a 31 year old...

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Pay what the market demands.  Free agency is expensive. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

And look above to see how fucking awful our 2Bs were.

[Rholl 217]

42 minutes ago, warhorn8 said:

Am I the only one not thrilled about Semien? Think it will be good for a couple of years, but 7 years is a long time for a 31 year old...

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hopefully years 5-6-7 he is above average DH and they develop a young SS to fill that hole.

[Henry Hill 3156]

2 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Now let's get Kershaw, another SP, and a couple of BP arms.

And David Goddamn Putney.

[ztejas 43411]

51 minutes ago, warhorn8 said:

Am I the only one not thrilled about Semien? Think it will be good for a couple of years, but 7 years is a long time for a 31 year old...

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I'm a little more excited about Semien and hoping he can get close to what he did last year for a few seasons. Sure it's a long deal but so is 10 years for a 27 y/o that's had some injury issues. Semien has finished 3rd in MVP voting twice in the past 3 years. It's been awhile since we've had anyone like that. 

[DougO 5243]

I wonder what kind of trade value IKF may have. Middle infield should look quite nice...it had better.

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

Have they put out any kind of timeline on leiter?

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Here you go, @Fudbelty. 

[DougO 5243]

6 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Damn, we paying eeerbody

It would have been cheaper to just pay the fans to show up.

[TxTower 650]

Some of you may not remember, but our little Rangers have ponied up for stupid free agent money before - albeit under different ownership.

Hope they get what they pay for this time.


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[Fudbelty 2787]

Here you go, [mention=935]Fudbelty[/mention]. 

Appreciate it.

[Fudbelty 2787]

I wonder what kind of trade value IKF may have. Middle infield should look quite nice...it had better.

Box of sunflower seeds and opened pack of grape Big League Chew. He was just a placeholder imo. He wasn’t terrible but with his offense where it’s been he just won’t bring any top talent.

[C-Man 27183]

6 hours ago, warhorn8 said:

Am I the only one not thrilled about Semien? Think it will be good for a couple of years, but 7 years is a long time for a 31 year old...

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It worries me as well, that and the fact that he was below average offensively until breaking out in 2019 during his 28-year-old season. He'll turn 32 next September.

But when you've been as bad as the Rangers have, you've got to overpay to land talent. I think the owners finally realized they'd become not even an afterthought in DFW and they could no longer wait on a Houston Astros' like rebuild through the draft. (Don't even get me started on JD's abysmal record as it comes to the draft though there are signs they're doing better the last couple of years maybe.)