2021-2022 Texas Rangers Offseason Thread

[Dr Fear 1268]

Perez > Moore > Lyles > Folty..... Profit???

[Dr Fear 1268]

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

He will automatically have the worst 3B arm in the sport if he ever takes a real inning there. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

His 97 innings in ‘19 were on pace for a stellar -62 runs. 

[Fudbelty 2787]

That’s certainly how many runs he prevented right? RIGHT?

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

He’s pretty terrible everywhere, but LF is probably least shitty. 

 

[Dr Fear 1268]

IKF hot potato !!

[CowtownHorn 5126]

Jake Marisnick come on down.

[NOMAAA 1696]

totally forgot that we signed jon gray.  so are we looking at:

gray

dunning

alexy/allard/otto/spencer howard/taylor hearn/etc.

??

[CowtownHorn 5126]

3 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

totally forgot that we signed jon gray.  so are we looking at:

gray

dunning

alexy/allard/otto/spencer howard/taylor hearn/etc.

??

Martin Perez as well.

[NOMAAA 1696]

oh yeah.  forgot about him. 

so.  gray, dunning, perez, the field.  jesus.

[CowtownHorn 5126]

1 Jake Marisnick - CF

2 Marcus Simien - 2B

3 Corey Seager - SS

4 Adolis Garcia - LF

5 Mitch Garver - C

6 Kole Calhoun - RF

7 Nathaniel Lowe - 1B

8 Nick Solak - DH

9 Andy Ibanez - 3B

???

[ConferenceRoom 6141]

We have to go out and get a 3B, right?

[CowtownHorn 5126]

Just now, ConferenceRoom said:

We have to go out and get a 3B, right?

I sure hope so.

[CowtownHorn 5126]

Shit I don’t know what I was thinking. I didn’t realize Marisnick was such a bad hitter. So scrap the leadoff spot.

[NOMAAA 1696]

56 minutes ago, CowtownHorn said:

1 Jake Marisnick - CF

2 Marcus Simien - 2B

3 Corey Seager - SS

4 Adolis Garcia - LF

5 Mitch Garver - C

6 Kole Calhoun - RF

7 Nathaniel Lowe - 1B

8 Nick Solak - DH

9 Andy Ibanez - 3B

???

looking at this and the rotation, man we are a long way from being a contender again.

[TonyTexas 10505]

11 minutes ago, CowtownHorn said:

Shit I don’t know what I was thinking. I didn’t realize Marisnick was such a bad hitter. So scrap the leadoff spot.

Y’all will really like Jake but he’s nothing but a late inning defensive sub and pinch runner. 

[CowtownHorn 5126]

2 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

looking at this and the rotation, man we are a long way from being a contender again.

That’s true. But at least the front office seems committed to turning this thing around. I’m excited to get back to Globe Life soon and see the new faces. Let’s get back to .500 and I’ll be happy.

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Yeah, putting Marisnick at leadoff would be worse than Leody. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

And Nick over Free Willie at DH? Come on, son. 

[NOMAAA 1696]

i hate that we live in a world that the rangers are still running with the nick solak experiment.

[CowtownHorn 5126]

3 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

And Nick over Free Willie at DH? Come on, son. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[DougO 5243]

3 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

And Nick over Free Willie at DH? Come on, son. 

I'm hoping both of those guys have a hot first half and become tradeable before the deadline.  

[DougO 5243]

Screw it, just sign Trevor Story and put one of the big three infielders at 3rd. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

If Nick plays enough in the first half to have any value, then something has already gone seriously wrong.

He has a .706 OPS in almost 900 PAs, he’s simply a bad Major League baseball player. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Way to really go out there on a limb, Skip. 

Quote

“As far as Andy goes, if he hits, if he plays the position really well and hits at a high clip, he may end up being the everyday guy,” Woodward said. “But he's got to earn that. I'm not going to hand that to him right now. He's got to earn his way through.” 

https://www.mlb.com/rangers/news/andy-ibanez-among-rangers-options-at-third-base

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Not terrible. Can’t really play defense anywhere, but can swing it a little bit. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millebr02.shtml

Edited March 16, 2022 by shadow_operative2.0

[NOMAAA 1696]

just throwing shit against the wall.

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

More bad news for Nick. 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

And this really ends the Nick experiment. 

Likely Miller/Culberson platoon in LF now. 

[Post Oak 20204]

This offseason just goes to show how far they still have to go to compete for pennants.

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

The rotation is fucking ghastly. 

[Dr Fear 1268]

Yankees move to the end with 4 games in 3 days.

[Elmer_Fudd 22198]

1 hour ago, Dr Fear said:

Yankees move to the end with 4 games in 3 days.

Man after All-Star break, go to Miami for one game, then go cross country to Oakland.

Also, three games at home followed by a double header in Miami the following day, then back to Texas for another home series.

[Elmer_Fudd 22198]

Rangers have signed Greg Holland.

[DougO 5243]

On 3/13/2022 at 2:43 PM, Dr Fear said:

 

 

 

"And there's Marla Hooch..."

 

[ConferenceRoom 6141]

Rangers have signed Greg Holland.

Can we call him New Amsterdam?

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Best part of signing Greg is this tweet the other day. 

 

[NOMAAA 1696]

wonder if any offer was made to greinke.  anything. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22198]

Rangers have signed Pitcher Garrett Richards.   Long time Angel, was with Red Sox last year.

[Fudbelty 2787]

Rangers have signed Pitcher Garrett Richards.   Long time Angel, was with Red Sox last year.

Hope his knee is better. I was there the night he jacked it up in Boston. (Yes I know it happened in 2014)

[Elmer_Fudd 22198]

Matt Carpenter signed to a minor league deal.

[Post Oak 20204]

Jack fucked today.

4ks

 

[NOMAAA 1696]

5 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Matt Carpenter signed to a minor league deal.

Love a reclamation. Bring the salsa. 

[NOMAAA 1696]

But fuck the cardinals. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

I dig. 

 

[Post Oak 20204]

In news of the weird. Texas has reportedly in talks with Trevor Story to play LF  Doesn't seem likely but interesting.

Seems like Hou and other places would be better fits.

[Fudbelty 2787]

But fuck the cardinals. 

We did for 8.5 innings that one night.

[SurlyBDR 22763]

[ztejas 43411]

Damn. I don't remember him being that jacked when he played.