The Officially Official Off Season Thread (2016)

[Bmurph]

Happy Thanksgiving you guys........everyone enjoy, and please be safe.

The Rangers need ya for 2016!

Have a good Thanksgiving to you and yours as well Don!

 

[Duane1952]

Happy Thanksgiving you guys........everyone enjoy, and please be safe.

The Rangers need ya for 2016!

Same to you Don, and to everybody else on here.

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Rangers Offseason Blueprint: Let's get weird

I'd be in favor of most of these hypothetical deals....

 

[donaldson79]

Rangers Offseason Blueprint: Let's get weird

I'd be in favor of most of these hypothetical deals....

Good read, and thanks for the post. Interesting look at things too, both short and long term.

 

[jta4437]

Rangers Offseason Blueprint: Let's get weird

I'd be in favor of most of these hypothetical deals....

That's way too much to give up for Ross

 

[RevSader]

That's way too much to give up for Ross

The 10 million dollars is the one thing I would miss the most...I really want Derek to bounce back and be a great MoRP occasional TORP kinda guy, but I don't know right now....

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Rangers Offseason Blueprint: Let's get weird

"He threw maybe the greatest postseason start in Rangers history..."

No, there is no "maybe" about it.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, Ross pitches in a ballpark that favors pitching.

I wouldn't mind kicking the tires on Young.

I think at this point, that's a massive overpay for Odor. And I love Odor.

 

[RevSader]

"He threw maybe the greatest postseason start in Rangers history..."

No, there is no "maybe" about it.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, Ross pitches in a ballpark that favors pitching.

I wouldn't mind kicking the tires on Young.

I think at this point, that's a massive overpay for Odor. And I love Odor.

Less than 12 million a year is a massive overpay for Odor?

 

[RevSader]

"He threw maybe the greatest postseason start in Rangers history..."

No, there is no "maybe" about it.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, Ross pitches in a ballpark that favors pitching.

I wouldn't mind kicking the tires on Young.

I think at this point, that's a massive overpay for Odor. And I love Odor.

Unless you are meaning from the stand point of why pay a guy 11 million and change to do what you can pay him 500K to do until arbitration. And I get that, because you are only gaining 1 year of team control from the deal.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Unless you are meaning from the stand point of why pay a guy 11 million and change to do what you can pay him 500K to do until arbitration. And I get that, because you are only gaining 1 year of team control from the deal.

Right. Odor will get his deal for sure, but not this offseason.

 

[RevSader]

Right. Odor will get his deal for sure, but not this offseason.

I see no reason to rush it either, but I certainly wouldn't be upset if he signed for that price at some point. Better than what we paid Kinsler for sure.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

I see no reason to rush it either, but I certainly wouldn't be upset if he signed for that price at some point. Better than what we paid Kinsler for sure.

I guess "massive overpay" was the wrong way to phrase it. The contract makes sense, the timing (right now) doesn't.

 

[RevSader]

I guess "massive overpay" was the wrong way to phrase it. The contract makes sense, the timing (right now) doesn't.

Meh, I figured out what you meant. I get all the risks involved. He could be really really great this year and that would drive the price of extending him up. Or they could extend him and he could be really really bad or get hurt and have another Matt Harrison on their hands.

 

[The Q]

Man Ross, Hamels, Yu would be just unfair.

although considering the way SD is looking to trim payroll they might be more interested in gus like Chi Chi than Holland.

 

[RevSader]

Man Ross, Hamels, Yu would be just unfair.

although considering the way SD is looking to trim payroll they might be more interested in gus like Chi Chi than Holland.

Gotta save Chi Chi to trade for Jose Fernandez. Texas needs all the pitcher.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

another Matt Harrison on their hands.

While unlikely, that was the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[RevSader]

While unlikely, that was the first thing that popped into my head.

That was so unlucky...they did it right too. He had a few years under him and was coming off a damn fine year. If he kept that up that deal was a steal...

 

[donaldson79]

Gotta save Chi Chi to trade for Jose Fernandez.

He's a terrific pitcher, no doubt about this. But did you see this article?

The Miami Marlins clubhouse was a circus, literally

Perhaps not great for the clubhouse.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

He's a terrific pitcher, no doubt about this. But did you see this article?

The Miami Marlins clubhouse was a circus, literally

Perhaps not great for the clubhouse.

Well I don't like the sound of that, but we have Beltre and Banister to corral that shit.

 

[The Q]

Gotta save Chi Chi to trade for Jose Fernandez. Texas needs all the pitcher.

You'd be gutting your farm btw just hamels and fernandez.

If you can roll with

Hamels
Yu
Ross
Holland
Harrison

take that and run.

then you can make minor deals to build up the pen. Maybe get a lefty to play some 1B to spell pearce and you're looking pretty good.