2013 Offseason Player Transaction Thread

[scotsman1948]

expected payroll with josh and shields 140mil or so.......not bad at all

then we got the MY 16 mil coming off the books and cruz will be gone so we will being looking at about dropping down to about 115 next year

so we can and should do it if rays dont ask to much

there you go:horn:


and it works with Greinke too

 

[Hambombs]

Soria deal is official. 2 yrs with a 3rd yr option.

Yeah JD!

 

[Hambombs]

What was our payroll from last year?

 

[bone3421]

lol .....and now JD is saying rangers havent talked to joshs agent since yesterday

damn twitter and all these "insiders".........or JD just needs to tell us or finalize this shit

 

[scotsman1948]

What was our payroll from last year?

120.5M

 

[bone3421]

What was our payroll from last year?

110 mil is what i read


If the Rangers did manage to acquire both Hamilton and Shields in one fell swoop, their projected 2013 salary obligations (including arbitration projections) would soar from approximately $110 million to $140-145 million. If that scenario actually came to pass, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rangers executed some sort of follow-up move to create a little bit of payroll breathing room


shit i took that as from last year.....but they are saying 110 mil was/is projected for 2013....

 

[Hambombs]

120.5M

Thanks. I wonder how much were willing to spend.

 

[Hambombs]

110 mil is what i read


If the Rangers did manage to acquire both Hamilton and Shields in one fell swoop, their projected 2013 salary obligations (including arbitration projections) would soar from approximately $110 million to $140-145 million. If that scenario actually came to pass, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rangers executed some sort of follow-up move to create a little bit of payroll breathing room


shit i took that as from last year.....but they are saying 110 mil was/is projected for 2013....

I think they could bump it some more we will see.

 

[scotsman1948]

Thanks. I wonder how much were willing to spend.

wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers go as high as 150-160M especially seeing 20M coming off the books the following year

 

[Hambombs]

rangers might be big players via trade, i think thats how its gonna end up. Elvis Will be dangled for top pitcher i dont there know who. But there is to much smoke on the Grenkie, Hamilton front. Our moves usually come out of nowhere.

 

[romeo212000]

Hamilton is headed home from the winter meetings. Seems kind of odd that he came on the first day and is leaving so early. My guess is he wanted to come test the market, and found it less lucrative than he thought, and may decide to approach the rangers after the meetings are over.

 

[Hambombs]

Hamilton is headed home from the winter meetings. Seems kind of odd that he came on the first day and is leaving so early. My guess is he wanted to come test the market, and found it less lucrative than he thought, and may decide to approach the rangers after the meetings are over.

Who knows what that means.

 

[Senator_fan]

Who knows what that means.

I think Hamilton will sign a 3 to 5 year deal and stay with Rangers.

 

[bone3421]

I think Hamilton will sign a 3 to 5 year deal and stay with Rangers.

this.......... i dont think a team besides the mariners will top the 4/100 we offered and then he will have to decide if he wants to play for seattle or texas
should be a nobrainer unless he wants the extra 20-30 mil
just my thinking.....

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

· According to Ken Rosenthal (Fox Sports), Texas, Arizona, Cleveland, and Tampa Bay (and possibly a fifth team) are discussing a variety of trades, principally centered on “Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton, Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, Rays righthander James Shields and, most likely, Texas prospects.”



One version not including the Rays, Rosenthal writes, would send Upton to Texas and Cabrera to Arizona, with Mike Olt and other prospects going to Cleveland.



Rosenthal adds that Tampa Bay and Texas have discussed Shields in the context of a separate, conventional two-team deal.



“None of the deals,” according to Rosenthal, “was close as of early Wednesday morning, and none is likely to come to fruition, considering the difficulty of putting such trades together, sources said. In fact, the number of players and prospects under discussion is so vast, some club officials involved in the talks are not even certain which combinations are alive and which are not.”

Yes please.

 

[romeo212000]

this.......... i dont think a team besides the mariners will top the 4/100 we offered and then he will have to decide if he wants to play for seattle or texas
should be a nobrainer unless he wants the extra 20-30 mil
just my thinking.....

Supposedly they haven't offered him anything.

 

[fordman84]

Yes please.

Was reading about that trade rumor, CLE is involved as well.

I'd see us parting with Crus, Olt, Elvis, Holland, other prospects for Shields and Upton in trade, then turn around and sign Grienke.

Two front of the rotation guys to put with Harry and Yu as well as a Josh replacement and making room for more time from Murphy/Gentry/Martin. An OF of Upton in RF, Gentry in CF, Murphy in LF, and Gentry spotting them time would be pretty nice as well.

 

[scotsman1948]

i guess:

Plan A is Hamilton & Greinke

&

Plan B is JUpton & Shields

if you believe Rosenthal

 

[romeo212000]

i guess:

Plan A is Hamilton & Greinke

&

Plan B is JUpton & Shields

if you believe Rosenthal

Certainly sounds that way.

 

[romeo212000]

Was reading about that trade rumor, CLE is involved as well.

I'd see us parting with Crus, Olt, Elvis, Holland, other prospects for Shields and Upton in trade, then turn around and sign Grienke.

Two front of the rotation guys to put with Harry and Yu as well as a Josh replacement and making room for more time from Murphy/Gentry/Martin. An OF of Upton in RF, Gentry in CF, Murphy in LF, and Gentry spotting them time would be pretty nice as well.

If Tampa gets involved I would hope we'd be the ones getting shields.