2014 Offseason Plans Thread

[donaldson79]

I'm assuming it would include Mitch which would help alleviate some of it.

They already got Craig and Adams. Can't see them wanting another 1st baseman.

My gut feeling is JD is going to pull another rabbit outta the hat before this is all said and done. Don't know why I feel this but I do.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

The aftermath: Five quick thoughts about Texas Rangers? trade of Ian Kinsler, acquisition of Prince Fielder | Dallas Morning News

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Vargas to the Royals. I'm glad he's leaving LAA.

4years at $32 million...they can't be serious. $8 million for 4 years for this guy?.

 

[donaldson79]

The aftermath: Five quick thoughts about Texas Rangers? trade of Ian Kinsler, acquisition of Prince Fielder | Dallas Morning News

Terrific read. Thank you for sharing.

 

[RevSader]

So I've heard a lot of silliness on ESPN from SOME Tigers fans about Prince Fielder. I know not all Tigers fans feel this way. So don't jump on me about that, because I just said it was only some.

The first is that he strikes out too much. Well after research you see he struck out 16.4% of the time. That's actually better than the league average of 18% according to fangraphs.

The second is that he lost bat speed. The guy is 29 year olds. Unless he just fell off a cliff that makes absolutely no sense. He's not 34 where guys typically do slow down in the power department.

The third is that he is fat, and it makes him play poor defense and run poorly. We've all seen the guy move way better than you would imagine for his size. Not to mention if you compare his defense and base running with Miguel Cabrera they are quite similar. Why aren't these Tiger fans down about Miguel's weight and how it impacts his defense and base running? These are the same people that said those things don't matter when crowning and MVP mind you. So now they suddenly matter when Prince is bad at them?

I can promise you there are dumb Rangers fans saying the same negative shit about Kinsler and will shit all over Prince the first time he makes a mistake the way they did with Kins.

 

[RevSader]

4years at $32 million...they can't be serious. $8 million for 4 years for this guy?.

That's pretty damn cheap actually. He pays for that contract by putting up 1.5 wins the next 4 years.

 

[terpsfball09]

I wouldn't complain about a player that hits the way miggy does even if he weighed a metric ton.

 

[Justinkm83]

That's pretty damn cheap actually. He pays for that contract by putting up 1.5 wins the next 4 years.

I thought it was a good deal for them also. His ERA was just over 4.00 last year and the Royals always need pitching.

 

[Justinkm83]

Speaking of the Royals. I wonder if they would be interested in moving Alex Gordon?

 

[RevSader]

As an addendum to my post I forgot to mention that Prince Fielder is this generation's Iron Horse. He doesn't miss games. Kinler missed more games last season than Prince has in his entire career.

 

[RevSader]

Speaking of the Royals. I wonder if they would be interested in moving Alex Gordon?

Like we would be interested in moving Yu Darvish.

 

[Justinkm83]

Like we would be interested in moving Yu Darvish.

I don't think that's quite the same. He has been a solid player, but not a superstar. Hosmer on the other hand...

 

[donaldson79]

I don't think that's quite the same. He has been a solid player, but not a superstar. Hosmer on the other hand...

Sidebar: I see you're from Euless. You ever go over to North Main BBQ?

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Just by coincidence my family is doing a NE trip in May and my sons and I plan on seeing the Red Sox vs the Tigers the weekend of May 16-18.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

nah, until the rumors include "and give Freese a multiyear $50M extension" it doesn't sound enough like what Moron-o in LAA would do.

Good one. Plus they need to add 5 more years to his contract.

 

[DT LUNA]

The aftermath: Five quick thoughts about Texas Rangers? trade of Ian Kinsler, acquisition of Prince Fielder | Dallas Morning News

Thanks. I found this very interesting. Worth taking the time to read.

 

[Justinkm83]

Sidebar: I see you're from Euless. You ever go over to North Main BBQ?

I went there for the first time about a month ago. Their ribs are the best. All you can eat ribs is never a bad idea. I wish it was open more during the week.

 

[Windingmywatch]

The more you watch MLB Tonight and ESPN the more you realize how little they really know about the Rangers.

... or baseball.

 

[Windingmywatch]

Just this morning MLB was talking about the possibility of Profar not being able to play 2ndb. I don't think JD trades away a player like Kinsler if that were true. Crazy!

MLB talking heads are stupid. If Harry Potter can play 2b ... Profar can play 2b.

One day I will do the analysis to see how many 2d basemen on all ML rosters are natural 2d basemen.

Back when TEX had MY at 3d, Andrus at SS and Kinsler at 2d ... all three were primarily SS coming up. If a player can play SS at the ML-level ... you can play anywhere on the field. ML talking head is stupid to think Profar couldn't play 2d. Stupid.

 

[donaldson79]

I went there for the first time about a month ago. Their ribs are the best. All you can eat ribs is never a bad idea. I wish it was open more during the week.

It used to be a trucking service, and Ray Green (son of Hubert) starting cooking ribs out back on Friday's back in the early 80's. It was white bread, ribs, Kraft BBQ sauce and you drank whatever you brought. Slowly it turned into a full time gig; if you can call 3 1/2 days a week a full time gig. They sold the trucking company and the rest is history.