2014 Offseason

[saddles]

Baseball America's new Top 10 Ranger Prospects list:

1. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Joey Gallo[/FONT]
2. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Jake Thompson[/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]Jorge Alfaro[/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]Nomar Mazara[/FONT]
5. [FONT=&quot]Nick Williams[/FONT]
6. [FONT=&quot]Chi Chi Gonzalez[/FONT]
7. [FONT=&quot]Luis Sardinas[/FONT]
8. [FONT=&quot]Ryan Rua[/FONT]
9. [FONT=&quot]Luis Ortiz[/FONT]
10. [FONT=&quot]Josh Morgan[/FONT]

 

[scotsman1948]

I'd be all for Fister.

agree i would do that deal in a NY minute

 

[scotsman1948]

Find a way to throw in Jon Niese from the Mets too. Upton and Niese would be a great haul in a trade. The Mets are trying to trade him and Gee. I'm not interested in Gee but would love to have Niese.

don't know much about Niese but if you like him i'm good with it.

 

[Justinkm83]

Baseball America's new Top 10 Ranger Prospects list:

1. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Joey Gallo[/FONT]
2. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Jake Thompson[/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]Jorge Alfaro[/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]Nomar Mazara[/FONT]
5. [FONT=&quot]Nick Williams[/FONT]
6. [FONT=&quot]Chi Chi Gonzalez[/FONT]
7. [FONT=&quot]Luis Sardinas[/FONT]
8. [FONT=&quot]Ryan Rua[/FONT]
9. [FONT=&quot]Luis Ortiz[/FONT]
10. [FONT=&quot]Josh Morgan[/FONT]

Wow. Nothing but good reports lately about Jake Thompson. I wonder if he's going to make this rotation next year.

 

[romeo212000]

Wow. Nothing but good reports lately about Jake Thompson. I wonder if he's going to make this rotation next year.

Looks like that may be a very good trade.

 

[romeo212000]

Any interest in Trumbo for DH?

 

[WastinSomeTime]

@Enrique_Rojas1: Nelson Cruz and #Mariners agree 4 years/$57 million, report dominican newsspaper @ElCaribeRD > El Caribe » ?Nelson Cruz está cerca de firmar con Seattle por 57 millones de dólares

If true it will be interesting to see how Cruz does there. Some places are just a better fit for players and Arlington and Baltimore were good fits for Cruz. If he does well then it will be big lift for Seattle.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Any interest in Trumbo for DH?

I am not a Trumbo hater but his biggest problem is he is so average in the field and it seems we have so many DH's in waiting or ready to rotate.

 

[Hambombs]

Baseball America's new Top 10 Ranger Prospects list:

1. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Joey Gallo[/FONT]
2. [FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Jake Thompson[/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]Jorge Alfaro[/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]Nomar Mazara[/FONT]
5. [FONT=&quot]Nick Williams[/FONT]
6. [FONT=&quot]Chi Chi Gonzalez[/FONT]
7. [FONT=&quot]Luis Sardinas[/FONT]
8. [FONT=&quot]Ryan Rua[/FONT]
9. [FONT=&quot]Luis Ortiz[/FONT]
10. [FONT=&quot]Josh Morgan[/FONT]

Anyone think Gallo is the next chris carter?

 

[UK Cowboy]

This from Bowden on a potential 3 way trade:

Texas Rangers | New York Mets | Atlanta Braves

Rangers acquire: Justin Upton from Atlanta


Justin Upton would be a perfect fit for the Texas Rangers.
The Rangers desperately need another big right-handed bat to put in the middle of the lineup behind Adrian Beltre and Prince Fielder, and Upton would be the perfect fit. The Rangers could then move Shin-Soo Choo back to right field, where he at least gets some better jumps and angles. The Rangers and Braves really don’t match up well on a deal, but get the Mets involved and the three teams could help each other. The Rangers' depth in the middle infield with Elvis Andrus, Jurickson Profar, Luis Sardinas and Rougned Odor make this deal possible.

Mets acquire: Elvis Andrus and $10 million from Texas

Andrus is one of the better defensive shortstops in baseball, and has above-average range to both sides. His positive attitude and energy would fit in perfectly in the Mets' clubhouse, and his defense would really help with run prevention for one of the best young rotations in baseball. The Mets would become pretty special defensively with him at shortstop and Golden Glove winner Juan Lagares in center field. Of course, the Mets would have to absorb close to $15 million per year through 2022 and/or have the risk of him opting out after the 2018 and 2019 seasons. However, if the Rangers agree to chip in $2 million a year for the next five years of the contract, the price would probably become close to acceptable for the defense and character they’d be getting back in the deal.

Braves acquire: Noah Syndergaard from New York; Michael Choice from Texas

The Braves are building for the opening of their new stadium in 2017, and a deal like this -- with the future in mind more than the present -- would make sense. They’ve already dealt Jason Heyward to the Cardinals for Shelby Miller and this deal would follow in those footsteps. As was the case with Heyward, the Braves control Upton for only one more season, and it doesn’t appear likely they’ll be able to extend him. Therefore, they’d be trading one year of Upton for six control years of Syndergaard. Syndergaard, 22, is considered a top-of-the-rotation type of starter, and would give the Braves a solid young staff, as he would be joining Julio Teheran, Miller, Alex Wood, Mike Minor and Brandon Beachy. The Braves could ask the Rangers to throw Choice into the deal with hopes that his hitting and power tools will eventually surface at the major league level. The deal would leave the Braves scrambling for outfielders, but at least give them two years to figure that out before the new stadium opens. Remember, the Braves have always been about their starting rotation, and it’s time they put the focus back where it belongs.

That's a pretty good deal for all involved IMO

 

[scotsman1948]

That's a pretty good deal for all involved IMO

i think it would take more to Atlanta

 

[Justinkm83]

Bacsik just repeated my thoughts on Niese.

 

[WilltheThrill]

i think it would take more to Atlanta

Mets are the ones getting ripped off the worst in that deal. Syndegaard is their top pitching prospect and is considered a definite future #1 or 2. Their reward for trading him away would be a vastly overpaid above average SS. A cost-effective TORP is worth far more than an overpaid SS who has likely already peaked or is close to it.

I wouldn't trade a healthy Martin Perez for Elvis and his contract, would you?

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

FYI - fanfest tickets can be purchased.

Fast Passes are available for $500. Up from like $300 last year.

That's a large pill to swallow this year. Still worth it - but damn.

 

[Bmurph]

Mariners gave Cruz lots of money and years, its gonna suck watching him in our division for at least the first couple years of that contract.

 

[DT LUNA]

Mariners gave Cruz lots of money and years, its gonna suck watching him in our division for at least the first couple years of that contract.

Baltimore won't like it either.

 

[saddles]

agree i would do that deal in a NY minute

Which deal? What are we giving up for a year of Fister?

 

[Justinkm83]

Which deal? What are we giving up for a year of Fister?

That's another reason Niese is intriguing. He is controllable for four more years and is only 28

 

[saddles]

Congrats to Nellie. I am glad he is getting paid well. We had several huge contributors around here in the early part of this decade who helped us get to two World Series. Almost all have left. Some are hated by most Ranger fans and some aren't. I am glad when they get rewarded.

 

[Bmurph]

Congrats to Nellie. I am glad he is getting paid well. We had several huge contributors around here in the early part of this decade who helped us get to two World Series. Almost all have left. Some are hated by most Ranger fans and some aren't. I am glad when they get rewarded.

I wish them all success, and just hope the Rangers organization is more successful