2022 Texas Rangers Spring Training Thread

[DTC]

Should drop to $100 million to begin 2022-2023 off season.
Plenty of room to add next off-season as well

 

[DTC]

They see him as a very good defender with speed and a non-stop motor. If he can figure out how to hit you would have the CFer the team has needed for awhile and probably the leadoff man...

Hope that’s what happens. Would be cool

 

[Kelleyman]

Hope that’s what happens. Would be cool

As a general rule I root for all Rangers to do well even past unmentionables

 

[DTC]

As a general rule I root for all Rangers to do well even past unmentionables

No doubt

 

[Kelleyman]

So here are the potential expendables- some only have a year or less to make themselves useful
Solak
W Calhoun
Y Hernandez
Reks

Class 2 2 years to prove
E White
Leody

Class 3 - perhaps a trade
One of the catchers besides Garver including Huff - can’t see us keeping 4 guys on 40 man for long unless there is a commitment for Garver to PT DH

This year though is considered part of the rebuild although no one will admit it so no hurry unless some guy in the minors must come up. An injury and a call up who excels could be a death blow

Just pure opinion. Other opinions may better

 

[DTC]

I’m excited about Zach Reks.
I bet he surprises a lot of folks.
Definitely seems like a guy that can have a .330-.350 OBP and a .450-.550 SLG
.780-900 OPS.

He may get more games in LF than any one else?

 

[saddles]

So here are the potential expendables- some only have a year or less to make themselves useful
Solak
W Calhoun
Y Hernandez
Reks

Class 2 2 years to prove
E White
Leody

Class 3 - perhaps a trade
One of the catchers besides Garver including Huff - can’t see us keeping 4 guys on 40 man for long unless there is a commitment for Garver to PT DH

This year though is considered part of the rebuild although no one will admit it so no hurry unless some guy in the minors must come up. An injury and a call up who excels could be a death blow

Just pure opinion. Other opinions may better

Someone suggested that Garver could see some time at 1B this year.

 

[saddles]

So here are the potential expendables- some only have a year or less to make themselves useful
Solak
W Calhoun
Y Hernandez
Reks

Class 2 2 years to prove
E White
Leody

I put all of those guys in basically the same category. Hernandez and Solak have the advantage of possibly being kept around as utility players since they can play multiple positions. Solak and Calhoun have each shown flashes and may be able to be helped the most by our new hitting coaches.

Long term, 2024 and beyond, Solak, Ibanez, and Hernandez, have the best chance of being bench players on very good teams here. I expect all of the rest of those guys will be gone by then.

 

[DTC]

Looking forward to Donnie Ecker and what he can bring to our hitters.

2021 MLB Coach Of The Year: Donnie Ecker (San Francisco Giants)

San Francisco hunted fastballs and made teams pay when they found them, but Giants' hitting coach, Donnie Ecker's, approach went beyond mechanical preparation.

www.google.com

 

[saddles]

2024 Lineup and Bench

C. ???(Huff, trade acquisition, or Garver extended)
1B Crim
2B Semien
3B. Jung
SS. Seagar
LF. Harris
CF Smith
RF. Foscue
DH. FA (or one of the guys listed as bench players with Solak taking their spot on the bench)



Bench

Wendzel
Ibanez
Duran
Trevino

 

[Kelleyman]

2024 Lineup and Bench

C. ???(Huff, trade acquisition, or Garver extended)
1B Crim
2B Semien
3B. Jung
SS. Seagar
LF. Harris
CF Smith
RF. Foscue
DH. FA (or one of the guys listed as bench players with Solak taking their spot on the bench)



Bench

Wendzel
Ibanez
Duran
Trevino

This would be quite a success for the farm system

 

[saddles]

This would be quite a success for the farm system

And it doesn't include Carter, Acuna, Acosta, Morrobel, M. Smith, Zavala, or Cauley.

Nor does it include pitching, which is the strength of the farm system.

 

[scotsman1948]

As a general rule I root for all Rangers to do well even past unmentionables

so do I but i don't do it forever or more 3 or 4 years whichever comes first

 

[DT LUNA]

No mention of Garcia above but I would assume he is not part of the future.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

No mention of Garcia above but I would assume he is not part of the future.

How he does this year will tell that tale.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

I wonder if Perez and Arihara will be the placeholders in the rotation while they nurse along some young guys at AAA and AA. They might want to limit the prospects innings for a couple of months so they can make it in the big leagues the rest of the way without having to overload their inning totals.

Or, they could let Alexy and Otto pitch normally for a few weeks and then bring them up with plans of shutting them down in late August. At that point they could bring up 2 more guys like Winn, Rodriguez, or Kent.

 

[DT LUNA]

I wonder if Perez and Arihara will be the placeholders in the rotation while they nurse along some young guys at AAA and AA. They might want to limit the prospects innings for a couple of months so they can make it in the big leagues the rest of the way without having to overload their inning totals.

Or, they could let Alexy and Otto pitch normally for a few weeks and then bring them up with plans of shutting them down in late August. At that point they could bring up 2 more guys like Winn, Rodriguez, or Kent.

Sounds reasonable.

 

[DT LUNA]

Televised 1:00 direct tv ch 214.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I wonder if Perez and Arihara will be the placeholders in the rotation while they nurse along some young guys at AAA and AA. They might want to limit the prospects innings for a couple of months so they can make it in the big leagues the rest of the way without having to overload their inning totals.

Or, they could let Alexy and Otto pitch normally for a few weeks and then bring them up with plans of shutting them down in late August. At that point they could bring up 2 more guys like Winn, Rodriguez, or Kent.

I can't imagine any other purpose for Perez and Arihara