OFFICIAL OFF SEASON THREAD ( 2017 )

[donaldson79]

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

 

[DT LUNA]

I was listening to 105.3 this afternoon...think it was this station anyway, and they played the interview with him right after we lost game 3 to Toronto last year. I'd never heard it before. But the young man spoke from his heart like few I've heard before. It was damn near moving.

He said something to the effect, "this is not a team, but a family. I'm a better player now, and a much better person than I was before I got here. I love it, and thank you."

But DT....he's 31 years old. Some on here would give me grief for calling him "young man." ha ha ha

Know what ya mean. I called him a kid and he is to me.

 

[DT LUNA]

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

NOOOOO

 

[Kelleyman]

Good point.

Perhaps Charlie Blackmon will be moved from Rockies

 

[Duane1952]

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

Out.

 

[RevSader]

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

Team control of Quintana through 2020...I am in all day on that trade.

 

[Nightcrawler]

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

The white Sox seem to have some strange fixation with Mazara. I'm not so sure I'd choose Roogie over Profar myself.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Is anyone besides me surprised, very surprised actually, that Moreland only got $5.5 and one year?

Not me. with his hitting, that's pretty much the market value for Big Mitch. And I'm most likely the biggest Moreland supporter on this board.

WOW......just saw a proposed Ranger trade on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, of the following:

Rangers get Jose Quintana and give up BOTH Profar and Mazara.

Who's in/out?

Unless there's a MLB-level bat coming back from Chi-town, that's a big box of NOPE for me.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Team control of Quintana through 2020...I am in all day on that trade.

Me too 100%

 

[Bmurph]

Rangers, Pirates Interested In Tyson Ross

By Connor Byrne | December 8, 2016 at 12:29am CDT

The Padres non-tendered Tyson Ross last week in lieu of paying the injured right-hander an estimated $9.6MM via arbitration in 2017. Now a free agent, Ross is looking for similar money – $9MM to $11MM – on a one-year deal, and that likely doesn’t include incentives, according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (Twitter link).

Having already added ex-Padre Andrew Cashner to their rotation this offseason, the Rangers have “done significant homework” on Ross, sources told Grant (via Twitter). A healthy Ross would fill out Texas’ rotation on paper, giving the reigning American League West champions a group consisting of him, Cashner and Martin Perezcomplementing an enviable top two of Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels. Like Darvish and Hamels, Ross has front-line ability, having logged a 3.03 ERA, 9.35 K/9, 3.58 BB/9 and 59.2 percent ground-ball rate in 391 2/3 innings from 2014-15. However, the soon-to-be 30-year-old spun only 5 1/3 frames last season – all of which came on opening day – because of shoulder issues. Ross underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome in October, and the expectation is that he’ll recover sometime between February and April.

Along with the Rangers, the Pirates have shown interest in Ross, reports Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Twitter link). While Ross would give the Pirates and ballyhooed pitching coach Ray Searage an interesting reclamation project, his health troubles could make his asking price problematic for the low-payroll franchise. Nevertheless, with Ivan Nova perhaps set to leave Pittsburgh as a free agent and 2016 innings leader Jeff Locke now a Marlin after the Pirates non-tendered him, the club has obvious holes in its rotation. Clearly cognizant of that, the Pirates have checked inon a few other starters – including Doug Fister, Jorge De La Rosa, Derek Holland and the Rays’ Jake Odorizzi – at this week’s winter meetings.

 

[donaldson79]

Pretty funny and reflects my feelings as well. ha

Matt Holliday is making it pretty darn clear that he doesn’t want to play baseball in one city. Outside of potentially visiting Oakland as a member of the New York Yankees, the veteran has no intention of repeating his nightmarish half season with the Athletics.

According to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation, the recently signed Yankees outfielder’s new contract includes a no-trade clause to one team … the Athletics

 

[donaldson79]

Jury seems to be pretty split on the Profar/Mazara for Quintana.

I'm sort of on the fence. Rev pointing out Quintana is under control for 4 years is pretty important note to me.

And here's a decent read.

With Carlos Gomez signing, Rangers have opened the door to getting creative this winter | SportsDay

 

[saddles]

Put me down as a no for the Mazara and Profar trade.

 

[saddles]

 

[DT LUNA]

Put me down as a no for the Mazara and Profar trade.

I think Maz is something special and we haven't discovered "how special" yet

 

[Duane1952]

Jury seems to be pretty split on the Profar/Mazara for Quintana.

I'm sort of on the fence. Rev pointing out Quintana is under control for 4 years is pretty important note to me.

And here's a decent read.

With Carlos Gomez signing, Rangers have opened the door to getting creative this winter | SportsDay

I'm not giving up Maz. Going into the off season the Rangers knew they needed two outfielders. You get rid of Maz, you're still going to need two outfielders. You can't count on putting Choo in right because he can't stay healthy and his defense isn't that good. Do you really want to see Rua, DDJ and Gomez as your everyday outfield.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

According to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation, the recently signed Yankees outfielder’s new contract includes a no-trade clause to one team … the Athletics

I hear Chapman's deal with the Yankees incluces a no-trade clause to any team in California.

 

[Duane1952]

I heard the Baltimore general said that they needed an outfielder. But would not sign Bautista because their fans didn't like him.

 

[donaldson79]

I hear Chapman's deal with the Yankees incluces a no-trade clause to any team in California.

Chapman, 28, cannot be dealt to some West Coast teams and cannot be dealt at all in the first three years of the contract.

"I just don't want to go that far," he said. "I did have the opportunity to stay here near my house [with the Miami Marlins], but no, I leaned more toward New York. I like the Bronx more."

 

[donaldson79]

Why would we not have brought Moreland back for the one year $5.5 mil he got?

Then we move Profar to 2nd, and Odor to LF. And this team has a pretty darn good looking defensive IMO.