Texas Rangers 2018-2019 Offseason Thread

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And another one bites the dust.

Meanwhile, time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

 

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Smyly could be a trade piece at the deadline, but odds are he won't be good enough to get anything for. He has only been able to start more than 25 games once in his career and when he did that his ERA was just under 5.00.

If he stays healthy he might give us about what Fister gave us last year when he was healthy. At one point I said I thought our pitching acquisitions this offseason would be a lot like last year's offseason acquisitions. We still have Minor so that takes care of that comp. Smyly is a good comp to Fister. Now it is probably time to find a Matt Moore type.

 

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Good luck guys.

 

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Wow on Chirinos. I hope they can work something out with him.

 

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Does that put the 40 man at 33 pending adding folks back on from the 60-day DL?

 

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Bush, Gardenwine, and Herrera are the remaining 60-day DL guys I think.

 

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There is still room to trim the 40-man with Curtis and Butler still on it.

 

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Wow on Chirinos. I hope they can work something out with him.

Wow is right. Comes as a surprise to me. Glad to see Perez gone.

 

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Texas Rangers make lots of roster moves

Finally, the Rangers activated Matt Bush, Nick Gardewine and Ronald Herrera from the 60 day disabled list.


With these moves, the Rangers’ 40 man roster is now at 33.

 

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May be hard to find a new manager. Why? Almost no SP. Now short a C and CF. Choo Calhoun and possibly Beltre at DH and /or blocking youngsters. Lack of offense.

 

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Kershaw stays with the Dodgers. 3/93 takes the place of 2/65.

Good for him, better for the Rangers.

 

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I guess I'm the only one who has no concerns whatsoever with the timetable of the managerial search.

 

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Kershaw stays with the Dodgers. 3/93 takes the place of 2/65.

Good for him, better for the Rangers.

That begins to set the market for Sale and Bumgarner a year from now.

 

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I"m your man JD

 

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That begins to set the market for Sale and Bumgarner a year from now.

I wouldn't pay $30m/year for either of them, but I'd be tempted to with Sale.

 

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2018-19 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions

Spoiler alert: none of them to the Rangers.

 

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if the Rangers ate around half or little more they might. Choo + $22M for Gray

So basically 30-35 million (Choo's salary + Gray's salary for 2019) for one year of Gray?

Do the Yankees really want to get rid of Gray THAT BAD? I don't think they do, not to take on 20+ million of Choo