Texas Rangers 2021 - 2022 Offseason Thread

[Kelleyman]

Here is something for you to chew on if you want to see how he stacked up against other SS this year at the plate, this should give you an idea as to what GMs might think he would be worth in a trade...

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So true the IKF, he is far from being an elite hitter and his value is in his flexibility and as seen he is an upgrade from Elvis who unfortunately in his career scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Looking at it from a WAR standpoint Trevor S is not a huge leap better especially taking into account a drop in his defense this year. Corea is near the top but comes with the Astros cheater taint. Tough situation as we could easily do an overpay this year but not get the value. I guess if Storey is not trying to break the bank he would be good and slide to 3B eventually. Jung will maybe move as well at some point.
Love to get an elite CF with bat as well as glove.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

So true the IKF, he is far from being an elite hitter and his value is in his flexibility and as seen he is an upgrade from Elvis who unfortunately in his career scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Looking at it from a WAR standpoint Trevor S is not a huge leap better especially taking into account a drop in his defense this year. Corea is near the top but comes with the Astros cheater taint. Tough situation as we could easily do an overpay this year but not get the value. I guess if Storey is not trying to break the bank he would be good and slide to 3B eventually. Jung will maybe move as well at some point.
Love to get an elite CF with bat as well as glove.

He's already on the team according to the link I provided...

 

[Kelleyman]

@Uncle Siggy

More of a proponent of the advanced stats with 800 OPS being the keeper, thus my Gallo fandom

Below we see how bad our guys are even IKF. Great role model, but nowhere near elite. He is not a starting winning piece. Would be ash to say just overhaul the whole team including mgr and for some of you former GM. We had a Terrible season and not even Garcia with his mid season surge is not an automatic keeper

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[Kelleyman]

He's already on the team according to the link I provided...

Went over my head. Saw the bucs CF and Marte but not a great guy in a rebuild

 

[Kelleyman]

Bottom line for our Rangers is we are going to have to strike gold within our own system. We can't buy our way into the playoffs.
Good news We may be on our way to this pitching wise

 

[DTC]

@Uncle Siggy

More of a proponent of the advanced stats with 800 OPS being the keeper, thus my Gallo fandom

Below we see how bad our guys are even IKF. Great role model, but nowhere near elite. He is not a starting winning piece. Would be ash to say just overhaul the whole team including mgr and for some of you former GM. We had a Terrible season and not even Garcia with his mid season surge is not an automatic keeper

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The team literally has holes just about every where. The only ones worth keeping so that we can address other worse holes would be Lowe at 1B and Adolis at RF( just to see if he can sustain)
I like Ibanez at 2B for now
Bring Jung up for 3B

 

[Kelleyman]

The team literally has holes just about every where. The only ones worth keeping so that we can address other worse holes would be Lowe at 1B and Adolis at RF( just to see if he can sustain)
I like Ibanez at 2B for now
Bring Jung up for 3B

Would not argue the point if Ibanez made 2B even over IKF

 

[Kelleyman]

There is talk the dreaded Astros will make a valid attempt to resign Corea

 

[DT LUNA]

Bottom line for our Rangers is we are going to have to strike gold within our own system. We can't buy our way into the playoffs.
Good news We may be on our way to this pitching wise

Boy, did you just bust some FA bubbles.

 

[Kelleyman]

Boy, did you just bust some FA bubbles.

I surely don't know DT but Corea is the best one but I hate the Astros way. You can't cheat defense and he is good.
I would rather not root for him
Like I said earlier would love to get a guy on the front side like Abrams and unrealistically Witt Jr but that would take a haul
Would even extremely tricky and total long shot

 

[Kelleyman]

This was a good send after the juggle. Saw Yanks blow this last night and we are over aggressive with this IMO.
All things equal you need athletes like Rays have. At least Garcia is. Hope he skills up

 

[DTC]

If we were to sign a SP, SS and an OF that would theoretically attribute to more depth and less need for prospects to come up. Especially the ones on the cusp of being rule 5 eligible.

What pitcher could you see the Rangers going after and what would it cost?

Maybe one of the Brewers many SP?
Take on Lorenzo Cains last year and $18 million with them paying half of it. Or taking on all of Jackie Bradley Jrs $10 million?
Send a few guys their way.

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Or maybe work a deal with the Athletics? They have some good young pitching and may want someone to pick up Stephen Piscotty so they have more cash to absorb all their arbitration cases.

Or maybe Kopech from the Whitesox if we absorb Keuchel. They need to add a bat this off-season.

Or maybe Max Fried from the Braves if we take on Marcell Ozuna. They need to re sign Freeman and also need to add another bat or 2

All of these teams were in the top 10 in ERA.
Have somewhat of a surplus of pitching.
Have players they may want to shed due to $$.

 

[DTC]

If we were to sign a SP, SS and an OF that would theoretically attribute to more depth and less need for prospects to come up. Especially the ones on the cusp of being rule 5 eligible.

What pitcher could you see the Rangers going after and what would it cost?

Maybe one of the Brewers many SP?
Take on Lorenzo Cains last year and $18 million with them paying half of it. Or taking on all of Jackie Bradley Jrs $10 million?
Send a few guys their way.

2021 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

Milwaukee Brewers latest stats and more including batting stats, pitching stats, team fielding totals and more on Baseball-Reference.com

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Or maybe work a deal with the Athletics? They have some good young pitching and may want someone to pick up Stephen Piscotty so they have more cash to absorb all their arbitration cases.

Or maybe Kopech from the Whitesox if we absorb Keuchel. They need to add a bat this off-season.

Or maybe Max Fried from the Braves if we take on Marcell Ozuna. They need to re sign Freeman and also need to add another bat or 2

All of these teams were in the top 10 in ERA.
Have somewhat of a surplus of pitching.
Have players they may want to shed due to $$.

They all have readily available prospects to step into their rotation as well. Well 3 of the 4 do.
Whitesox don’t seem too but I could be wrong.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Went over my head. Saw the bucs CF and Marte but not a great guy in a rebuild

Thought I only quoted the last sentence but for some reason the whole post appeared

 

[Uncle Siggy]

The team literally has holes just about every where.

All teams have holes even the ones currently in the playoffs, it just depends on where that weakness is as to how it effects the teams winning capability/percentage...

 

[Uncle Siggy]

So true the IKF, he is far from being an elite hitter and his value is in his flexibility and as seen he is an upgrade from Elvis who unfortunately in his career scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Looking at it from a WAR standpoint Trevor S is not a huge leap better especially taking into account a drop in his defense this year.

Is it worth millions of dollar to buy the extra 22 RBIs that Story drove in when most of their other stats are similar. Especially when you consider where he plays for half the season and he's been gradually regressing...

Yes he has the ability to produce more but will he? To me this is all him being a bigger name than IKF and the team wanting to make a big splash...

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Or maybe work a deal with the Athletics?

Not sure they'll be very interested in making another deal with the Rangers considering the turds we've sent their way recently

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Boy, did you just bust some FA bubbles.

Some folks have big dreams

 

[scotsman1948]

I surely don't know DT but Corea is the best one but I hate the Astros way. You can't cheat defense and he is good.
I would rather not root for him
Like I said earlier would love to get a guy on the front side like Abrams and unrealistically Witt Jr but that would take a haul
Would even extremely tricky and total long shot

according to some sites Correra will get 10 years $200-225M, do you see the Rangers doing that

 

[scotsman1948]

Boy, did you just bust some FA bubbles.

we have prospects at virtually every position that i would rather see more than see us spend 100's of Millions and seriously deplete our minor league system again. sign a couple maybe 3 FA's (SP. SS & OF) and bring up Jung, Huff & 1 OF/DH(Walker or someone).