Texas Rangers 2021 - 2022 Offseason Thread

[Uncle Siggy]

oh he would probably be great until he suffers that inevitable injury and ends up on the IR

Everybody gets injured sooner or later. Once my arm went dead and had to rely on the SS coming out to take my throws, the other was a pulled hamstring that I played through during the playoffs with my "Special painkilling concoction". Which consists of 4 3000 MG amino acids, 4 extra strength Tylenols and a couple of shots of 80+ proof. Hobbled around all day at work and played CF at night...

 

[saddles]

My Fall of 2021 Top 30 Rangers Prospects list:

1. Jung
2. Leiter
3. Winn
4. Vanasco
5. Foscue
6. Huff
7. Harris
8. Smith, J.
9. White, O.
10 Crim
11 Carter
12 Alexy
13 Roby
14 Wendzel
15 Kent
16 Duran
17 Bradford
18 Weems
19. Englert
20 Ragans
21 Hauver
22 Zavala
23 Acker
24 Lee, C
25 Acuna
26 Henriquez
27 Morrobel
28 Thompson
29 Otto
30 Seise

I will be looking to make another one of these soon. I will probably be moving Roby and Duran up while moving Huff down.

 

[scotsman1948]

I will be looking to make another one of these soon. I will probably be moving Roby and Duran up while moving Huff down.

what don't you like about Huff

 

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[Kelleyman]

what don't you like about Huff

Methinks he is concerned with his swing and miss

 

[DT LUNA]

Methinks he is concerned with his swing and miss

The ole Gallo trick

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[Nightcrawler]

Since it’s the lock out / offseason. I hope people don’t mind if I bring up an old topic.

what did the board think of Banny? I thought he was a meathead who wasn’t a good manager. he seemed to like odor way too much and the “Bautista punch” thing ended up being an embarrassing moment in hindsight that backfired on us in a big way when Toronto got pay back in the playoffs.

 

[saddles]

Ranger prospect Josh Jung is preparing to compete for a roster spot — and he may have a special edge

ARLINGTON — The Rangers made president Jon Daniels available to the media for a few moments Monday, though with a list of “will nots” that sounded like they’d...

www.dallasnews.com

 

[saddles]

Methinks he is concerned with his swing and miss

Nah, strikeouts don't bother me nearly as much as it does some folks. Huff just wasn't good enough at the plate overall last year, at least not good enough to be ranked in our top10 prospects.

 

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[DT LUNA]

Since it’s the lock out / offseason. I hope people don’t mind if I bring up an old topic.

what did the board think of Banny? I thought he was a meathead who wasn’t a good manager. he seemed to like odor way too much and the “Bautista punch” thing ended up being an embarrassing moment in hindsight that backfired on us in a big way when Toronto got pay back in the playoffs.

In general, he could have been a better mgr yes but that ship has sailed.

 

[Nightcrawler]

In general, he could have been a better mgr yes but that ship has sailed.

I felt like Bogar was the obvious choice after he managed us out of being able to draft Bregman while competing in meaningless games with a horrible roster. I didn’t like how banny came out of nowhere and won JD over. It almost seemed like JD just didn’t want to go with the obvious candidate in Bogar and he had to go all ivy league and over think it.

what I didn’t like about banny was his hiring decisions. Brocail and the hitting coach were both atrocious from what I remember. Banny also sucked ass when it came to managing a bullpen.

 

[Nightcrawler]

here is my favorite Jeff banister moment. The guy is clearly sitting there with egg on his face trying to explain a 3-0 choke job to the jays. I remember at the time saying that we should do whatever we can to avoid the jays in the first round, but Banny wanted them and they let him have it.

I like Woodward and I think ( so far) he’s hired good coaches. I’ll come back and admit if I’m ever wrong, but I just don’t think banny has what it takes to lead a team to the World Series.

PS: one part of the clip above that cracks me up is you could hear the blue jays celebrating in the hallway during the banny interview.

 

[saddles]

Levi Weaver has a column out today suggesting 10 moves to make the Rangers contenders in 2022.

Free Agents to be signed:

Suzuki
Kershaw
Castellanos
McCutcheon
Lester
Kela
Diekman


Trade for:

Alcantara
Zunino
Olson

He gives up Lowe, Calhoun. Duran, Smith, Acuna, Otto, Kent, Moss, Heim, Solak, Foscie, and either White or Vanasco.

Ridiculous!

 

[scotsman1948]

Methinks he is concerned with his swing and miss

then we should be worried about every player on our major league and minor league teams. there is not one player that is a guarantee. just because someone is hitting in Arizona or at A+, AA or AAA is no guarantee that they will do the same at the Major League level

 

[saddles]

MLB Expected To Make Core Economics Proposal To MLBPA Within Two Weeks

Last week, both Jeff Passan of ESPN and Evan Drellich of the Athletic reported that Major League Baseball had been …

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[Kelleyman]

Levi Weaver has a column out today suggesting 10 moves to make the Rangers contenders in 2022.

Free Agents to be signed:

Suzuki
Kershaw
Castellanos
McCutcheon
Lester
Kela
Diekman


Trade for:

Alcantara
Zunino
Olson

He gives up Lowe, Calhoun. Duran, Smith, Acuna, Otto, Kent, Moss, Heim, Solak, Foscie, and either White or Vanasco.

Ridiculous!

Surely you jest. No way I give up that pitching. And that is clearly over the budget

We want sustainable contention not an all in before Leiter is even rostered

Perhaps just shock value. Also Castellanos is an opt out waiting to happen