Texas Rangers 2021 - 2022 Offseason Thread

[scotsman1948]

Texas Rangers ($5,179,700)

Anthony Gutierrez, OF, Venezuela
Jose de Jesus, OF, Dominican Republic
Daniel Bruzual, SS, Venezuela
Jesus Lopez, SS, Venezuela
Roni Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic
Ehedry Vargas, SS, Dominican Republic
Alfredo Espinoza, C, Venezuela
Luis Marquez, SS, Venezuela
Esteban Mejia, SS, Dominican Republic
Kleimer Lemos, SS, Dominican Republic
Yeremy Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic

 

[saddles]

Hearn seems to be a press darling. Nice local guy who is social media savvy. What is he doing in the off-season to prepare him for a breakout season. We know Tavares is playing winter ball

Love to have a breakout year at CF, DH or LF. Or catcher

Not trying to be too snarky and certainly not Hearns fault but these writers find certain guys popular and they suddenly become the it guy.
Please fill me in with the progress Hearn made
To start you need a minimum of 3 pitches and a plus FB ( he has that it seems). Not sure about the rest

It seemed like to me, six months ago, all of the media was writing him off as nothing more than a reliever at best.

 

[Duane1952]

Looks like the Rangers did pretty good with the international market.

 

[jta4437]

Hearn seems to be a press darling. Nice local guy who is social media savvy. What is he doing in the off-season to prepare him for a breakout season. We know Tavares is playing winter ball

Love to have a breakout year at CF, DH or LF. Or catcher

Not trying to be too snarky and certainly not Hearns fault but these writers find certain guys popular and they suddenly become the it guy.
Please fill me in with the progress Hearn made
To start you need a minimum of 3 pitches and a plus FB ( he has that it seems). Not sure about the rest

4 seam, sinker, slider, changeup,

Sinker was the big addition last year, allowed him to attack the zone and get outside without trying for strikeouts, slider also recently had a makeover and should get better over time, the changeup needs refinement but that comes with practice

 

[saddles]

This is 15 of them John Blake says there are 17 of them.

Texas Rangers ($5,179,700)

Anthony Gutierrez, OF, Venezuela
Jose de Jesus, OF, Dominican Republic
Daniel Bruzual, SS, Venezuela
Jesus Lopez, SS, Venezuela
Roni Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic
Ehedry Vargas, SS, Dominican Republic
Alfredo Espinoza, C, Venezuela
Luis Marquez, SS, Venezuela
Esteban Mejia, SS, Dominican Republic
Kleimer Lemos, SS, Dominican Republic
Yeremy Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic
Oliver Yan, OF, Dominican Republic
Erick Valbuena, SS/OF, Venezuela
Jaiker Garcia, SS, Venezuela
Jose Felipe Torres, RHP, Panama

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

This information may be subject to a slight change, but I am getting it from Baseball America. They only have the Rangers signing 15 international free agents so far, when Blake says they have signed 15, so the numbers could change slightly.

I noticed, of the 15 guys the Rangers signed, 8 of them play shortstop or 53.3%. There were 14 other teams that signed 10 or more players as reported by BA currently. Of those 14 teams, 12 of them signed significantly less of a percentage of shortstops. The Rays signed 5 shortstops out of 10 players signed and the Indians signed 9 shortstops out of 14 players signed. Of those 14 teams that signed 10 players or more, 29.8% of the signings were shortstops.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Texas Rangers ($5,179,700)

Anthony Gutierrez, OF, Venezuela
Jose de Jesus, OF, Dominican Republic
Daniel Bruzual, SS, Venezuela
Jesus Lopez, SS, Venezuela
Roni Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic
Ehedry Vargas, SS, Dominican Republic
Alfredo Espinoza, C, Venezuela
Luis Marquez, SS, Venezuela
Esteban Mejia, SS, Dominican Republic
Kleimer Lemos, SS, Dominican Republic
Yeremy Cabrera, OF, Dominican Republic
Oliver Yan, OF, Dominican Republic
Erick Valbuena, SS/OF, Venezuela
Jaiker Garcia, SS, Venezuela
Jose Felipe Torres, RHP, Panama
Cristian Gonzalez, SS, Venezuela
Marcos Torres, OF, Venezuela
Felipe Torres, RHP, Panama
Freddy Espinal, OF, Dominican Republic
Erick Alvarez, OF, Venezuela

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Trainers, MLB Teams Unhappy With Current International Signing System

Neither side is happy with a current international signing system that encourages players to agree to deals as young as 13 years old. So what does this mean for the future of scouting amateurs in Latin America?

www.baseballamerica.com

2020-21 MLB International Signings Tracker

Live updates on the top prospects, where 2020-21 international free agents agree to sign on Jan. 15.

www.baseballamerica.com

 

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[saddles]

Three Texas Rangers Breakout Candidates in 2022 - Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More

The Texas Rangers rebuilt their middle infield in free agency, but they still have some in-house players that could break out in 2022.

www.si.com

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[scotsman1948]

Three Texas Rangers Breakout Candidates in 2022 - Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More

The Texas Rangers rebuilt their middle infield in free agency, but they still have some in-house players that could break out in 2022.

www.si.com

just what i was thinking however i think IKF starts the season at 3B (unless we get a can't-turn-down trade offer during the rest of the off-season) and then he does get traded before the trade deadline and Jung plays the rest of the season

 

[saddles]

I see where the Marlins signed 27 and 17 of them were pitchers. I think the Rangers signed 1 pitcher.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Should change the franchise to the Texas Shortstops

 

[DT LUNA]

Should change the franchise to the Texas Shortstops

Been talking to the kid again I see.

 

[saddles]

Should change the franchise to the Texas Shortstops

After it was all said and done they changed on guy who was listed as a SS to an OF. There was another SS whose name dropped off the list when I saw the official list. But it was still a lot of them though. Lol

 

[saddles]

Jeff Wilson seems to think the two best guys the Rangers signed yesterday will help propel them into the top 10 in overall system rankings by the time the 2022 season starts.