Texas Rangers 2021 - 2022 Offseason Thread

[DTC]

Yeah, they are all ineligible as is Scherzer. Stroman, Rizzo and Cruz.

Oh, and no QO for Suzuki, of course.

Good point.
I like Suzuki. I would be happy if we got him.

 

[saddles]

Seager, Correa and Story will all definitely get the QO

Kyle Schwarber, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez will not though. They can’t
Neither will Starling Marte, IMO

On another note, looking back at Shin Soo Choos contract. It wasn’t terrible. He played well, hit some HR but the main thing he always did was get on base at a very high rate and scored plenty of runs. That’s exactly why we signed him. He may have been slightly over paid but i believe it was a decent signing.
We should have stuck him at DH and left him there. He would have been so much more valuable without his negative defense

Him and Prince were too little for us to continue to contend for the WS. We should have either went all out in free agency that year or started rebuilding. Unfortunately, it took the front office about 5 more years before they figured out they should rebuild. Instead they played it down the middle of the road and got run over by a mack truck.

There were a couple of unlikely playoff appearances, but those were very short lived chances when we lost to Toronto both years. Banny does not get enough credit for taking those teams to the postseason. They had no business in the postseason those two years.

 

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[DTC]

There’s only so much room on the 40 man.
He should make it easier to trade guys like IKF, Solak, Yonny, Ibanez or himself

 

[saddles]

There’s only so much room on the 40 man.
He should make it easier to trade guys like IKF, Solak, Yonny, Ibanez or himself

We have quite a bit of fodder to jettison before we have to trade any of them though. I wouldn't mind a couple of the ones you mentioned to be bench players for us in 2023 and beyond.

Duran is on a different level than the rest of them though. He has a chance to be really good.

 

[scotsman1948]

There’s only so much room on the 40 man.
He should make it easier to trade guys like IKF, Solak, Yonny, Ibanez or himself

i agree that we should trade IKF this off-season and Solak, Ibanez and Yonny will become expendable during the off-season after the 2022 season

 

[saddles]

From Jeff Wilson's report today.

The excitement level within the Texas Rangers organization for the return of Ricky Vanasco is a 12 on a scale of 1-10.

He is healthy and pitching in the fall instructional league. He was the scheduled starting pitcher Friday at TCU as an instructs team ended its four-game stretch against Texas college teams.

Vanasco has hit triple digits. The vertical movement on his four-seamer and changeup are elite. His slider is another plus offering, and there might not be a pitcher in the system who wants to punish an opposing hitter as badly as Vanasco does.

The Rangers’ top prospect, 2021 No. 2 overall pick Jack Leiter, has that and plus stuff. Cole Winn, the 2018 first-round and the Rangers’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year, has a smaller dose of mound nastiness and four quality pitches.

That trio of right-handers are the best in the system. Leiter and Winn are two of the best in baseball. Vanasco could join them in the top 100 next season.

The rest of the prospects aren’t in the same class. One, though, could soon be.

It’s another righty coming off of injury, Owen White. Hitters in the Arizona Fall League might say White has made the Rangers’ threesome a foursome.

He’s been that good.

“We’ve got very high grades on him internally,” assistant general manager Ross Fenstermaker said. “He's got the right demeanor also. He's a competitive guy, and he's got the stuff to match. It's power on power.” ...

Fenstermaker believes the Fall League is equivalent to High A- or Double A-level competition. Some of the top prospects in baseball and players who are on MLB 40-man rosters are playing in Arizona.

A strong fall for White could have him moving quickly in 2022, say opening at High A Hickory and hoping for a strong start and an early bump to Double Frisco.

 

[scotsman1948]

From Jeff Wilson's report today.

The excitement level within the Texas Rangers organization for the return of Ricky Vanasco is a 12 on a scale of 1-10.

He is healthy and pitching in the fall instructional league. He was the scheduled starting pitcher Friday at TCU as an instructs team ended its four-game stretch against Texas college teams.

Vanasco has hit triple digits. The vertical movement on his four-seamer and changeup are elite. His slider is another plus offering, and there might not be a pitcher in the system who wants to punish an opposing hitter as badly as Vanasco does.

The Rangers’ top prospect, 2021 No. 2 overall pick Jack Leiter, has that and plus stuff. Cole Winn, the 2018 first-round and the Rangers’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year, has a smaller dose of mound nastiness and four quality pitches.

That trio of right-handers are the best in the system. Leiter and Winn are two of the best in baseball. Vanasco could join them in the top 100 next season.

The rest of the prospects aren’t in the same class. One, though, could soon be.

It’s another righty coming off of injury, Owen White. Hitters in the Arizona Fall League might say White has made the Rangers’ threesome a foursome.

He’s been that good.

“We’ve got very high grades on him internally,” assistant general manager Ross Fenstermaker said. “He's got the right demeanor also. He's a competitive guy, and he's got the stuff to match. It's power on power.” ...

Fenstermaker believes the Fall League is equivalent to High A- or Double A-level competition. Some of the top prospects in baseball and players who are on MLB 40-man rosters are playing in Arizona.

A strong fall for White could have him moving quickly in 2022, say opening at High A Hickory and hoping for a strong start and an early bump to Double Frisco.

i expect that we will see both in 2023 or 2024

 

[saddles]

It's Baseball Time in Fort Worth!!!

 

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[DT LUNA]

It's Baseball Time in Fort Worth!!!

Enjoy

 

[saddles]

Really bad inning for Vanasco. 2 walls, 1 HBP and 1 error by him. 1 strikeout.

 

[saddles]

A much better 2nd inning for Vanasco. 2 strikeouts and a pop up. Three up and three down.

In the top of the inning 17 year old Yeison Morrobel hit a HR.

 

[saddles]

TK Roby was very impressive in the 3rd. 2 strikeouts and 1 ground out. He works quickly.

Keithron Moss lined a rope down the RF line for a double.

 

[DT LUNA]

Sad that games as big as this one is not played in desireable weather conditions.

 

[DT LUNA]

Altuve thinks he is 6'4". Does hit like it tho.

 

[DTC]

TK Roby was very impressive in the 3rd. 2 strikeouts and 1 ground out. He works quickly.

Keithron Moss lined a rope down the RF line for a double.

How did the rest go @saddles

 

[saddles]

How did the rest go @saddles

Roby had another good inning.

Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa pitched the 5th and 6th and struck out 4.

We left after 6 and a half innings and TCU hadn't gotten a hit yet. Cam Cauley and his mom were walking out just ahead of us as he had been pinch hit for in the 7th.

 

[saddles]

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Braves win a close one