Texas Rangers 2022 - 2023 Offseason Thread

[True Rangers Fan]

@Ephland might be another autograph you could get.

I did get him in 2017 at Spring Training.

Other than Pudge, I don't have anyone who will be there tomorrow.

EDIT: that's a lie. I have Perez.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I am foolishly hoping that some of the prospects are surprise appearances tomorrow.

 

[saddles]

The Rays really like ex-Rangers.

 

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[True Rangers Fan]

Dutch lost it a few years ago

 

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[Kelleyman]

Interesting bunch. Love to see some breakout players.

 

[saddles]

There may be less spots on the 26 mam roster up for grabs in this year's spring training than there has been for quite some time.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I really like all 5 of those signings. Duffy is the best of the bunch and was obviously a Dayton Moore/Chris Young signing due to his extensive connections to both. Career 3.95 ERA with potential to be better than that, especially if he can steer clear of injury (big IF, granted). Moronta has shown flashes of being a solid bullpen arm, albeit as part of an up and down career. Frazier has amazing upside but a really poor track record over the last 2 seasons… not a bad lottery ticket shot in the dark. Kennedy is ok-ish, but Jankowski is a solid signing. He’s one of those guys whose contributions outweigh his stats. The .190 AVG. is ugly, but the dude is fast, takes walks, doesn’t strike out a ton, and plays solid outfield defense. He’s a guy who is happy serving as a late-inning defense/pinch runner type who can fill in as a 4th/5th OF and not hurt your team. He might go 0 for 3, but he draws a walk, steals a base, scores a run, and saves a run with a nice catch.

 

[Kelleyman]

Lol the masses did not approve

 

[True Rangers Fan]

FYI I was just in the clubhouse and Moore has a locker

 

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From Kennidi Landry:

DANE DUNNING UPDATE

The right-hander underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip at the end of the 2022 season, which resulted in him missing his last two starts.

With the hip injury nagging him for most of 2022, Dunning posted a 4.46 ERA over 29 starts. He said at the Rangers’ Winter Caravan stop in Frisco that he is free of pain and is ready to compete for a rotation spot.

Dunning added that he hasn’t felt this good physically since 2020.

“I've probably given myself not a single day's rest [after surgery and rehab],” Dunning said. “So we're doing pretty much two-a-days every day since I've been cleared to lift and throw and all that. The hips are doing really good, really strong -- first time in a very long time. And I can stretch my hips without any pain. So that's a huge plus. I’m looking forward to the spring and feeling ready to get back after it.”

 

[saddles]

From Jeff Wilson:

The Rangers’ pursuit of an everyday left fielder has reached a standstill. Barring a shift in the market, many of the same players who held down the position in 2022 will do so again in 2023.

Chris Young doesn’t see that as a bad thing.

The general manager said as much Saturday during Fan Fest at Globe Life Field. The Rangers have as many as eight players who could form a platoon. One of the front-runners to do is veteran Brad Miller.

Miller, Josh Smith, Joe McCarthy, Yoshi Tsutsugo and Travis Jankowski are the lefty-hitting options, while Bubba Thompson, Ezequiel Duran and Clint Frazier bat right-handed.

Jankowski and Frazier were among five players signed to minor-league contracts Friday with invitations to spring training.

“We don’t want left field to be a negative, certainly, and we’re confident with the group we have right now,” Young said. “It’s not going to be[ a negative], so that alone is an improvement. Is that the best improvement we can make? To be determined.”

 

[Bmurph]

From Jeff Wilson:

The Rangers’ pursuit of an everyday left fielder has reached a standstill. Barring a shift in the market, many of the same players who held down the position in 2022 will do so again in 2023.

Chris Young doesn’t see that as a bad thing.

The general manager said as much Saturday during Fan Fest at Globe Life Field. The Rangers have as many as eight players who could form a platoon. One of the front-runners to do is veteran Brad Miller.

Miller, Josh Smith, Joe McCarthy, Yoshi Tsutsugo and Travis Jankowski are the lefty-hitting options, while Bubba Thompson, Ezequiel Duran and Clint Frazier bat right-handed.

Jankowski and Frazier were among five players signed to minor-league contracts Friday with invitations to spring training.

“We don’t want left field to be a negative, certainly, and we’re confident with the group we have right now,” Young said. “It’s not going to be[ a negative], so that alone is an improvement. Is that the best improvement we can make? To be determined.”

Wont be the big splash improvement some had hoped for but Smith or Bubba or both as options, should improve with more MLB AB's. The rest are really no improvement in the lineup in my opinion. Those two are good enough at OF defense, that it make just as much sense to play them everyday and let their bats develop vs throw a different guy in the lineup for defense, that has no improved hit tool vs them

 

[True Rangers Fan]

one of the nicest people I've ever met.

 

[Kelleyman]

FYI I was just in the clubhouse and Moore has a locker

Have wondered if a deal is announced once someone is eligible to go to 60 man DL

 

[Kelleyman]

Interesting