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We have made our way to another offseason. The 2024 regular season has passed, and now we can look fully ahead to the 2025 season.
What takes place over this next offseason will go a long way toward determining what next season has in store. Whether it be trades, free agent signings, promotions, or further development of some of our younger players, there will be a lot of changes made this offseason. We have 15 big league players under control for next season, and all of those are not guaranteed to be on the team to begin next year. That means we have at least 11 to 14 players to acquire or promote this offseason.
This past season was marked by injury after injury. With all of the injuries the front office needs to do some analysis and determine how to mitigate those. Maybe we should put an end to signing older free agents.
It was also marked by disappointing performances. At different times this year fans were disappointed by the performances of starting position players including Semien, Garcia, Heim, Taveras and Lowe. All of those guys can't be replaced. All of them can not be expected to rebound, either. Maybe, some will rebound. This area is where the FO has to make some very important decisions.
Roster building this winter will determine the success of the team next season. Promotion or acquisition of those 11 to 14 players will be extremely important. Talent decisions, health decisions, and developmental status decisions are all key components to successful roster building.
One other key component is budgetary decisions. Ray Davis has said he will not go over the Luxury Tax threshold next season. If they do go over it would be the third year in a row, and that brings a whole different level of consequences for doing so.
Sportrac is a great site to get information about where next year's payroll and other monetary factors are, when it come to the the payroll figures for Luxurt Tax purposes. They show next year's Estimated Annual Tax Payroll Total at $147,916,666. They show the Estimated Competitive Balance Tax space left under next year's threshold as $93,083,334.
That roughly $93,000,000 in space has to provide for arbitration eligible players' contract amounts. It also has to provide for young players who make the club, but who aren't eligible for arbitration. It would probably be wise to assume close to $20-25 million will be spent of the 6 arbitration guys. If you filled out the roster with younger guys you would probably spend another $10 million. Then you want to add in some wiggle room for trades that you might want to make at the deadline. Let's say $12 million should be reserved for that.
That brings the $90 million down to about $50 million. Depending on who you listen to, the Rangers still need 4 or 5 relievers(including Robertson and/or Yates); a bat or two; and a starting pitcher.
First, they need to decide who goes and who stays. That alone can change that $50 million that they can spend to slightly more or possibly even a lot more. They also need to decide who to promote, who to go after in free agency, and who to trade for.
Along the way they will need to make Rule 5 decisions, but thode will be much easier this year.
It all should make for a very busy and very interesting offseason.
What takes place over this next offseason will go a long way toward determining what next season has in store. Whether it be trades, free agent signings, promotions, or further development of some of our younger players, there will be a lot of changes made this offseason. We have 15 big league players under control for next season, and all of those are not guaranteed to be on the team to begin next year. That means we have at least 11 to 14 players to acquire or promote this offseason.
This past season was marked by injury after injury. With all of the injuries the front office needs to do some analysis and determine how to mitigate those. Maybe we should put an end to signing older free agents.
It was also marked by disappointing performances. At different times this year fans were disappointed by the performances of starting position players including Semien, Garcia, Heim, Taveras and Lowe. All of those guys can't be replaced. All of them can not be expected to rebound, either. Maybe, some will rebound. This area is where the FO has to make some very important decisions.
Roster building this winter will determine the success of the team next season. Promotion or acquisition of those 11 to 14 players will be extremely important. Talent decisions, health decisions, and developmental status decisions are all key components to successful roster building.
One other key component is budgetary decisions. Ray Davis has said he will not go over the Luxury Tax threshold next season. If they do go over it would be the third year in a row, and that brings a whole different level of consequences for doing so.
Sportrac is a great site to get information about where next year's payroll and other monetary factors are, when it come to the the payroll figures for Luxurt Tax purposes. They show next year's Estimated Annual Tax Payroll Total at $147,916,666. They show the Estimated Competitive Balance Tax space left under next year's threshold as $93,083,334.
That roughly $93,000,000 in space has to provide for arbitration eligible players' contract amounts. It also has to provide for young players who make the club, but who aren't eligible for arbitration. It would probably be wise to assume close to $20-25 million will be spent of the 6 arbitration guys. If you filled out the roster with younger guys you would probably spend another $10 million. Then you want to add in some wiggle room for trades that you might want to make at the deadline. Let's say $12 million should be reserved for that.
That brings the $90 million down to about $50 million. Depending on who you listen to, the Rangers still need 4 or 5 relievers(including Robertson and/or Yates); a bat or two; and a starting pitcher.
First, they need to decide who goes and who stays. That alone can change that $50 million that they can spend to slightly more or possibly even a lot more. They also need to decide who to promote, who to go after in free agency, and who to trade for.
Along the way they will need to make Rule 5 decisions, but thode will be much easier this year.
It all should make for a very busy and very interesting offseason.
