Texas Rangers 2024-2025 Offseason Thread

[Uncle Siggy]

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[saddles]

Should we trade Taveras and Mahle to free up money for a closer or solid BP piece?

If there are any left I think they should. If nothing else, it would give us more financial wiggle room to add someone in July.

Then there is also the return we could get for these two. Whether the pieces could help in the bullpen or be flipped for a closer at some point, the return could be very beneficial. I like those 2 relievers that the article I posted about said could be available from Cleveland for Tavares.

 

[Bmurph]

Should we trade Taveras and Mahle to free up money for a closer or solid BP piece?

I have thought all along that they should have traded Mahle and probably Gray as well. Never really understood the Mahle signing. He was cheaper because he wa hurt but you dont sign injured guys for pitching depth. The move really made no sense, in that his entire year last year, was a lost season, for the most part.

I would have rather traded them both and gone with Dunning and re-sgned Heaney or gone with the young guys at the backend of the rotation. Trade Mahle, Gray and Taveras and add a legit closer, if you can still find one. Yates was the guy but they sat on their hands and did nothing.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I have thought all along that they should have traded Mahle and probably Gray as well. Never really understood the Mahle signing. He was cheaper because he wa hurt but you dont sign injured guys for pitching depth. The move really made no sense, in that his entire year last year, was a lost season, for the most part.

I would have rather traded them both and gone with Dunning and re-sgned Heaney or gone with the young guys at the backend of the rotation. Trade Mahle, Gray and Taveras and add a legit closer, if you can still find one. Yates was the guy but they sat on their hands and did nothing.

I can understand your thought process on this. I picked Mahle because I am not sure how much we will get from him. But Gray could be very useful for us. So I am hesitant on getting rid of him.

 

[Bmurph]

I can understand your thought process on this. I picked Mahle because I am not sure how much we will get from him. But Gray could be very useful for us. So I am hesitant on getting rid of him.

Gray could definitely be of huge value now, if they use him to close games, since they have done nothing in that regard. Had they acted sooner in finding a closer, they could have benefitted a lot, by moving his and Mahle's contracts and freeing up some monetary obligations to address the closer need. Now they may just have to use him at the end of games and see what happens. Could workout or it could be a really bad experiment, seeing as he has no real experience closing games

 

[Duane1952]

I read an article earlier that said they thought that Luis Curvelo could become the closer sometime during season. I haven’t heard much about him.

 

[saddles]

I read an article earlier that said they thought that Luis Curvelo could become the closer sometime during season. I haven’t heard much about him.

He had really good numbers at AA last year. He has never pitched higher than that.

They have some really good relievers, but just no one who has proven they can close.

 

[saddles]

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[WastinSomeTime]

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Miss that dude.

 

[scotsman#1948]

I can understand your thought process on this. I picked Mahle because I am not sure how much we will get from him. But Gray could be very useful for us. So I am hesitant on getting rid of him.

and most teams aren't going to trade for Mahle for the same reason because there is no way to know what they would get from him. maybe if he performs good starting from Opening Day, they get something for him at the trade deadline.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

He had really good numbers at AA last year. He has never pitched higher than that.

They have some really good relievers, but just no one who has proven they can close.

Shooting from the hip here, but I think either Gray proves to be a dynamic closer, or Robert Garcia gets the nod and runs with it.
I think we'll win 95+ games and run away with the division.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Shooting from the hip here, but I think either Gray proves to be a dynamic closer, or Robert Garcia gets the nod and runs with it.
I think we'll win 95+ games and run away with the division.

I think Gray could be a very good closer as well.

 

[Kelleyman]

and most teams aren't going to trade for Mahle for the same reason because there is no way to know what they would get from him. maybe if he performs good starting from Opening Day, they get something for him at the trade deadline.

Or if he does well he becomes a playoff starter

 

[scotsman#1948]

Or is he does well he becomes a playoff starter

maybe but it would be a major gamble by a team to trade for him unless Texas ate a major portion of his contract probably at least 50-60%

 

[Kelleyman]

maybe but it would be a major gamble by a team to trade for him unless Texas ate a major portion of his contract probably at least 50-60%

Right and thats why you don’t trade him. You don’t get value and you have to eat money
The Leody trade is much more feasible or Gray but at this point I doubt they trade Gray

 

[Kelleyman]

We did not sign Mahle not to use him this year

These desperate trades to open money for a closer just gets you lowballed

I think trading Leody makes sense for the deadline. CY will have to pull off some magic because ownership is not in to paying luxury taxes

 

[DT LUNA]

We did not sign Mahle not to use him this year

These desperate trades to open money for a closer just gets you lowballed

I think trading Leody makes sense for the deadline. CY will have to pull off some magic because ownership is not in to paying luxury taxes

Taveras won't be easy

 

[Kelleyman]

Taveras won't be easy

To get a lot —-yes

 

[saddles]

Or if he does well he becomes a playoff starter

Yes, contending teams almost never trade away a pitcher doing well. It is safe to say that scenario will not happen.

 

[saddles]

Right and thats why you don’t trade him. You don’t get value and you have to eat money
The Leody trade is much more feasible or Gray but at this point I doubt they trade Gray

The funny thing is, half the people who don't want to trade Mahle say he doesn't have enough value to trade and the other half say he is too valuable to trade. Lol

The truth is most likely in the middle. He does have enough value to trade, but you aren't going to get a proven, really good player for him. You can get a good player or a couple of very good prosoects. Most of all, you gain the money from his contract and what you can spend the money on.

To me, he is tradeable and definitely should be traded.