The Officially Official Off Season Thread (2016)

[donaldson79]

Buster Olney has our infield ranked as the 5th best in ML ball.

5. Texas Rangers

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Second baseman Rougned Odor started so badly last season that he was sent to the minors, but after he was recalled, Odor -- who turns just 22 in a few weeks -- hit .292 with 18 doubles, 8 triples and 15 homers in 91 games. Odor looks as if he could be a high-impact offensive player (although he did not rate well in defensive metrics in 2015), working in an infield that also includes first baseman Mitch Moreland, future Hall of Famer Adrian Beltre and veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus.
Andrus will be a player worth watching this season because of his postseason meltdown and because he seemed to reverse his steady decline in the second half of last season. With others in the organization pushing and encouraging him, as Evan Grant has written about, Andrus improved his OPS from .624 in the first half to .718 after the All-Star break. He is 27 years old and is owed $103 million over the next seven seasons.
Beltre needs 233 more hits to reach 3,000 in his career and 33 more RBIs to reach 1,500 -- and nobody has more fun playing, it seems, than Beltre and Andrus.

 

[saddles]

Norm was saying this morning that Beltre needs 387 more games at 3B to tie for the most games ever played at a single position.

 

[donaldson79]

Norm was saying this morning that Beltre needs 387 more games at 3B to tie for the most games ever played at a single position.

386 ties it, and 387 breaks it according to him. Pretty amazing stat regardless. Would never have thought this would be true with Beltre.

And he's got a legitimate chance of accomplishing this feat.

They also just said 12 players have filed for arbitration, but the only name they mentioned was Profar.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Norm was saying this morning that Beltre needs 387 more games at 3B to tie for the most games ever played at a single position.

Just another notch in a HOF belt.

 

[saddles]

Adrian is in 6th place currently on the list of most games played at a single position.

Brooks Robinson has 2870 at 3B.
Willie Mays has 2829 in CF.
Barry Bonds has 2715 in LF.
Omar Vizquel has 2709 at SS.
Eddie Collins has 2650 at 2B.
Adrian Beltre has 2483 at 3B.

 

[saddles]

386 ties it, and 387 breaks it according to him. Pretty amazing stat regardless. Would never have thought this would be true with Beltre.

And he's got a legitimate chance of accomplishing this feat.

They also just said 12 players have filed for arbitration, but the only name they mentioned was Profar.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Rangers Sign Pedro Ciriaco

I guess he could be this year's version of Rosales. He has played all of the IF positions, but with extremely limited time at 1B.

 

[saddles]

156 Players File For Salary Arbitration

Rangers

• Robinson Chirinos (3.103) – $1.4MM
• Jake Diekman (3.049) – $1.0MM
• Mitch Moreland (5.067) – $5.6MM
• Jurickson Profar (2.167) – $508K
• Tanner Scheppers (3.111) – $800K
• Shawn Tolleson (3.122) – $2.6MM
• Tom Wilhelmsen (4.089) – $3.0MM
• Projected total spend: $14.908MM

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Banny named BBWAA AL Manager of the year.

 

[DT LUNA]

Met a man name Pat Murphy,scout for Tampa, who said he was a HOF scout. Strange to meet him in a court room on trial for a speeding ticket. I did not get picked for the jury but hung around to talk with him at recess. He had been with Houston before Tampa. His defense was his knowledge and use of a radar gun vs police doppler radar. No big deal I know. Just thought it interesting to meet a scout in a court room in a small town of 1200 population.

 

[Bmurph]

Met a man name Pat Murphy,scout for Tampa, who said he was a HOF scout. Strange to meet him in a court room on trial for a speeding ticket. I did not get picked for the jury but hung around to talk with him at recess. He had been with Houston before Tampa. His defense was his knowledge and use of a radar gun vs police doppler radar. No big deal I know. Just thought it interesting to meet a scout in a court room in a small town of 1200 population.

Good ol' Uncle Pat

 

[saddles]

 

[Bmurph]

Banny named BBWAA AL Manager of the year.

I would say Jeff did a very good job with the team this year and despite all the adversity he had to deal with, with the injuries and such, this is very well deserved. While I had a few second guesses and I didnt think every in game move was the right one, I think for a first year manager, he turned in a damn fine year.

#nevereverquit

 

[saddles]

Dodgers Sign Kenta Maeda

Maeda will earn a base of $3MM in each of the eight seasons of his contract and can earn an additional $8.15MM per year beyond that sum, reports Yahoo’s Jeff Passan (links to Twitter). Maeda’s yearly bonuses kick in at 90 innings pitched, per Passan. From that point forth, he’ll earn $250K for every 10 innings up until 200 innings, according to the report. Maeda will also earn $1MM upon making his 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th and 32nd starts each season. Passan’s report leaves $150K of bonuses each year unaccounted for, so there are a few final missing details to Maeda’s exact contract structure. Ultimately, the contract can max out at a total of $90.2MM over eight seasons.

 

[saddles]

Another ex-Rangers prospect.

Tigers To Sign John Mayberry Jr. To Minors Deal

 

[Kelleyman]

Do the Cardinals deserve to lose draft picks for hacking Astros?

Gonna be interesting to see what finally comes down due to Cardinal Way spy gate into lowly Stros computer.

Side note So funny the continuing saga of Astro fans middle child compiex of Rangers first name being Texas. Haha why so sensitive!! Does not limit itself to BB too "Texans" trash Cowboys at playoff game and then get shut out. What goes around comes around. Last side note. Fun if a heated maybe snarky rivalry comes into play this season or maybe we just crush them. Ha

 

[donaldson79]

Is this a better job than he had with us, financially? I'm sure it has a lot less travel and this may have been a selling point perhaps.

 

[Kelleyman]