November 2, 20232 yr You sign bullpen guys and hope for the best. Look at a fucking scrub jag like sborz for an example. Had the month of his life in the postseason after a near 6.00 era in the regular season. I’ve seen us rumored to Soto or trout trade, is that just mlb rumor bullshit? That doesn’t seem like a crane move at all. I’m not sure we will do much with the lineup as they’re just hoping the bregman and tucker tandem actually plays up the their potential and we wouldn’t be needing anyone. I’m always down for more pitching and more depth so go get that and a decent backup catcher and let’s roll. I have zero confidence we will go sign or trade for some big bat though.
November 2, 20232 yr Hopefully, watching Texas celebrate will inspire Jim Crane to have a serious offseason. Ya know, like having a GM in place for the winter meetings unlike last year. Complacency isn’t a trait of dynasties.
November 2, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said: "Paying up" and getting FAs is how you end up with short windows followed by long droughts. Paying up has done wonders for SD, Mets, Yankees, etc. Go look at the used up corpses in Dombrowski's wake. No thanks. Worked ok for Arlington
November 2, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said: I just have zero confidence we will do much of anything. Playing Chas and Diaz plus better injury luck with Altuve and Yordan would make a huge difference without having to add anything
November 3, 20232 yr Interesting that Brown refers to players by name. I would have expected someone analytically minded to say something like “we’ve got potentially 150 relief innings we need to replace..”
November 3, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: We need several bullpen arms. LMJ, Brown, Suaza, blanco, bielak will all get a shot
November 3, 20232 yr Author 5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: We need several bullpen arms. Do we? relievers are volatile. You have Presley and Abreu locking down the back end. Montero and Graveman have done it before and could again. Bielak, Whitley and blanco are sort of interesting as non leverage guys. RP are generally cheep at the deadline. I’d be ok with wait and see. 2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: LMJ, Brown, Suaza, blanco, bielak will all get a shot Brown is a starter all the way unless he shits the bed. He will absolutely not be a part of the bullpen situation unless things go badly for him.
November 3, 20232 yr I'm interested to see what the Twins do with Kepler's $10M TO. If they buy him out for the $1M, he'd be a guy I would absolutely target. Never mind, the Twins elected to exercise their option. Easy choice. Edited November 3, 20232 yr by HtownHorn
November 3, 20232 yr Hopefully, watching Texas celebrate will inspire Jim Crane to have a serious offseason. Ya know, like having a GM in place for the winter meetings unlike last year. Complacency isn’t a trait of dynasties. You know there’s a GM in place, right?
November 3, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said: You sign bullpen guys and hope for the best. Look at a fucking scrub jag like sborz for an example. Had the month of his life in the postseason after a near 6.00 era in the regular season. I’ve seen us rumored to Soto or trout trade, is that just mlb rumor bullshit? That doesn’t seem like a crane move at all. I’m not sure we will do much with the lineup as they’re just hoping the bregman and tucker tandem actually plays up the their potential and we wouldn’t be needing anyone. I’m always down for more pitching and more depth so go get that and a decent backup catcher and let’s roll. I have zero confidence we will go sign or trade for some big bat though. They pretty much have to add at least one bat to play LF/DH.
November 3, 20232 yr Author 7 hours ago, ERhine said: You know there’s a GM in place, right? Is there though? He’s not interviewing managers so…
November 3, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: Making moves ! In some ways, he's like a young Mariano Rivera...
November 3, 20232 yr 35 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said: If they have a manager in place why not announce it? Context?
November 3, 20232 yr Was looking at Bowden’s top 40 FAs best fits and estimated contracts. The Astros were only mentioned with 2 players, Aroldis Chapman at 2/$12M with incentives and Jordan Hicks at 3/$30M. https://theathletic.com/5008102/2023/10/31/mlb-free-agents-2023-contract-team-predictions/?source=user_shared_article
November 3, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, TonyTexas said: Was looking at Bowden’s top 40 FAs best fits and estimated contracts. The Astros were only mentioned with 2 players, Aroldis Chapman at 2/$12M with incentives and Jordan Hicks at 3/$30M. https://theathletic.com/5008102/2023/10/31/mlb-free-agents-2023-contract-team-predictions/?source=user_shared_article If we end up with chapman and the rangers land Hader….
November 3, 20232 yr 20 hours ago, Guadaloopy said: "Paying up" and getting FAs is how you end up with short windows followed by long droughts. Paying up has done wonders for SD, Mets, Yankees, etc. Go look at the used up corpses in Dombrowski's wake. No thanks. When I say "pay up" I don't mean spend money stupidly. I mean actually bring his checkbook to the table and get the heck out of the way. Plenty of teams get FAs and succeed, see Bryce Harper, Turner (after somehow they cheered him), Freeman, etc., really a lot of the bigger signings. Maybe they aren't going to work out for 10 years, but you don't F your window because you don't want to MAYBE F up a future window. You have to weight all the factors. Guys can get bought out. Guys can be traded with money attached. Use your money wisely that you've earned, but you can't just hoard it. Also, baseball owners are making money hand over fist. They always have. There is way, way more money out there. The team economics for top half of teams could probably support $300MM payrolls pretty easily. It can't simply be "we don't sign long term contracts" that will not work out much longer. Unless we want more 37+ guys on the roster. That's the cost of doing business in today's baseball. And Crane got very lucky with Luhnow and getting setup to succeed without it. That's not happening again. I don't hate the idea of Chapman with our pitching coaches. And if he's that cheap that's a no brainer. Guy is volatile, but you can't teach 105. You can teach some control and mechanic changes. Montero was worth his contract this year. Early issues notwithstanding, I still think that deal is going to end up looking very reasonable.
November 3, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Constant said: wrong thread. My bad You're already a sooner. You can't afford mistakes like this. Go clean your trailer and think about how you can be better.
November 3, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, TexArcher said: You're already a sooner. You can't afford mistakes like this. Go clean your trailer and think about how you can be better. Fair enough. I’m buzzed walking around with a backpack filled with snacks. Hard to click the right thread.
November 3, 20232 yr Just now, Constant said: Fair enough. I’m buzzed walking around with a backpack filled with snacks. Hard to click the right thread. Enjoy man. I've had a fun time watching videos of Rangers fans finally getting that same relief we did in 2017. It really is crazy how sports affects us. Hope you have a blast.
November 3, 20232 yr 20 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said: You sign bullpen guys and hope for the best. Look at a fucking scrub jag like sborz for an example. Had the month of his life in the postseason after a near 6.00 era in the regular season. I’ve seen us rumored to Soto or trout trade, is that just mlb rumor bullshit? That doesn’t seem like a crane move at all. I’m not sure we will do much with the lineup as they’re just hoping the bregman and tucker tandem actually plays up the their potential and we wouldn’t be needing anyone. I’m always down for more pitching and more depth so go get that and a decent backup catcher and let’s roll. I have zero confidence we will go sign or trade for some big bat though. Astros were extremely close to trading for Bryce Harper in his last year with the Nats. Soto will have a huge salary ($30M+) his last time thru arb but it would not shock me if Houston was in the mix for him. Crane would prefer not to go over the tax but he loves making huge moves.
November 3, 20232 yr -Verlander -Valdez -Javier -Brown -France -Urquidy -LMJ (ETA July) -Garcia (ETA August)
November 3, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: -Verlander -Valdez -Javier -Brown -France -Urquidy -LMJ (ETA July) -Garcia (ETA August)
November 3, 20232 yr I don’t get people saying we need to chase another SP Edited November 3, 20232 yr by tx 3 putt
November 3, 20232 yr Just now, tx 3 putt said: I did get people saying we need to chase another SP Having JV for a full season should keep arms fresher, and we're due some better injury luck with SPs next year. I won't be upset if Brown rolls with these SPs and spends a little on the bullpen.
November 3, 20232 yr 44 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said: Astros were extremely close to trading for Bryce Harper in his last year with the Nats. Soto will have a huge salary ($30M+) his last time thru arb but it would not shock me if Houston was in the mix for him. Crane would prefer not to go over the tax but he loves making huge moves. Tucker for Trout
November 3, 20232 yr -Verlander -Valdez -Javier -Brown -France -Urquidy -LMJ (ETA July) -Garcia (ETA August) Looks like some trade bait there
November 3, 20232 yr That’s good SP depth and should prove very valuable to balance the needs of the marathon (162 game regular season) to keep your bullpen semi-fresh for the sprint (October), but if the recent postseason (last 2 years especially) have taught us anything , it’s that the only thing that matters is your bullpen being hot for 4 weeks in October. IDK how you build a roster to ensure that.
November 3, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said: Tucker for Trout No thanks. Unless you want to see more Jake Meyer who will play because Trout is hurt again 33 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: I don’t get people saying we need to chase another SP They must have recently wached ALCS games 6 and 7.
November 3, 20232 yr I’d trade for Soto over trout all day. Tucker for Soto I’m good with. Or one of our pitchers and whoever they’ll take in the farm that’s left.
November 3, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said: -Whitley -Verlander -Valdez -Javier -Brown -France -Urquidy -LMJ (ETA July) -Garcia (ETA August) I think you meant this.
November 3, 20232 yr Popular Post Dusty Baker partially blames 'bloggers and tweeters' for retirement: 'Tired of the scrutiny' If he also meant to include “message board posters”, I’m proud to have done my part.
November 3, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: -Verlander -Valdez -Javier -Brown -France -Urquidy -LMJ (ETA July) -Garcia (ETA August)
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