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6 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Wait- so the rangers are taking on payroll now? I don’t get it. 

Huh? Nimmo makes less than Semien.

I like the trade. He's younger and coming off a better hitting season. 

Edited by ztejas

5 hours ago, ztejas said:

Huh? Nimmo makes less than Semien.

I like the trade. He's younger and coming off a better hitting season. 

More total payroll though. 

50 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

More total payroll though. 

I don't understand what your point is. We had Semien through 37 we now have Nimmo through 37 at less per year. We got 3 years of what might be JAG seasons from Semien off the books. 

15 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I don't understand what your point is. We had Semien through 37 we now have Nimmo through 37 at less per year. We got 3 years of what might be JAG seasons from Semien off the books. 

In return for 5 years of JAG? I don’t think we lost the trade, I’m just not sure what it got.

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37 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

In return for 5 years of JAG? I don’t think we lost the trade, I’m just not sure what it got.

Well it gets us $8M further from the tax threshold this year and next. Semien was moving in the wrong direction and maybe Nimmo has another 120, 130 OPS+ season in him or two.

Sure it could fuck us if he falls off a cliff and then we're stuck with a couple bad years - but if you think you're already stuck with bad Semien years then why not roll the dice?

I like the move. Hopefully it doesn't blow up in our face. 

Nimmo's 0.740 OPS would have been around 4th on the team last year out of the regulars.

It’s only debt. What’s another few mil added on?

3 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

Nimmo's 0.740 OPS would have been around 4th on the team last year out of the regulars.

2nd in avg

1st in HR 

1st in RBI is what Ive come up with

Nimmo didn't seem to mind leaving New York. Good for him. Taxes matter.

Definitely would be nice to have a more consistent bat in the lineup.

Is Josh Smith the default second baseman now?

  • 2 weeks later...

Draft lottery is at 4:30pm.  Rangers have a 1.34% chance to get the top pick.

30 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Draft lottery is at 4:30pm.  Rangers have a 1.34% chance to get the top pick.

We could've traded Seager to the Dodgers for Clayton Kershaw to guarantee ourselves the first pick.

16th pick which is pretty appropriate for an 81-81 season.

And a couple arms. 

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Texas Rangers are also in agreement on one-year contracts with right-handed reliever Alexis Díaz and left-hander Tyler Alexander 

Meh. Those are definitely "we are obligated to field an actual baseball team this year" moves. Although maybe $15 mil for an average catcher maybe means we're not as poor as we keep claiming publicly.

.215/.321/.399 with 14 HR and 36 RBI in 98 games. $14 for 2 years.

 

I know we're frustrated with Jonah but what is THAT?

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Looks like Jansen, just from career averages, is a significant improvement over Heim. Outside of 2023, Heim was real bad. 

 

I'm more interested to see if the streak of bringing in random arms continues to pay off without Maddux.

3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

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Dealing with those Philly fans is going to be hell on earth if he doesn't have a big bounce back season. Good for him getting paid a bit though.

16 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

How many 1-pitch outings next season? 

 

1 ! lol.

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Also likely: A couple of 0-pitch outings where he feels a pop while warming up.

But he does have great numbers for the last several years. If he can make it out there he'll probably do it again.

We don't need no stinking bullpen.

The most shocking thing in that report is that anyone thinks Seager "talks a lot."

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