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DarthMurph
Texas’ offseason will be interesting to watch. I think they could be a dark horse for Scherzer, but pouring more money into expensive players in their 30s will shorten this team’s window even further.
Daniel Morairity
Hey the rangers are going to get Scherzer and get bautistia from the blue jays and sign victor martinez
Flash Gordon
It’s difficult for me to see them really being able to compete in the AL West next year regardless of what they do. It just seems like they have to many question marks. Can Fielder and Choo live up to their contracts? Can their pitchers recover and return to form? How will their young players come along? Is expanding their payroll with more guys in their thirties help out? It’s just tough to see. Theoretically their is enough talent their to compete with anyone given everything clicks and they add a pitcher and outfielder. I just can’t see everything clicking. I fear the next 3 or 4 years may be tough for the Rangers.
Kyle 19
The Angels have so little rotation depth we are going to have to risk ruining a good reliever and turning him into a starter. It is always a risk trying to convert relievers it to starters…. Daniel Bard for example.
Scott Berlin
Texas seems to have alot of luck doing it but most other teams seem to have difficulty.
gw9999
I can only think of C.J. Wilson working out well and of course he’s an Angel now. Ogando, Scheppers and Feliz couldn’t sustain the workload, and Robbie Ross Jr. forgot how to pitch along the way.
Scott Berlin
I haven’t paid alot of attention to Texas lately but Ogando and Feliz seemed to start of well after the switch. I remembered Ogando set or almost set a record when he made the switch of winning his first 3 consecutive starts.
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They both started off well but both have had arm issues and control issues since.
It’s taken Feliz 2 full years to recover and he’s just now starting to have consistent velocity
SandyMc
If you go back far enough, Kenny Rogers was converted from reliever to starter, but I think it took three tries.
RyÅnWKrol
Nobody has rotation depth to counter losing 2 starters for the season and having one have one suddenly tank down the stretch. But thats not even the key. It’s their offense and bullpen. They’re proving right now that you can have a rotation full of average 5 inning pitchers and still win with a deep bullpen, a good defense, and a dangerous offense. But they’ve also proven that a team can create depth by using players in the right spots. I think it’s worth it to try Rasmus. I see a potential good #3 in him if he can find the durability. Also creates similar versatility as Santiago.
Portland Micro-Brewers
“They’re proving right now that you can have a rotation full of average 5 inning pitchers and still win”
Lets see how that holds up in October. It’s hard to picture them matching up well in a series with some of the staffs in the AL.