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Jaybird
I thought Andrus can become FA after 2014 season, not after 2015 season? He has 2 years service time now.
WhenMattStairsIsKing
Nice catch. Maybe he’s a Super Two?
Ben_Cherington
Lock the young guys up!!!! Rangers have a great core group and tons of talent! Hope they can stay together, they are fun to watch and great for baseball!!
omavricko
Michael young ain’t getting any younger
TXRangers
Michael Young has nothing to do with this.
philly_red
Even if they made Michael Young the head groundskeeper, by next season, they’d hire a new, younger, cheaper groundskeeper, and ask Michael to start selling beer.
GaryLe
So I was talking to Chuck Greenberg the other day, and during the conversation the topic of Young came up, and he just stopped, walked down the hall to where Michael Young was sitting, and just started screaming at him, “NO SOUP FOR YOU! NO SOUP FOR YOU!” over and over again. Strangest thing ever.
Clark
If the younger and cheaper groundskeeper actually bothered to keep the field watered and was much better at chalking the foul lines, then yeah, I could see that happening. The Rangers have this really strange fascination with trying to make their team better. Weird.
AmericanMovieFan
The only guy there I’d lock up long term is Nelson Cruz. It’d be the most cost-effective lock up of that group and the most advantageous for the club on many levels. I’m thinking 5 years/$30MM w/ a $10MM club option and a $1MM buy out.
GaryLe
I agree, although Elvis Andrus would come at a steep discount right now, albeit with much more risk.
No point signing Hamilton or CJ to an extension at this point. CJ because it’s just crazy risky with the innings increase and being a pitcher and all, and Hamilton because you’d basically get zero discount at this point. It’d be the Mauer deal all over again.
AmericanMovieFan
Also there’s no telling how having money will affect Hamilton, so there’s a lot people have to observe over the next two years.
John McFadin
Yea, because he didn’t just make over 3 million dollars in 2010…….
AmericanMovieFan
$1.5 to uncle sam, another 5-10% to his agent, etc. He probably takes home 40%. I’m not rich, so I’m not gonna pretend that in real world terms that isn’t still a ton of money, but there’s a huge difference between $24MM and $3MM and the temptations of an addict are what they are. That’s all I’m saying.
5_tool_MiLB_fool
time to lock up Michael young to spend the rest of his career in a rangers uniform!
WhenMattStairsIsKing
Pretty sure he’s locked up through age 85.
Kickme Inthenads
Spend that Cliff Lee money Rangers!
WhenMattStairsIsKing
“Alright CJ, we’ll give you 6 years 80 million…if you can withstand my immense fighting skills better than that hack Robin Ventura could. C’mere.”
Logjammer D"Baggagecling
They need to extend Kinslar he’s the best 2nd baseball next to Cano.. Utley is good but he’s 3rd best… Nelson Cruz is a must keep too.. to bad Michael Young is out of the picture, it’s a real shame they wasted 90mil on Beltre.. who had the best season of his Career since his last with the Dodgers.. one he will never repeat.. the point is you always keep the franchise player over the guy that wants twice as much as he’s really worth