The Rangers’ front office has recovered from some blunders (trading Adrian Gonzalez, for example) to become a group known for its shrewd decision making, Jon Heyman writes at SI.com. GM Jon Daniels and assistants such as Thad Levine and A.J. Preller had a successful offseason, acquiring Mike Napoli in a trade and signing Adrian Beltre away from the Angels, who play 45 minutes from the third baseman’s home. Here’s the latest from Heyman:
- The Rangers are pleased with Beltre so far, according to president Nolan Ryan. "He's done what we'd hoped he do,'' Ryan said. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs recently made the case that Beltre has solidified his place as one of the best players in baseball.
- One Rangers person says the odds are “40-60” that the Rangers will be able to re-sign C.J. Wilson after the season.
- Yesterday I examined the moves that led to the Rangers’ second consecutive ALCS appearance.
- Buck Showalter, who has flown to Texas, appears to be deciding between the Orioles’ GM job and their manager job, according to Heyman.
- Blue Jays first base coach Torey Lovullo may not be a fit as Boston’s next manager, according to Heyman. However, GM Theo Epstein will consider candidates with limited MLB managing experience.
CJ will re-sign with the Rangers. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Rangers went after another pitcher too if they decide to keep Ogando in the pen next year. It could be Buehrle in FA, or they could attempt to trade for another starter if one becomes available (King Felix, James Shields, etc…).
Yeah I can see the Mariners dealing Felix within the division…
They dealt Cliff Lee with the understanding that he could re-sign with Texas. I don’t know if the M’s would do it, but Texas certainly has the prospects if both sides are willing to listen.
I’m not saying Texas should, but it’s a possibility.
They dealt him to Texas because he could have resigned there as an FA anyways.
Why would they deal a top notch pitch to a division rival when they will have to see him for 3-4 years?
no chance.
They wanted to sign him but didn’t want to over pay for him…what is wrong w/ that? There are way more reasons then JUST 1 player as to why they arent’ in the playoffs….I HATE when people make stupid comments like that….team game team win team loss
Well, what’s wrong with it is that they wouldn’t have had to overpay. I’d say he was worth every penny of the $14 million he was paid this year. Agree though that it wasn’t the only reason the Angels failed (see: Wells, Vernon).
the $14m he was paid this year isn’t too much BUT 5/$90m is…..his contract is going to be a gross over pay the final 3 years of it…maybe 2
I wish Wilson on the Yankees, not the Red Sox–they suffered enough. Wilson will wither in NY. He’ll wobble between good starts and getting shelled like in Game 1 of the Rays series. I’d rather see the Rangers spend the money on extending Josh and getting Pujols or Fielder to play 1B. Feliz can replace Wilson in the rotation next year.
I’m going on record as saying that every Rangers fan is not as baseball-dumb as MadmanTX.
Pitching is what the Rangers need. We don’t need more offense. Why in the world would the Rangers go after Fielder??? He’s an obese lifetime DH in waiting. He isn’t a good defensive 1B at all. We got Beltre because he has a great bat AND he is a top 3 defensive 3B in MLB.
Feliz cannot pitch in the rotation. He lacks the desire to for one. Do you honestly believe Feliz in his first year of starting would replace CJ?
We cannot go into next season with Holland as our ace.
Oh, and Pujols will more than likely re-sign with STL.
Maybe Fielder would sweat off some of the fat in the Texas heat?? haha
Sure let’s not resign Wilson and sign someone better like E-Jax or maybe even Colon or Garcia.
I sure hope you have a replacement plan for Wilson,w/o him the Rangers would be home watching the playoffs.
You’re dreaming if you think Edwin Jackson, Colon, or Garcia are near as good as CJ.
You underestimate Jon Daniels. If the Rangers didn’t re-sign CJ there would be a back-up plan.
We also have some great pitchers coming up through AAA (Perez, Ross, Scheppers, and Ramirez) that will be here very soon if we can’t deal for an ace.
somebody couldn’t pick up on Reign’s sarcasm….I think the Rangers will sign him and can afford it…
I didn’t pick up on it lol. I’ve heard people say before that Edwin was better than CJ, and they were serious.
I’m sorry next time I’ll try to more clearly express my SARCASM……No, I do not think any of those guys are better than Wilson that is why I compared Average to below-average pitchers to a pretty good pitcher.