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Bryan Ma.
Rangers will be fine next season once they get everyone healthy. Maybe add a middle rotation guy and reliever.
Bryan Ma.
*And trade gallo to my Mets and they should be fine.
MadmanTX 2
And what top prospects are the Mets willing to give up?
Bryan Ma.
Colon lol. I think he’s still considered a prospect
Jaysfan1994 2
Yes, everyone knows top prospects are traded for other prospects these days.
Nathan Boley
Reunion with McCarthy?
oz10 2
We need Second baseman? Uh, no. You obviously didn’t pay attention to Odor. Definitely an exciting player and up and coming second baseman.
Jeff Todd
He’s not saying Odor doesn’t have a future. The kid is not even 21 and quite likely would not be relied upon by most teams that have the Rangers’ array of contractual obligations. So Brad says an addition is possible, but goes on to say the role will “probably” be filled internally, most likely by Profar or Odor.
MadmanTX 2
It’ll be Odor. I don’t see anything else happening unless Profar comes back with a vengeance. Unlikely.
Greg 13
Your argument doesn’t make sense. A league minimum salary player that was able to play (slightly) above replacement level wouldn’t be relied upon by most teams that are constrained on their salary spending? That’s exactly the type of person a team is going to be quite happy to rely on when they have a similar array of contractual obligations.
Why would you spend your money on a position where you are already getting positive value when you have a limited amount of money to spend and have other positions where you are seeing negative value? The only time it makes sense would be if you could somehow get more value for your money spent there than elsewhere, and considering the free agent class of MIF and the nature of the position in general, it’s easy to know that the chances of that happening are astronomical.
Jeff Todd
I don’t see what’s so controversial here. Nobody is arguing it’s like a top-of-the-list need.
He was maybe a 1-win player if he had played full-time all year. He’s not yet 21. If you are planning to contend, you’d like an upgrade.
I’m not saying they don’t have payroll constraints and other areas of need. Just that for a team paying so much to veterans, you’d like to have a surer thing in there right now. If an opportunity arose, you might take it.
Not to mention, would be nice not to have to run his service clock.
oz10 2
But everybody associated with the Rangers have talked about his motor and how good he is for this team. He was an example to all those young and old about how to play every play and at bat.
Jeff Todd
I have nothing but positive thoughts for Odor, who held his own in the bigs at age 20. The point is very simply that it is possible to imagine them making a move at second if an opportunity arise, presumably involving a short-term situation. There are also good reasons not to.
As Brad wrote, and I agree, it is much more likely that Odor or Profar will open at second. And that, to agree with commenter Greg above, is not a bad thing. He might be expected to continue being serviceable in the short-term, but obviously has the talent to do more.
I only started responding here to make clear the limits of Brad’s statement and defend it. I’m not trying to argue that the Rangers desperately need a second baseman or that Odor is not a long-term option. Far from it.
Pete22
Rangers remind me a bit of the 2012 Red Sox, better health and a new manager turned the team around, at least for a year. They still have a few holes needing to be filled, best they limit signings to shorter years, even if they have to overpay a bit like the Red Sox did
DarthMurph
They don’t really have the financial flexibility to do something like that and it’d be much harder to pull off anyway even before considering that Cherington going 6 for 7 on FA acquisitions is highly unrealistic.
The difference between the two is that Boston didn’t have any expensive long term commitments.
DarthMurph
The Andrus and Choo signings were so pointlessly irresponsible. You can’t really fault Daniels for Fielder when Detroit was selling low and Profar was set to replace Kinsler, who could have just as easily regressed. Now the team is in a poor position and that’s really not that surprising.
scs
Martin is arb eligible after 2015 and controllable through 2018.
goat 2
I have to disagree on this team. This is the one team that will be scary come 2015. WIth a rotation of Darvish, Holland, Harrison (if he is healthy), Perez (when he comes back in May) and Lewis I think they are going to be good. They need 2 solid bullpen arms and a corner outfielder (Choo, Martin and ?) this team could be scary good. Alot of if’s but if they all fall right, this team has the talent to contend and win the AL this coming year.
Common Sense
It says Leonys Martin may be a free agent after 2015. His original signing contract runs out, but his service time will be 3.113 and that makes him arbitration eligible. The Rangers still control him from 2016-2018.
rxbrgr
hey Jeff, L. Martin will only have 3+ yrs of service time after 2015. Does his contract stipulate he can become a free agent upon finishing his current ML contract?
Michael Bell
I disagree with the assessment of the farm system. Joey Gallo seems more than just a “high-strikeout corner infielder.” He does have high strikeout rates, but isn’t he also widely considered one of the top 5 prospects in all of baseball? Not sure I understand describing the system as one that “isn’t particularly deep.” The Rangers had almost half the top 20 prospects in a recent assessment of the Carolina league from a scouting organization. It also had the best minor league winning percentage of any organization this year. I would expect the Rangers system to be ranked among the top 3 in all of baseball. The Rangers have tended to be aggressive in the draft and international market, which has led to high-risk, but high-ceiling prospects, and it wouldn’t be surprising if at least a couple broke out next year. Players like Nomar Mazara, Lewis Brinson, Marcos Diplan, Nick Williams, Travis Demerrite, Yeyson Yrizarri. The Soria trade seems to have been a good one for the Rangers as well, netting them a legit mid-rotation prospect in Jake Thompson and late-inning relief
prospect in Corey Knebel. The Rangers seem well-positioned to both bring in contributors from the minors, and use prospects as trade chips for major pieces, should a good fit become available.