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davidcoonce74
I would love for the Padres to try to buy low on Profar. I can’t imagine the skills that made him the #1 prospect in baseball have atrophied so much. I know there’s only a couple years of cheap control left, but San Diego has virtually no payroll committed after this season and could afford him if he could rejuvenate his career. Shortstop has been such a barren wasteland for the Padres for so long.
madmanTX
The Padres can try and buy low, but JD isn’t stupid and wouldn’t sell low on Profar.
davidcoonce74
Probably not, but maybe Texas loves Travis Jankowski or something. It doesn’t seem like Profar has a role on Texas this season.
RickyAdams79
That’s why they wouldn’t trade him in 15. And last year he was pretty good prior to all star. I only see profar being traded for young starter with upside.
RiseAgainst3598
Could a trade based around Profar for Myers be worked out? Add in Gallo and/or Chi Chi?
davidcoonce74
I think Gallo and Chi Chi don’t have much value right now, and I don’t see Texas with enough other pieces to get Myers. Their farm system is pretty thin.
Brixton
Vince Velasquez could be of interest to the Mariners or Rangers, seeming as the Phillies have a ton of young rotation depth, they could look to deal VV.
BillGiles
What do those have to offer? I’m sure that the Phillies would listen.
RickyAdams79
Rangers don’t have much beyond profar and Gallo, unless somebody is interested in single a prospects. We gave up all upper level pieces of significance for hamels, lucroy and Beltran. We only have 1 top 100 prospect left
RickyAdams79
Rangers were interested in him at deadline last year. I’d imagine they still would be. He’s prolly type player the rangers would consider profar for
RickyAdams79
If Jd doesn’t get creative, rangers r in trouble in 17-18. U can’t get swept in 1st round, then lose Mitch, prince, Desmond, Beltran, holland, and Colby and replace with cashner, Napoli, and Hamilton and still expect to do better. Then we lose lucroy and darvish after 17. Astros and mariners r upgrading, were downgrading and think it’s gonna get them a series. lol
AddisonStreet
They were incredibly, unsustainably lucky last year anyway. They won’t be as good this year.
antonio bananas
still have Mazara and a pretty young core. JD is smart, im guessing the farm is rebuilt soon and they find a FA or 3 to keep competitive.
i wouldnt want to spend 20M plus on lucroy or Darvish. the rest are pretty easily replaced.
Rob66
Rangers wish list;
1) sign Romo to help in bullpen.
2) sign Napoli to be 1b/dh.
3) sign Desmond Jennings and see if he can pull a Ian Desmond.
Rob66
Would also like to see them take a gamble on Nate Eovaldi by giving him 2 year low salary high incentive deal.
pgmitchell
Eovaldi will not pitch in 2017 ….
mnsports
that’s why they’d give him a two year deal ….
thebare
Agreed
pgmitchell
they have a lot of relievers ..do not need an another however good gamble on Jennings though and it appears they are getting Napoli.. The rangers need another starter possobly a number 3 they can offer a reliever, a prospect and maybe a Gallo/Profar .they have to go for it this year.!.
davidcoonce74
Hope that Hamilton has something left in the tank after a year off. I doubt it, but it’s hard to remember how good he was when he was good.
RiseAgainst3598
Don’t the A’s also have Alcantra as a CF option? Or is he not ready or poor defensively
arc89
Couldn’t hit anything so he was released.
RiseAgainst3598
That’s odd didn’t he have good minors hitting numbers? Anyone know what happened as he advanced?
oaklandathletics116
got released and picked up with the reds i think
Jeff Todd
I should’ve added him in that group.
EDIT: Actually, wait, he was outrighted and claimed off waivers by the Reds.
AddisonStreet
He sucks and won’t ever hit.
thebare
He ready and was good. He was blocked on the Cubs at every position but if given a shot Alcantra can be a good starter
pgmitchell
Houston needs a top of the rotation starter only they have 6 starters counting Musgrove and Devinski is being stretched out as a starter so that is 7 and they have Martes as well (as long as he is not traded for a TOR starter). They could use a lefty reliever but will probably give Sipp another chance since they are paying him good dollars.
GarryHarris
TEXAS RANGERS
Infield
If Joey Gallo can play 1B and hits anything like I’ve seen him hit, the Rangers don’t need help here. With C Jonathan Lucroy, 1B Gallo, 2B Rougned Odor, 3B Adrian Beltre, SS Elvis Andrus and Super Sub Jurikson Profar. they seem like the class IF of MLB.
Outfield.
If Delino DeShields returns to form, the Rangers OF seems versatile with RF Nomar Mazara, CF Carlos Gomez, LF Chi-Soo Chu and 4th OF DeShields mixed in almost every day. I would like to see DeShields in CF with Gomez and Chu splitting time in LF and DH.
Starting Pitching:
If A.J. Griffin returns to his potential, he and Martin Perez will be a strong addition to aces Cole Hammels and Yu Darvish to the rotation.
This is where I think Texas has a NEED. I’m not sold on Andrew Cashner, Mike Hauschild or any other names in the Texas organization. The Rangers need a solid spot starter-long reliever type to fill this role.
Left Handed Relief Pitching:
Alex Claudio and Dario Alvarez looked excellent and Jake Diekman looked like a solid left handed reliever.
Right Handed Relief Pitching:
Matt Bush was a find of the 2016 season. Tony Barnette had a solid 2016 but he’s 33.
After that, I’m a little concerned. Sam Dyson had 38 saves last year and so what! Neither Dyson’s nor Tanner Scheppers’ nor Jeremy Jeffrees’ SO:BB ratio was very good to be consistently effective in the bullpen much less in the CL’s role.
chesteraarthur
Class IF of MLB? They’re not even the best if in their state.
24TheKid
Rangers arnt even the second best infield in the division. If you say Cano is going to regress this year you have to say the same for Beltre.
ayrbhoy
24thekid- exactly! I’m biased but clearly the best Inf in the AL West is in Seattle. 1B Valencia/Vogelbach platoon, 2B (all-star GG) Cano, SS (all-star) Segura, 3B Seager and C Ruiz/Zunino platoon
AddisonStreet
Rizzo, Baez/Zobrist, Russell, and Bryant are far and away the class of MLB Infields.
GeauxRangers
This is a joke right?
cmancoley
Angels need Hammel and Holland and they might have a glimpse of a shot
Philliesfan4life
Hammel would be a solid pick up, I really want them to bring back Weaver, I can’t see him in another uniform but Hammel would be an upgrade over him. Holland would be good for the bullpen or Feliz.
angels fan 3
I would also like weaver back but I highly doubt it unless nobody offers him anything. Hammel would be a good pick up and move Chavez to the pen as a swing man. Either holland or Feliz would be good all though I would prefer holland
Philliesfan4life
maybe they could use another bat, I wonder how cheap weiters would come
angels fan 3
I don’t see a fit with weiters as he isnt that good defensively and wouldn’t have traded bandy if they were gonna sign him
Philliesfan4life
I was shocked they traded bandy, I think he was better then Perez but hopefully Maldonado works out for us. I know it’s to early to say, I was hoping we could get todd frazier for next year or do we wait till 2018 and make a run at Machado?
angels fan 3
Yeah I felt bandy was good and he would be good for a full season. I really hope the angels do get Frazier and I think machado will be a bit pricey and out of the angels budget unless they just backload a deal
Philliesfan4life
I think Frazier could come cheaper then Machado, and then next year I believe we should sign some pitching, Not sure who we could targert, I would like to see them get Cueto if he opts out, Arrieta would be too much money, Could give Hellickson a contract
angelsinthetroutfield
Frazier seems like a cool dude and contributes with the bat in terms of power but that OBP is ugly. Don’t get me wrong if he’s cheap I wouldn’t mind but he’s not the kind of guy you commit alot to IMO.
Philliesfan4life
Or we bring back Escobar on a nice cheap contract
angels fan 3
Frazier is a cool dude signed for everybody at the big a before the game and I would personally like to see trout and Frazier on the same team
angels fan 3
Bringing Escobar back is also a good idea as well
cmancoley
im not a big fan of Escobar. Love Frazier as a great clubhouse figure with Trout but he can not get on base to save his life and he’ll start to regress quite a bit as time rolls on. I would honestly love to see us get Plouffe. He’s always been decent and consistent, plus he should come pretty cheap.
halos101
hammel wouldn’t help our chances that much, but if it’s a really low deal than it’d be smart too do it
Philliesfan4life
Angels should take a risk at greg holland , they just everyone to stay healthy in the rotation led by richards
chesteraarthur
Yep, that’s pretty much what they have to hope for. If, somehow, all of those starters can stay healthy, and trout keeps trouting, they have a shot at wc
Philliesfan4life
they need more depth at the rotation, their wildcard for them is alex meyer. a power arm who I think could put it all together and reach his potential
chesteraarthur
if they have any real hope of competing they will need those pitchers to stay healthy all year, making depth less important imo. If they start to go down, they are not gonna be in the hunt, unless the rest of the west also suffers failures.
Philliesfan4life
the angels need to get off to a good start, and health being a big concern. they improved on defense by a wide margin from last season.
chesteraarthur
The west looks like it should be a competitive division. But since baseball is baseball it wont work out that way
Philliesfan4life
the angels could be better then what experts have them at. fangraphs put them at 85 wins
chesteraarthur
fangraph’s projections are basing that on a healthy rotation.
Jeff Todd
They typically discount for health in projecting innings totals, though that’s obviously quite an imperfect science.
angelsinthetroutfield
I actually like Travis Wood for the Halos. His versatility is nice, he can be a lefty pen piece and step into the back of the rotation if/when an arm goes down.
Holland, Hammel would be cool if the price was right.
Philliesfan4life
the angels just need a healthy rotation and trout being trout. If Richards , Shoemaker and Skaggs can stay healthy and make 25-28 starts, they have a chance and with contributions from Nolasco and Chavez. Could use some more depth off the bench, Davis and Crisp. Holland and Feliz for the bullpen.
angels fan 3
Wood makes a lot of sense as eppler likes those kinds of guys as he can pitch in the pen and start
angels fan 3
I think the angels are fine with revere marte Pennington and Perez/ Maldonado as the bench
lesterdnightfly
MLBTR is going to do a special article on the Angels. It will be called 30 Remaining Needs.
angels fan 3
The angels aren’t the best team but I doubt you can name 30 remaining needs.
lesterdnightfly
You’re right. I was using hyperbole. I do it 110 percent of the time.
The article will be called…
Angels: 15 Remaining Needs.
angels fan 3
Still a little too much
halos101
i’d say about 2 real needs. bullpen for sure and maybe a starter.
angels fan 3
Accurate
lesterdnightfly
Still going right over your head, I see….
Angels fans — 3 Remaining Needs:
1) Sarcasm awareness. ….
halosfan4ever27
I would love to see Wood and Holland on the angels. Our biggest need is bullpen/health for 2017. Hammel would be a nice pick up, he kind of reminds me of Weaver.
cmancoley
reminds me of Lackey
ryanw-2
I noticed that all 5 teams in the division have starting pitching listed as a remaining need. This is going to be an all out war in 2017. Angels, Astros, Mariners, and Rangers are all going to fight for it since they all have rotation concerns.
lesterdnightfly
Not the Angels. Fighting it out with Oakland for last in AL West.