The Rangers have re-signed left-hander Jeffrey Springs to a one-year major league contract, the team announced. In more noteworthy news, the Rangers made righty Jordan Lyles’ two-year, $16MM contract official.
Now 27 years old, Springs is fresh off a two-season run in which he saw quite a bit of action out of the Rangers’ bullpen. He combined for 64 1/3 innings of 4.90 ERA/4.62 FIP ball with 8.81 K/9, 5.18 BB/9 and a measly 27.5 percent groundball rate in that span.
While Springs hasn’t been especially successful in the majors, the 2015 thirtieth-round pick has performed rather well in the minors. He owns a 3.65 ERA with 12.2 K/9 against 3.1 BB/9 across 288 2/3 frames below the majors. Springs has been a standout in Triple-A since debuting there in 2018, and with three options left, the Rangers will be able to shuttle him between the majors and minors next season.
Fantastic. JD whiffs on Rendon, then supposedly won’t dive into the Donaldson market even after having success in a similar way with Beltre. Now signs Springs to a major league contract… is this supposed to make us feel better?
They keep over marketing the fact we will have air conditioning next year. The new ballpark looks like a warehouse and our team is a hodgepodge of talent. Zero desire to go drop my hard earned money to watch this team play.
Why would you think the 2 moves are in any way related? No this isn’t supposed to make you feel better. Whether or not TEX landed a big 3B, they need arms – every team needs arms.
Better trade for freaking Nolan or Bryant. JD needs to go
Does anybody actually think Bryant will pass up free agency to sign a long term contract extension with the Texas Rangers? Trading multiple top prospects for 1-2 years of Kris Bryant would be stupid.
Same goes for Arenado if he can’t be convinced to drop the opt-out in his contract after 2021.
The Texas Rangers are not a desirable location for free agents, and their cheap a** owners won’t pony up the dough necessary to keep or attract top players.
I’m all for trading top prospects for some talent upgrades, but they have to have term. I’m not talking about third baseman who are poor defensively and have shoulder problems.
It would be better though if the Rangers owners would just step up to the plate. Keep the prospects. Cheap SOB’s.
JD wanted to get Rendon, and he wanted to make good offers, but the owners are cheap. JD was very passionate when he was asked about not getting Rendon, he wanted him, but the owners didn’t want to pay up.
Wasn’t it the number of years, and actually not the money how the Rangers ended up losing out??
Maybe. The Rangers’ final offer checked in at $33 million per year, but taking state income tax into consideration would put the dollar per year value as roughly equivalent to, if not more lucrative than, the Angels’ offer. With Boras you never know though, and he might have been inclined to push Rendon for the highest dollar amount regardless of tax implications if it meant more money for himself. In short, the dollar per year difference between the Rangers’ and Angels’ offers shouldn’t have been the deal breaker, but it can’t be ruled out.
Yes, these crybabies don’t know anything about anything. I don’t think the owners had any problem paying Rendon 245, I think JD didn’t think it was a smart investment of resources. Plan and simple. Angels gave Rendon to much money and rangers fans are in meltdown mode..
It’s not a smart investment. Nobody actually cares about losing Rendon. Just another Pujols, Hamilton, Matthews for the Angels. They still have no pitching. They’re going to have a similar record to Texas. At least their owner actually spends money to try to win.
I don’t really like Springs, but knowing the rangers, they’ll now trade Leclerc thinking the rest of the bullpen will pick it up, but they won’t. I like the Joley signing, but I want Bryant, Castellanos, Chirinos, and Dom Smith. Without trading Leclerc!
Rangers29 don’t believe every rumor you read.
Leclerc won’t be moved. Rendon is in the owners not JD. and Donaldson isn’t worth it, and no he’s not Beltre.
JD will keep making savvy moves like he did with Minor until something big comes.
Thank you. BTW I like JD, and I never said I didn’t. But yes we will make more savvy signings, and I don’t believe they WILL trade Leclerc, like I have explained before, rumors aren’t per say “saying” that the team will trade him, it is saying that the aforementioned player fits another teams needs nicely, that is a rumor.
I would definitely trade Leclerc if I was JD! You would have to get a king’s ransom for him. With his contract and ability that is possible. Leclerc is not a closer you want pitching in games that matter. He may be the most mentally fragile player I’ve ever seen. He looks like he’s going to cry on the mound. Rangers need to sell high while they can, as long as they get a HUGE return.
How do fellow rangers fans feel about getting Bryant, Castellanos, Chirinos, and Dom Smith? The lineup would be
Choo
Bryant
Andrus
Castellanos
Gallo
Smith
Calhoun
Chirinos
Solak
The starting pitching would be
Minor
Lynn
Gibson
Lyles
Allard
Personally, I think missing Rendon was kind of a godsend, we can address other issues with more flexibility now, while still making a good team.
94 wins, and the 2nd WC to the Rays.
AND PLEASE RANGERS FANS, AND RANGERS FO! Please stop being so depressed after missing Rendon!
That seems like a pretty bad defensive squad..But pretty solid offensively, and a solid albeit unspectacular starting 5..Alot would depend on how they held up defensively, not much speed either, so that wouldn’t help..
Plus, of course the one would need upgrading before they’d be able to be actual contenders, but in your scenario it WOULD definitely get them alot closer than how they’re currently constructed..
It’d be one the worst defensive team in baseball..
I wouldn’t be crazy about trading for 2 years of Kris Bryant since if he’s any good an extension will cost as much as they weren’t willing to commit to Rendon, plus whatever top prospects the Cubs want for him. Castellanos wouldn’t be a bad signing, but he’d have to play the field for a year until Choo is gone, which would negate a lot of his bat’s value. I’d love to see Chirinos come back (anything so I don’t have watch Mathis), but wouldn’t be in favor of a Dom Smith trade. We have enough defensively challenged left handed hitters. It would be even worse to trade for Smith AND sign Castellanos due to the horrible defensive value. The other issue I have is that Odor is now an expensive bench piece. As much as we’d all like for him to be a bench player, the Rangers are paying him enough to where they’re going to keep trotting him out there to see if he can fix his issues. Solak would fit in right field most likely with Mazara gone and a Castellanos signing not seeming likely, though they could use him at 3rd since a Bryant trade isn’t likely either.
I also respectfully disagree on Rendon. I knew that signing him wouldn’t turn the Rangers into a wild card contender overnight, but with a few up and coming prospects, a new stadium, and more money coming off the books next year (no Choo or Fielder), signing him would have provided two things. 1) A leader and face of the franchise type player for fans and players to rally around. 2) An indication to other top players in next year’s market (Realmuto, Bauer, Paxton, Springer) that you’re serious about pushing for contention and willing to pay them well to round out a potential championship roster, and not a cellar dweller team. Both of those things combined don’t immediately translate to wins, and the Rangers would have been hard pressed to win more than 85 games next year even with Rendon, but showing your fans and your players that you’re willing to make the investments required to win is essential, and the Rangers FO and/or owners have not been willing to make those choices. Also, with the extra money freed up from Choo and Fielder the Rangers could have addressed their other glaring issues next offseason, rather than spread around money on patchwork solutions now.
I really like that lineup. That is to me makes a lot of sense.
I love the go all in, be devastated, lose a 1/10 chance and people call for your head. Go away children. The signings of marginal SPs were setting up the whole off season around Rendon. He said no. Ya blame JD. I think he’ll have back up plans, pretty quick to dismiss the brilliance of the laSt 2 off seasons jackpots with no ownership support. Not that it’s the same, but the last two ranger targets that spurned us for LAA….decade long disasters…
What is CJ Wilson and Josh Hamilton??
Can’t forget about Gary Matthews Jr.
Springs hope’s eternal.