OFFICIAL OFF SEASON THREAD ( 2017 )

[darrylgann]

Profar will not be headed west.

LOS ANGELES -- In the hunt for a second baseman and a leadoff man, the Dodgers found both in Logan Forsythe, whom they acquired Monday from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for highly regarded pitching prospect Jose De Leon.

Shame. Wouldn't mind us making that trade. Hope we have a good use for Profar here. And not necessarily at first base.

 

[DT LUNA]

Shame. Wouldn't mind us making that trade. Hope we have a good use for Profar here. And not necessarily at first base.

Time to act on Profar. Find a position for him or trade him. Way to much talent to waste as a UIF.

 

[darrylgann]

Time to act on Profar. Find a position for him or trade him. Way to much talent to waste as a UIF.

Let him raise his value back at Round Rock if they think any trade for him wasn't up to snuff. The silence out of this off season deafening.

 

[DT LUNA]

Let him raise his value back at Round Rock if they think any trade for him wasn't up to snuff. The silence out of this off season deafening.

Why not because finding him a position is not likely. If Beltre should go down to injury he could be available to fill in there. Hopefully that does not happen but AB is getting older.

 

[darrylgann]

The Rangers need Nomar Mazara to improve and Shin-Soo Choo to earn his money next season dlvr.it/NBqHyB

 

[donaldson79]

Shin-Soo Choo to earn his money next season

You seem to take it personal that he's been hurt. Do you think he wants to be injured?

And he may never solid again. And he's going to be 35 during next season and injures don't usually get better with age. But I certainly believe he wants to play and play well.

 

[darrylgann]

You seem to take it personal that he's been hurt. Do you think he wants to be injured?

And he may never solid again. And he's going to be 35 during next season and injures don't usually get better with age. But I certainly believe he wants to play and play well.

That's just the title of the article. It was a straight copy and paste job from a tweet I received. Just passing it along.

 

[donaldson79]

My goodness, what a horrible story. But the young man seems to have a good head on his shoulders.

Former Phillies prospect retires after losing eye

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

The A’s sign Adam Rosales. Again.

Death, taxes, and Adam Rosales playing for the A's

 

[saddles]

I believe I read something from Newy Scruggs over the past couple of days where he said the Rangers payroll was at the $161 million mark already and that meant they would not have anything significant left to spend. He referenced a website that showed payroll, but the site had all of Prince's money as being owed. It is thought that insurance would cover half of that so the site is $9 million off. It also included some guys like Dillon Gee who are on minor league contracts so I am not sure if they are guaranteed.

Texas Rangers 2017 Salaries Payroll

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Texas Rangers 2017 Salaries Payroll

It's probably mathematical semantics. The $18m is the "official" number, but the Rangers will recoup around half via insurance.

 

[DT LUNA]

I believe I read something from Newy Scruggs over the past couple of days where he said the Rangers payroll was at the $161 million mark already and that meant they would not have anything significant left to spend. He referenced a website that showed payroll, but the site had all of Prince's money as being owed. It is thought that insurance would cover half of that so the site is $9 million off. It also included some guys like Dillon Gee who are on minor league contracts so I am not sure if they are guaranteed.

Texas Rangers 2017 Salaries Payroll

Unless they have some pen money stashed we probably won't see much action.

 

[Duane1952]

It's being reported than Diekman had successful stomach surgery today.

 

[DT LUNA]

It's being reported than Diekman had successful stomach surgery today.

Good news and best wishes.

 

[donaldson79]

http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/artic...ke_napoli/s1_127_23057362?mb_edition=20170126

Nap is going to slip through our fingers it seems.

 

[DT LUNA]

Rays reportedly interested in Mike Napoli

Nap is going to slip through our fingers it seems.

Hopefully JD was playing the wait and see game and will counter.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Diekman had his colon removed. Wow.

 

[saddles]

 

[donaldson79]

Diekman had his colon removed. Wow.

Good heavens! Can someone with more knowledge than me, clue us on what this means for this young man's short term career and long term life please?

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Good heavens! Can someone with more knowledge than me, clue us on what this means for this young man's short term career and long term life please?

From what I've read, assuming the procedures are successful, his quality of life should actually improve to a certain degree.

Performing at the major league level is something else entirely. His body will have to heal and adapt on a basic level to what is more or less a rewiring of his digestive system, then he will have to see if he can manage the physical stress of being a professional athlete. Not impossible, but not a guarantee either.