Texas Rangers 2022 - 2023 Offseason Thread

[Kelleyman]

Better players don’t make it in. So political IMO

 

[saddles]

What do you guys believe are reasonable expectations from Perez next year? Think some regression is almost certain.
ERA around 3.40-3.50? WHIP around 1.350, FIP around 3.65.

I will expect what he gave us last season until he proves me wrong. All through the late spring and early summer last season I kept expecting him to falter. I am not going to make that mistake again.

 

[saddles]

What do you guys believe are reasonable expectations from Perez next year? Think some regression is almost certain.
ERA around 3.40-3.50? WHIP around 1.350, FIP around 3.65.

Right now, this is what I would expect our rotation members' ERAs to be this year.

2.70
2.90
3.80
3.90
4.20

This is what I guessed yesterday. Perez belongs to the 2.90.

 

[DTC]

I’m hoping Jung can play good defense at 3B. Does anyone know if he’s a really good fielder?
Could he be a top 15 defender at 3B?

Do y’all think the Rangers acquire a legit 1B defender and move Lowe to DH?

How will the LF defense look next year?

Semien, Seager, Heim, Taveras & Adolis can all hold their own defensively, but making sure LF & 1B are strong can only help. Hoping Jung is good @ 3B

 

[saddles]

I’m hoping Jung can play good defense at 3B. Does anyone know if he’s a really good fielder?
Could he be a top 15 defender at 3B?

Do y’all think the Rangers acquire a legit 1B defender and move Lowe to DH?

How will the LF defense look next year?

Semien, Seager, Heim, Taveras & Adolis can all hold their own defensively, but making sure LF & 1B are strong can only help. Hoping Jung is good @ 3B

You feel better about Seager's defense than I do. When I saw him play in person he seemed to have very poor range. The sooner he moves to 1B or DH the better, but I know that is still at least 3 years down the road.

 

[saddles]

Do y’all think the Rangers acquire a legit 1B defender and move Lowe to DH?

I don't think they will since they made no effort to acquire Abreu.

 

[saddles]

How will the LF defense look next year?

I think Smith will do really well out there.

 

[saddles]

I’m hoping Jung can play good defense at 3B. Does anyone know if he’s a really good fielder?
Could he be a top 15 defender at 3B?

I have never heard anything negative about his defense. He has the makeup that makes me think he will do whatever he needs to do to get even better on defense in the early part of his career.

 

[Kelleyman]

I have never heard anything negative about his defense. He has the makeup that makes me think he will do whatever he needs to do to get even better on defense in the early part of his career.

He has been graded average defensively kind of like Seager although I will say I really like our SS to be too 2 defensively on the field

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

I don't think they will since they made no effort to acquire Abreu.

At 3/60, I'm pretty sure we weren't gonna get him

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Better players don’t make it in. So political IMO

This was a player vote, wasn't it?

 

[saddles]

At 3/60, I'm pretty sure we weren't gonna get him

It seems, CY gets who he wants. Lol

 

[saddles]

Sounds like he is daring CY to make him an offer he can't refuse.

 

[saddles]

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

standard level of quality from Jon "Show me on the doll where DFW hurt you" Heyman

 

[saddles]

I ran 5 draft lottery simulations this morning and came up with these picks for the Rangers.

4
4
2
6
7

 

[saddles]

The draft lottery is tomorrow and the Rule 5 draft on Wednesday. It would be really nice to luck out in both of those.

I think we have various chances to lose a few guys in Rule 5. Most likely, we will lose 1 or 2.

Church -- 50% chance
Cody -- 50%
Bradford -- 30%
Englert -- 10%
Crim -- 10%
Garcia -- 5%

But, at least we are hanging onto Howard, Sborz, King, Miller and Eli White.

 

[Kelleyman]

The draft lottery is tomorrow and the Rule 5 draft on Wednesday. It would be really nice to luck out in both of those.

I think we have various chances to lose a few guys in Rule 5. Most likely, we will lose 1 or 2.

Church -- 50% chance
Cody -- 50%
Bradford -- 30%
Englert -- 10%
Crim -- 10%
Garcia -- 5%

But, at least we are hanging onto Howard, Sborz, King, Miller and Eli White.

Kelly is less than 5%?

 

[saddles]

From Jeff Wilson:

A staple at the baseball winter meetings each year are our Japanese friends in the media.

Anyone who has read the Rangers Today newsletter knows how much I admire them and enjoy talking to them.

Topping the list is Sam Onoda with NHK, and he was the first media member I spoke with Sunday after arriving at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. He seems to think the Rangers have a shot at right-hander Kodai Senga.

Senga reportedly wants to play for a team in a big market and for a team that has a chance to win right away. The Rangers check the big-market box and have plans for the second.

The signing of Jacob deGrom would seem to help that cause, and adding Senga to fill out the rotation would as well. DeGrom, Senga, Martin Perez, Jonathan Gray and Jake Odorizzi in some order would be pretty salty.

 

[saddles]

Kelly is less than 5%?

Him and some others.