But should Langford bet on himself and wait?

If the rangers could get him sewn up for 9 years at $135 MM, I'd take it. But I bet Langford will want a lot more than that.

Would you guys do 10 years at $200 MM?

There are pros and cons for all parties, but imo the pros outweigh the cons for all parties. Yes, we see the Soto, Ohtani, Seager, Harper, Betts style of contracts that are 10+ years and hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars, but what is that, 5% or less of the league? Soto's contract is completely ridiculous and stupid too. The odds say most guys should take the money when it's presented to them. Additionally, I think people need to remember that some of these contracts for young dudes are partly just buying those guys out of their arbitration years. Again sure, you could play it out and try to get 30 million a year like Soto through Arb, but that's the outlier. If you just sign the money in front of you, not only are you then guaranteed 100 million over 6+ years, you also don't have to go through the stupid process of arbitration. Last thing is that if you are a good player at the end of that 6-8 year deal, you just then negotiate for another 100-200 million dollar contract over another 6 years. Boom, you've now made 250 million dollars by the time you're 35 on the high end and on the low end you've made 100 million and some change if it doesn't work out.

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But should Langford bet on himself and wait?

If the rangers could get him sewn up for 9 years at $135 MM, I'd take it. But I bet Langford will want a lot more than that.

Would you guys do 10 years at $200 MM?

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Would make him a top 5 paid LF behind only Yelich, Teoscar Hernandez, and Ian Happ. I think it's reasonable.

I'm by no means in expert in this sort of thing, but this could be a good time for a young guy with millions of dollars to invest

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DallasAg 94 said:

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Sure $750k is a bunch, but, you are probably still living in an apartment.

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When was the last time you looked at buying a normal house? Sure the housing market is hot, but $750k annually and you should practically be paying cash for a nice house.

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Define "normal."

About 8yrs ago.

Once you consider Property Tax and Insurance, you're likely at about $4K/mo

When was the last time you made $750K in a year. Consider a 30% effective tax rate and 6+2 for SS and Medicare... You're down to about $465K cash. That doesn't go as far as you'd think, these days.

DallasAg 94 said:

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In 1992, I was sitting at my locker staring at my first @MLB check. Kirby Puckett walked by and said “first big league check, huh?” I nodded with a proud smile. Puck then reached into his pocket, pulled out a big roll of money, and asked “you want me to cash it for you?”

— Mike Trombley (@MikeTrombley21) January 20, 2023

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I think if Langford signs an extension within the next year it will more likely resemble what Witt got rather than what Carroll, Chourio, and Merrill got.

Evan Carter is 1 for 17 with 7 Ks at Round Rock so far. Not in the lineup tonight.

Gotta feeling the offense gets it done tonight.

What is the "over the air" network?

For me in College Station with YTTV, it is on the CW.

One of your local stations.

gigem1223 said:

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Hopefully this is the last series without Josh Jung for the rest of the season

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Speaking of. He's starting his rehab assignment this weekend and will rejoin the team against the Cubs Monday, barring any setbacks.

Is there a free trial for Apple TV+? I'm at the game today, but the 4/25 game @ SF and the 5/16 game vs HOU are only on Apple TV+.

If you have T-Moblie as your cell service, you get it for free.

Is that Dontrelle "D-Train" Willis?

I'm not seeing it on my usual over the air channel 45 from Shreveport. Might only be on Apple Tv.

It is not on my local cw.

I was wrong. It's not "over the air". At least not that I can't find.

Leiter to the IL with the blister, Corbin called up