*****Official Texas Rangers 2025 2026 Offseason Thread*****

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AgBQ-00
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In reply to Silvertaps • 3:17p, 12/15/25
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it's a prove it year flyer on a huge upside offensive player. doubt he will ever get a long contract
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 4:40p, 12/15/25
AgBQ-00 said:
it's a prove it year flyer on a huge upside offensive player. doubt he will ever get a long contract


He's a rare exception of a star player who degraded offensively before defensively. The fact that he still plays a GG RF means the athletic ability and fitness are there. With a stacked lineup, he's an 8-hole hitter who can run, throw, field, and get you 25/80. Not a bad gamble for a big market team.

And don't forget that as frustrated as we got at times, Adolis played the game the right way.
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6:34p, 12/15/25
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I have nothing to add, I just wanted to submit a post to get us past 666 on this thread
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In reply to rbtexan • 7:47p, 12/15/25
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rbtexan said:
I have nothing to add, I just wanted to submit a post to get us past 666 on this thread


Love the reasoning.
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In reply to Jimtim1216 • 8:23p, 12/15/25
Jimtim1216 said:
rbtexan said:
I have nothing to add, I just wanted to submit a post to get us past 666 on this thread


Love the reasoning.


Especially in these unprecedented times.
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In reply to Silvertaps • 4:08p, 12/16/25
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Why only 1 year?


If Adolis can accept that a 400' HR counts the same as a 450' HR... he might slow his bat down enough to make more contact and get more HRs while increasing his RBIs... he might get a multi-year deal. As-is, too much swing and miss at his age to risk team commitment.
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5:04p, 12/16/25
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Chris Martin back on one-year deal
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5:14p, 12/16/25
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I'd set the O/U for stints on the IL at 6
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6:14p, 12/16/25
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One of my biggest issues with the Rangers is their insistence on signing players - pitchers mostly - who year after year spend an unreasonable amount of time on the IL, or have recurrent injury issues, etc., and somehow seem to expect a different outcome. "He'll be really good for us if we can keep him healthy." Well no sh*t, every team that's ever had these guys said the same thing. Especially when the players they sign are 34 and up.

Probably an unfair rant, but there it is.
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In reply to rbtexan • 7:29p, 12/16/25
rbtexan said:
One of my biggest issues with the Rangers is their insistence on signing players - pitchers mostly - who year after year spend an unreasonable amount of time on the IL, or have recurrent injury issues, etc., and somehow seem to expect a different outcome. "He'll be really good for us if we can keep him healthy." Well no sh*t, every team that's ever had these guys said the same thing. Especially when the players they sign are 34 and up.

Probably an unfair rant, but there it is.


Kershaw is available.
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In reply to rbtexan • 7:42p, 12/16/25
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Not unfair, IMO. Definitely feels like this has been the trend for the last 4-5 seasons. Maybe longer.
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In reply to rbtexan • 7:44p, 12/16/25
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If you're signing pitchers, then you're signing dudes with injury histories.

The pitching staff was nails this year. If we're going to go on rants, I'll lead the charge on that ridiculously ****ty offense that we ran out there.
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9:44p, 12/16/25
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Pitchers get hurt. All of them are getting TJ. When you sign a "healthy" one that is good, they cost an absolute fortune, require a long term commitment, and chances are they'll be on the injury shelf within 2-3 years - most likely missing the bulk of 2 seasons when it happens. It's actually pretty sharp to get the guy who just got past an injury and get them at a steep discount. Fresh elbow ligament. All of them may not pan out, but you can sign 2-3 of them for the same price as the 1 guy I described
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In reply to DannyDuberstein • 7:01a, 12/17/25
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Pitchers get hurt. All of them are getting TJ. When you sign a "healthy" one that is good, they cost an absolute fortune, require a long term commitment, and chances are they'll be on the injury shelf within 2-3 years - most likely missing the bulk of 2 seasons when it happens. It's actually pretty sharp to get the guy who just got past an injury and get them at a steep discount. Fresh elbow ligament. All of them may not pan out, but you can sign 2-3 of them for the same price as the 1 guy I described


The Franken-pitcher approach. I like it.
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9:48p, 12/18/25
AG
This is disappointing……

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Peter Klaven
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10:04p, 12/18/25
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Meh, as good as he was he also had a 4.86 ERA in 2024 so 5.5M is a bit rich for a 35 year old journeyman. Good for him though!
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3:38p, 12/19/25
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This is a bit interesting to possibly shed some light on things.

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In reply to dvldog • 3:43p, 12/19/25
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I have a hard time believing that Semien said this, but who knows
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In reply to DTXAg • 3:53p, 12/19/25
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I imagine if that was actually said it came after a Looooooong build up that finally boiled over
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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4:07p, 12/19/25
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That's interesting in that Seager is known to never really talk
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4:18p, 12/19/25
Well Marcus couldnt hit his way out of a wet paper sack so whatever.
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6:22p, 12/19/25
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If the team starts to underperform midway through the season and Seager is having a decent year, I can see them exploring trade options.

I'm sure they're hoping Skip and Nimmo can get Seager to help the young guys and be a positive influence. If that doesn't work, trade him while his value is still good.
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6:24p, 12/19/25
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don't know how I missed this but just saw that Tyler Skaggs the Angels pitcher that ODd in the team hotel when they were in for a series in 2019. was given the fent laced pill by a team employee.

just saw the lawsuit was settled between the Skaggs and the team
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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7:04p, 12/19/25
maybe Im behind, but is it official that Rangers had to pay $190,000 in the tax?????
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7:31p, 12/19/25
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Evan Grant disputes what Heyman is reporting.

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10:18p, 12/19/25
Grant doesn't dispute it, he just doesn't confirm the tweeters hyperbole about it being a clubhouse cancer. You can simply be a unaligned clubhouse - doesn't mean it's a cancerous or bad clubhouse.

But does this really surprise anyone? Titles never die, but that 2023 team is the proof positive that you don't have to have clubhouse chemistry to win. That team was devoid of any real leaders and aside from a big personality or two (Adoli), it had very little emotion. It just produced when it mattered.
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In reply to alvtimes • 10:24p, 12/19/25
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10:27p, 12/19/25
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Wow, what the **** was Chris Young doing?
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10:28p, 12/19/25
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Someone in accounting should be fired
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In reply to cmiller00 • 10:37p, 12/19/25
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cmiller00 said:
Someone in accounting should be fired

They just keep track of things. The guy making the trades uses the info and makes the decisions.
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In reply to KT 90 • 10:40p, 12/19/25
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Spoken like an accountant haha.

Someone is running numbers on likely bonuses, incentives etc. Whoever did that wasn't conservative enough.
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10:41p, 12/19/25
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Don't know why we ever made those trades, everyone knew we weren't making the playoffs
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In reply to bmac_aggie18 • 10:45p, 12/19/25
Maybe I'm the weird one but I appreciate the effort by CY to give it a shot with those trades.
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11:11p, 12/19/25
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CY definitely has some stink on him now imo.
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11:26p, 12/19/25
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Yeah, that's an inexcusable ****up
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