Elvis Andrus reportedly close to a long term deal with Texas...

[zjcvols]

The deal would be:

8 years
$120M

DAAAMMMNNNNNNNN

What are they going to do with Profar? Trade Kinsler and put Profar at 2B?

 

[005]

Kinsler could go to LF soon.

 

[TBrown]

Questionable contract.. Could someone tell me what he does?

 

[YankeeVol]

120 mil for Andrus?

Wow

 

[005]

plays good D and is fine offensively for a shortstop. only his age 24 season coming up, too.

 

[005]

ftr, not overly in love with the deal. but a middle infield of Andrus and Profar for years to come? Should be one of the best in baseball.

 

[zjcvols]

Questionable contract.. Could someone tell me what he does?

Solid on base for a SS (career .342). One of the five best defenders at short in the game. He's valuable. I highly doubt he's worth $120M.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Solid on base for a SS (career .342). One of the five best defenders at short in the game. He's valuable. I highly doubt he's worth $120M.

Probably not, but SS is one of the key core positions (in that it's really unusual to win without a decent SS), and the Rangers just crossed it off their list of things to think about for a long, long time. It's exactly the sort of move high-payroll teams should make. Far better to overpay some when you're locking up a guy's entire prime than it is when you're buying a guy's late thirties.

Also more evidence that the Braves are going be screwed between three years from now and the end of that TV contract.

 

[TBrown]

The last three World Series winners had god awful shortstops.. And that's just off the top of my head

 

[Vercingetorix]

The last three World Series winners had god awful shortstops.. And that's just off the top of my head

I take it that by "god awful," as usual you mean "no better than average"? Baseball-reference has Brandon Crawford 12 runs better than average in the field last year.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Wow. Getting traded out of the Atlanta organization was the best thing that ever happened to him. He should get Escobar and his rocket arm a gift basket.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Juan Uribe was four runs off average in the field and had an OPS+ of 102 for the Giants in 2010. In other words, god awful average.

Generally if your shortstop sucks you've got a problem. Barring catastrophic injury, the Rangers won't have that problem until my kid is driving a car. Good move.

 

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[vader]

:lolabove: I was watching that game when it happened. I loved the look Beltre gave him.

 

[TBrown]

I ll be goin to see the 15M/yr man (laughable) on July 4th against the M's

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Probably not, but SS is one of the key core positions (in that it's really unusual to win without a decent SS), and the Rangers just crossed it off their list of things to think about for a long, long time. It's exactly the sort of move high-payroll teams should make. Far better to overpay some when you're locking up a guy's entire prime than it is when you're buying a guy's late thirties.

Also more evidence that the Braves are going be screwed between three years from now and the end of that TV contract.

Just to be a dick.

Brandon Crawford. Juan Uribe. Julio Lugo.

EDIT - I see yall have already discussed 2 of those bums.

 

[zjcvols]

Adrian Beltre is just pure awesome

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

I take it that by "god awful," as usual you mean "no better than average"? Baseball-reference has Brandon Crawford 12 runs better than average in the field last year.

VOLinthaATL has Brandon Crawford in the front seat of the garbage truck.

 

[zjcvols]

VOLinthaATL has Brandon Crawford in the front seat of the garbage truck.

zjcvols approves of VOLinthaATL's third person usage there.

 

[TBrown]

VOLinthaATL has Brandon Crawford in the front seat of the garbage truck.

At best.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

At best.

Juan Uribe is driving. Crawford's on deck.

 

[vader]

Adrian Beltre is just pure awesome

One of my favorite players on this team.

I think locking Andrus down was a good move. I'm still not sure about Kinsler, though.

 

[zjcvols]

I didn't like the Kinsler deal.

You're overpaying for Andrus, but if you are going to overpay for something, a 24 year old elite defensive shortstop is a good way to do it.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Probably not, but SS is one of the key core positions (in that it's really unusual to win without a decent SS), and the Rangers just crossed it off their list of things to think about for a long, long time. It's exactly the sort of move high-payroll teams should make. Far better to overpay some when you're locking up a guy's entire prime than it is when you're buying a guy's late thirties.

Also more evidence that the Braves are going be screwed between three years from now and the end of that TV contract.

8yrs 120mil for a "waiter" is ludicrous.

 

[Vercingetorix]

8yrs 120mil for a "waiter" is ludicrous.

The Rangers are a top five payroll team. They don't care.

Baseball salaries are about to skyrocket across the board. Locking good young players up now makes a hell of a lot of sense.