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11 hours ago, Philip said:

I followed the Rangers regularly because of course they were my first team and I live in North Texas. I think the 2WC is not a bad consolation prize for a good team that falters down the stretch.

 But the whole purpose of the 2WC is to create a goal that will stimulate mediocre teams to make extra effort, and I think that it is easy to jeopardize your future for the sake of that spot, which is a false victory.

in answer to your other question, whether a team that doesn’t have a realistic shot to win the World Series should spend money to improve the team, well Elias is answering that question for us quite definitely.

Yes, I realize that we are in a pretty unique situation, but the answer to your question is that a team that is on the Fringe should not spend excessively, and risk jeopardizing the next season.

The whole point of my question is that the Rangers appear to be doing piecework. The Reds, the Padres, seem to constantly be doing the same, spending a lot of money here and ignoring there. I don’t think it’s going to work, and I’m glad we have left those days behind.

How are screwing your future when you are not tied to big future $$$ commitments?  They only have 58 Mil committed towards 2021. Gallo being their only big $$$ arb guy.

If you are talking about oppountiry cost of  NOT selling high on Minor and Lynn. There is a arguement and I agree. The market for rentals has become rather mum though. Minor needed to be sold at the last traded deadline for max value. Not now.

Infrastructure/tech/programs/employees is the only other way to usefully spend that money in the present.

The main point was illuminated the luke though. The Rangers and Padres have a footprint in the IFA market, the Orioles did not. They Orioles were getting their butts kicked in the draft by teams with more advanced scouting and deprived one the biggest resources of talent influx that is the IFA market. They were on the fringe, while also living off a diet of ramen noodles. The Rangers just netted 2 high upside IFAs from last year (Lora, Acosta).

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Right. I didn't want to get close to political views and what not. 

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I don’t know that the Rangers are spending excessively.   Their 2019 payroll was down about $100 mm from 2017, per BB-ref.    Whether they are spending money on other things, I don’t know.    If I’m n

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