Elvis Andrus, Rangers Nearing $100M+, 8-Year Extension

[FedEx227]

I don't think Texas would revoke it. I think they would love somebody to take that shit deal off their hands, and plug pre-arb Profar in at SS.

Even if you don't want to save money you can reallocate Andrus money and spend it in a place you don't have a cheap young top prospect ready to take over. I bet Texas wouldn't have waited a second to give Andrus to whoever claimed him.

[Warner2BruceTD]

But since Andrus cleared waivers, apparently not a single GM thought it was worth taking the risk of having that contract dumped on them. Is it really that bad? He's still owed 126 million, over nine years. He's easily a two win player with the defense alone, so unless you think this year is the start of a trend, and not an outlier, he's worth the money.

I would have thought that the Dodgers would have been happy to add him. Play him at short and shift Hanley back to third.

He has 18 extra base hits. He's never slugged .400 & is slugging .308 right now. If it wasn't for some SB's he'd be a complete void offensively. You can find all glove no stick SS's for league minimum every offseason, and not pay them $15M until 2023. It's one of the worst contracts in baseball.

[NAHSTE]

Andrus: 28 career DRS
Simmons: 34 DRS so far this year

[Goober]

He has 18 extra base hits. He's never slugged .400 & is slugging .308 right now. If it wasn't for some SB's he'd be a complete void offensively. You can find all glove no stick SS's for league minimum every offseason, and not pay them $15M until 2023. It's one of the worst contracts in baseball.

I don't think it's that bad, although it is a head scratcher now. Especially considering that the front office is unable to tell Ron Washington to play Profar for some reason.

[Mogriffjr]

I never understood this deal from the get-go, it's already an albatross...thanks Rangers.