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

[EmpireWF]

So, $15M/year average for 8 years of his prime.

Both Kinsler & Andrus would now be locked in long term with big $$$ deals while Profar is waiting in the wings, too.

[Rudi]

One of the few deals being handed out that I am not going to hate on.

[Mogriffjr]

Hmm what they gonna do with profar now?

[Woy]

Hmm what they gonna do with profar now?

Move Kinsler to 1B and slide Profar into 2B.

As for me, my only reaction to this deal is:

[Guest]

Can't really hate on the deal either, even though I planned on it. I thought Andrus was older than 24, but he's not, so that makes this a much better decision for a $100 million deal.

[NAHSTE]

Move Kinsler to 1B

It's not that hard. Tell him, Wash.

[SuperKevin]

Local writers in DC are freaking out because they say it's going to drive the price of Ian Desmond up putting the team in a weird situation. There is some decent organizational depth at SS but nobody ready to come in immediately

[NAHSTE]

Local writers in DC are freaking out because they say it's going to drive the price of Ian Desmond up putting the team in a weird situation. There is some decent organizational depth at SS but nobody ready to come in immediately

I think Desmond's price will work itself out.

[Goober]

Lets revisit this contract since Andrus is having a bad year statistically and he just cleared waivers. Apparently none of the 29 other GMs in baseball were willing to take on that contract.

[Primetime]

Lets revisit this contract since Andrus is having a bad year statistically and he just cleared waivers. Apparently none of the 29 other GMs in baseball were willing to take on that contract.

Why would a team put in a claim knowing that Texas would just revoke it and rescind the waiver claim? Would be a waste of time.

[Goober]

Why would a team put in a claim knowing that Texas would just revoke it and rescind the waiver claim? Would be a waste of time.

Under this logic, what is the point in putting a claim in on any player on revocable waivers?

[FedEx227]

Why would a team put in a claim knowing that Texas would just revoke it and rescind the waiver claim? Would be a waste of time.

Happens all the time. Teams do it in the offchance that the original team says "here you take him" or works out a deal with said team.

[Warner2BruceTD]

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.

[Goober]

Happens all the time. Teams do it in the offchance that the original team says "here you take him" or works out a deal with said team.

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.

[FedEx227]

I think that's a terrible deal to saddle your team with, I understand his potential value to your team but you're essentially destroying any salary flexibility for the next 9 years in the middle infield by acquiring him.

Plus you have a best case for him which makes him nearly worth the money, what about worst case?