Ian Desmond Signs With the Rangers For One Year

Jaypers · Feb 28, 2016

He'll be playing LF - which I'll believe when I see.

Rangers give up their first round pick. (#19)

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Rangers sign Desmond. Agreement between #Rangers and Desmond will be pending a physical. Deal in place. Desmond deal with #Rangers is for one year.

AmishDave · Feb 28, 2016

I suppose they felt comfortable enough giving up #19 , having just gotten #14 from Baltimore. Interesting landing spot for Desmond, though.

Jaypers · Feb 28, 2016

AmishDave said:
I suppose they felt comfortable enough giving up #19 , having just gotten [URL=http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=14]#14 [/URL] from Baltimore. Interesting landing spot for Desmond, though.

They don't get the #14 pick - they get the #30 pick (Gallardo).

AmishDave · Feb 28, 2016

Jaypers said:
They don't get the #14 pick - they get the #30 pick (Gallardo). The former was for Fowler.

Ah, that makes it a bit more head scratching, especially there, again, is no need at any one of Ian's perceived three best spots on the diamond.

tramers · Feb 28, 2016

Rangers AA team should be loaded

Jaypers · Feb 28, 2016

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: Desmond deal with #Rangers is one year, $8M.

WCTYSON · Feb 28, 2016

Jaypers said:
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: Desmond deal with #Rangers is one year, $8M.

At that cost, I do not see much downside for the Rangers.

death2redemptions · Feb 28, 2016

WCTYSON said:
At that cost, I do not see much downside for the Rangers.

Not bad at all. His 2015 season wasn't great but we know he has the talent to put up 3-4 WAR seasons. At $8 million they only need to worry about him putting up roughly a 1.5 WAR and he's done that or better 5 years in a row. Now, as a leftfielder his dWAR will likely go down but still...it's only $8 million.

u2me57 · Feb 28, 2016

Will be interesting to see how he does in leftfield after playing no games there last year. I thnk he will be able to adapt pretty easily. Good to have a player that can play several positions.

jbone17 · Feb 28, 2016

This is a dumb move by the Rangers. They have several players that can exceed a 1.5 WAR and the cost is not too bad, but it's steep for a player who has been on the decline. I will bet Desmond wants to kick his agent's bum for not taking that mega contract extension a few years ago. Ouch...

Austin · Feb 29, 2016

He turned down a $15.8 million one year deal with the Nationals to test the free agent market, and two years ago he turned down a $90 million extension.

So now no one wants him and his crappy defense and declining offense, so he signs for just $8 million and will be a utility player when Josh Hamilton comes back in May.

WCTYSON · Feb 29, 2016

jbone17 said:
This is a dumb move by the Rangers. They have several players that can exceed a 1.5 WAR and the cost is not too bad, but it's steep for a player who has been on the decline. I will bet Desmond wants to kick his agent's bum for not taking that mega contract extension a few years ago. Ouch...

Austin said:
He turned down a $15.8 million one year deal with the Nationals to test the free agent market, and two years ago he turned down a $90 million extension.

So now no one wants him and his crappy defense and declining offense, so he signs for just $8 million and will be a utility player when Josh Hamilton comes back in May.

Not sure what Desmond and his agent were thinking about with not taking the contract extension in 2014, it was more than reasonable market value for a top producing SS. At his current cost, how can this be a bad move for the Rangers? He had three consecutive seasons of 4+ WAR at SS before under 2 WAR last season. One season below the his previous 3 marks a dramatic decline? I think not and he also provides a lot of flexibility for the Rangers. They can play him all over the infield and take away the reliance that they foolishly placed in Hamilton again. Not sure how Desmond's decision to not sign the extension translates into the Rangers making a bad deal.

PeteD · Feb 29, 2016

Austin said:
He turned down a $15.8 million one year deal with the Nationals to test the free agent market, and two years ago he turned down a $90 million extension.

So now no one wants him and his crappy defense and declining offense, so he signs for just $8 million and will be a utility player when Josh Hamilton comes back in May.

hahaha look how the worm has turned.

Also...i guess Michael Choice fell off the earth?

death2redemptions · Feb 29, 2016

Both Fowler & Desmond are wishing they accepted that qualifying offer. Fowler is still playing for the same team but getting paid half of what he was offered a few months ago.

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