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#SHORTSTOP FREE AGENTS 2021 SERIES#

Michael Conforto (29)-1 year/$20 million.

Chris Taylor (31) – 4 year/$64 million ($16 AAV).

That would cover $51-53 million of the budget, which still leaves plenty for other signings. Story, meanwhile, has taken a hit to his value, causing some to believe that the 2021 preseason number one player could only cost about $21 million AAV. Seager would come in at an expected $30 million or more AAV. Both having experience at other positions is a bonus.įor the sake of bringing some normality into this wild proposal, I’ll stick with the two that are already linked to the Texas Rangers in Corey Seager and Trevor Story. Story meanwhile played second and third in the minors while being blocked by Troy Tulowitzki. Baez moved to second when Lindor came back in New York and played well. That leaves Story and Baez as the second signing piece. Seager and Correa are the best available free agents, will be paid like so, and will want to stay at shortstop so only one of them will be available. So creating the wild scenarios…Semien, who already has made the move to second, is 31 already, and being the eldest with a smaller track record of success will knock him out of contention for this rebuilding team. This would also allow for more enticing trades to be made to fill other needs.

#SHORTSTOP FREE AGENTS 2021 SERIES#

Depth is a major concern when you play 162 games, as evident by both of the 2021 World Series challengers being able to overcome major injuries because of quality reinforcements. Oh, and you’d be looking at moving one of them to a position of need. So, why on earth would the Rangers lock in significant amounts of money for TWO free agents who play the SAME position? Well, you can’t have too much of a good thing. Then there is the seventh ranked prospect Ezequiel Duran, who’s tearing down the doors in the minors and could be up in two years himself. Over at second base, Nick Solak was underwhelming but still relatively inexperienced. There is also Anderson Tejeda who had a terrible year, but the high ceiling remains. Smith who could only be one or two years away from breaking into the majors. In the minors, you have sixth ranked prospect Josh H. The Texas Rangers still have Isiah Kiner-Falefa, after all, who played great defensively and adequately offensively as a shortstop last year. The Rangers, of course, are one of the favorites to land one of these game-changers but what if they went for two? Could the Texas Rangers sign two big name shortstops in free agency? Labeled as “The Big 5”, Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, Trevor Story, Marcus Semien, and Javier Baez are receiving quite a bit of attention from most teams. Texas SHOULD be doing their due diligence with just about every free agent who is an above-average contributor but the shortstops, in particular, are of interest.