Texas Rangers sign Joc Pederson to 2-year $37 million deal. How much does he improve the lineup?
The Texas Rangers signed former Arizona Diamondbacks DH Joc Pederson to a 2-year $37 million deal to bolster a lineup in need of improvement. The Rangers traded 1B Nathaniel Lowe to the Washington Nationals in exchange for lefty reliever Robert Garcia. After the Jake Burger trade Lowe’s time in Texas seemed to be almost over, but moving on from Lowe opens up a hole in the Rangers’ lineup.
Joc Pederson had been heavily linked to Texas recently and gives the Rangers an offensive upgrade over Lowe. Pederson has been an exceptional hitter and fairly consistent offensively for his MLB career.
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Ladies and gentlemen… We got him.
Can we get a left fielder ? And starter ? Maybe? Idk.
2 Marcus Semien 2B
5 Corey Seager SS
36 Wyatt Langford LF
53 Adolis Garcia RF
23 Joc Pederson DH
30 Jake Burger 1B
28 Jonah Heim C
6 Josh Jung 3B
32 Evan Carter CF
Think about those good but wasted starts that Lorenzen or Urena provided last season. This powerful lineup can really change the look of next season.
I hate to throw a wet blanket on this….but here goes nothing. He has a career .811 OPS, can’t play defense, and can’t hit lefties. Seems like too much money. We had a gold glove first baseman. Who plays now? Burger? Another sub par defender. Now if we get last year Joc and a .900 OPS? All of his faults are forgiven.
Semien. 2B
Seager. SS. L
Langford. LF
Jung. 3B
Joc. DH. L
Garcia. RF
Burger. 1B
Carter. CF. L
Heim/Higgy. C
That is easily the best lineup in the AL west and could be the best lineup in the AL.
37 million to much
Yes the Texas Rangers got Joc Pederson. The Rangers should get back to the playoffs in 2025. They will possibly win the AL West. Whether they can beat the LA Dodgers or NY Mets who knows, but I hope they get a chance to find out.
Definitely Yates over Robertson, Robertson was very streaky last year but Yates was solid.
Don’t you see Joc as a lead off hitter ON THIS TEAM? Who’s more qualified of the returning starters? Smith? Carter? Definitely NOT Semien. That experiment was a disaster. He should be hitting in the bottom half of the lineup if everyone is hitting how we expect.
Just imagine if the rangers still had clase and ragans on the team
Time to end the Adolis Garcia experiment now. We'll have Langford, Pederson, Carter and Taveras in the outfield. I'm so over Garcia half assing things in the field and at the plate.
Yeah I miss Lorenzen, who we get in a trade for him?