Fangraphs projecting 19 homers and a positive WAR for Joc. Do you think he gets to these numbers? He can’t be worse, can he? Safe to assume some positive regression, right? RIGHT?! Don’t know that I can sit through another season watching that.

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  1. Part of me believes that a player of his caliber can find his swing again. The other part of me can’t even imagine Joc in a Rangers uniform with an almost .800 OPS.

  2. I think we’ll know a lot when we see what kind of shape he reports to spring training in.

  3. You do realize that Joc has been an above average hitter for the entirety of his major league career with the exception being last season. I’d say it’s more likely than not that he bounces back. Sometimes guys have really shitty seasons. That’s just the randomness of baseball.

  4. FgDC uses a blend of steamer and zips. Both of which are going to project Joc well because they both use historical data to identify long term talent, so I think they’ll mostly ignore his blip in 2025 and project him as the player he has been in the past for the most part.

    Which, imo, is a pretty good way to predict Joc going into 2026. Could he be 24% worse than a replacement level hitter again? Sure. But most likely he regresses back closer to his career 118 wRC+.

  7. I’m not worried about him in the slightest. And I actually think Langford and Carter take a big leap forward. Just need Carter to stay healthy.

    Our lineup concerns are overreactions. I just wish catcher was a little stronger, and we could do a lot better at 1B than Burger.

  8. Under the guise of “plan for the worst, hope for the best”, I’ll take the under on his projected WAR and OPS.

  12. CY agrees with you. As soon as he finds a cost effective replacement, he will.

    Don’t be surprised if it’s a combo of 4 players at dh. Jung/smith/freeman with Walcott at 2b

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