Moreland will probably be packaged in a deal. We should be motivated to deal him because his trade value will never be higher, and we can take advantage of the fact that there are a few smaller-market teams looking for a relatively proven youngish 1B'man with power who's also budget-friendly - PIT, MIL, and TB if they don't re-sign Loney for example. Maybe Moreland is included in a deal for Price, or goes to MIL for Gallardo.
Beltre is going to eventually have to move to 1B or DH to preserve his health and bat. Fielder is going to eventually have to move to DH to preserve his health and bat. It'll be easy to shift them around once they start losing their defensive skills.
Profar and his plate discipline make an ideal fit at leadoff with Andrus staying in the 2nd spot or maybe Martin moving up to the 2nd spot.
In terms of dramatics, JD has already made up for last year's meh offseason.
Man, what I would give to be a fly on the wall in the Rangers organization...
There are truly so many options that you can't help but stay on the edge of your seat. I can see, now, signing someone like Kendrys Morales who can share DH/1B duties with Fielder. That would mean Cruz likely signs elsewhere and we are even as far as first round picks. That would leave us with needs at C and LF, which we could possibly acquire one of via a trade including Moreland. I don't see us getting Price without including Perez in the deal, which would suck. Plus, he was just signed to a team-friendly contract, whereas Price would not be. I'm sure they are looking into this option, though. Maybe even Ogando and another player not named Perez would be included. But, what do I know, I'm just purely speculating lol.
ESPN, of course, immediately blogged about the Rangers being a sleeper candidate for Cano. Now, while this is probably just sensationalism to get hits, I'm sure that's an option they are at least prepared to entertain if Cano would sign a 6-8 year contract worth no more than $25M per year. They are going to get an influx of money from TV deals in the next couple of years, so it wouldn't completely shock me if another extremely bold move like this happens. Of course, that would mean Profar would be traded, and it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense given that the organization is very high on Profar and traded Kinsler seemingly to make room for him. I agree with you that Profar has the ability to be an ideal leadoff hitter. Another potentially good leadoff hitter is Gentry, but I have doubts about him playing full-time.
It's fun, indeed, to be a Rangers fan...
