Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 07, 2008
Cutting Payroll

The Rangers may be in a payroll squeeze. The team that once signed Alex Rodriguez to a record setting contract now may be moving players to save money.

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the club has not been given a directive to significantly cut payroll, but he acknowledged the team could make a deal or two that would look that way.

"I wouldn't say we're in cost-cutting mode, but we're certainly conscious of all our expenditures," Daniels said. "We're going to look at all the ways to improve our club. For the most part, we've been focused on trying to add players who fit with our long-term plan. Those are younger players."

Frankly, that's not a bad strategy. The question for the Rangers as always is pitching, however. If they want to compete now, they need to add pitching now, and this may not be the best strategy for that.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:06 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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If they are looking to add cost-effective pitching they may want to let someone besides Daniels take a crack at it. So far the only distinguishing mark of his GM tenure has been his unparalleled ability to cast off cost effective pitching.

Posted by: deversm at December 7, 2008 01:37 PM
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