Washington pencils Beltre into lineup

Nice lineup but that's not usually a problem with them. They need to get a nice surprise out of Webb.

Kind of early to be filling out a lineup card.

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Originally posted 09:06 AM ET  01.06 by THE BISHOP!

Kind of early to be filling out a lineup card.

Not when your cutting your lines with said lineup card.

Insane contract for this guy.

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Originally posted 09:24 AM ET  01.06 by ElevenRingsSTL

Insane contract for this guy.

Thats the thing about Baseball no one ever learns from past mistakes. Ranger fans get ready for 5 years of mediocrity... followed by one great season.

But still a nice lineup. Some more fire power in the middle. A team that finished first in their division without him. He hit 49 doubles in fenway. I think 28 HR. They would like that to continue of course. Young to DH a true team player. So good move for them. Vlad's bat was slowing down a little.

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beltre's normal play is above mediocre...its just always less than what he produces in a contract year. hopefully he continues that...decent player...just gets paid a lot of dough...but who doesn't in the MLB.

agreed alot of dough. I got MLB. Don't go to live games much anymore. Tampa and Miami a couple of times a year is all.

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vlad's bat slowed down b/c is so GD hot in Texas!

That heat is a killer to the old guys. Who needs a right hander, who can hit the ball off a 56 foot curve ball, in a cooler climate? The Indians?

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vlad's bat slowed down b/c is so GD hot in Texas!

if you can't stand the heat...go to Seattle.

I would say mediocre is a fair assessment...beyond his contract year in LA and last year, he is a .250 hitter with a .310 OBP...he is a good defensive player, but he is lazy...and this contract was a lazy man's reward...

One last Hurrah for Beltre threads?

TEX will be regretting this in 2012.

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Originally posted 10:47 AM ET  01.06 by Deuce PM

TEX will be regretting this in 2012.

Texas will be regretting this deal ... until the next time he has a contract year. 96 million for this dude is stupid money. Would rather have spent that signing Hamilton, Andrus, and Kinsler.

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if anyone is stupid enough give beltre another contract after this one is over they deserve to be kicked in the balls

OH My GOD. The contract year then the flop thereafter as has happened over and over again and many of you all point out. The players union has the owners over a barrel. The Owners are wealthy and don't give a $$$ht...Who pays? The fans who love the game.....

guess what ... the fans will quit showing up. The ball clubs are getting their money from Television.

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Originally posted 09:15 AM ET  01.06 by I Must Break You

Not when your cutting your lines with said lineup card.

Clever.

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Originally posted 11:03 AM ET  01.06 by Jack Wagon

Would rather have spent that signing Hamilton, Andrus, and Kinsler.

I concur. Stupid money for a career .275 hitter.

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Originally posted 12:58 PM ET  01.06 by TxHeat

I concur. Stupid money for a career .275 hitter.

There's a lot of that "stupid money" being spent this off season.

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john Q...still reading this mantle book..amazing to read that one of the games all time greats had to negotiate a new contract every year...he even took a pay cut in his mid 30s....mantle makes these guys look like rich cyrbaby soft asses

It's hard to believe seeing how things work now, but that's how it was done back then. The GM mailed the players a contract and you either signed it or you didn't play. Period. In the early 60's both Kofax and Drysdale held out at the same time and ended up getting slightly better deals. The one great thing about yearly contracts is that it gave teams much more flexability, but it didn't do the players much good not knowing from year to year if they had a job. Which is why 75% of major leaguers had jobs in the off season.

I have no idea what the Rangers are thinking ... total waste of money ...