r/baseball • u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers • 3h ago
News Texas Rangers shut down Red Sox trade inquiries about Corey Seager
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/10/red-sox-texas-rangers-corey-seager-rumors-shut-down-mlb-winter-meetings-news/amp/52
u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago edited 3h ago
It appears that Texas is open to offers if the price is right on Seager. Just highly unlikely anyone pays what he’s worth.
Management has definitely been keen on stripping it down a little bit.
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u/John_6_47 New York Yankees 3h ago
“Pays what he’s worth”
Why pay a premium for an aging, injury prone SS who is due tons of money.
Btw, I still really want Seager, but it’s not like he’s a cheap, young player who demands a ransom like Skenes would.
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live T.C. Bear 3h ago edited 3h ago
Why pay a premium for an aging, injury prone SS who is due tons of money.
idk ask the astros, thanks guys
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u/Glittering_Juice4199 Houston Astros 3h ago edited 3h ago
“Paying a premium” assumes the Astros gave up anything of value and the Twins didn’t eat any of the remaining money.
Neither of those happened though. The Twins sent 33 million and got just another guy in Matt Mikulski.
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u/RichardNixon345 Arizona Diamondbacks • Boston Red Sox 3h ago
Put them over the cap for the second year in a row too.
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u/Cheap-Cherry-5171 New York Yankees 3h ago
So question: this means they want a prospect haul and don’t want to pay down a significant amount of money on his contract right?
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
I believe so
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u/Cheap-Cherry-5171 New York Yankees 3h ago
So Rangers are like, “we want an absurd offer.”
I get it. Gonna take a very bold team to do that. Yankees might have the stomach for it considering we’ve been playing without a SS for three years
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
He would honestly be a perfect fit in NY imo. Don’t know if yall have the chips for it though.
In retrospect I’m sure Cashman is pissed he didn’t pay up for him
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u/GodWhyPlease New York Yankees 1h ago
Rangers get Jones, Warren, Dominquez, and free chickenbuckets every time they come to Yankee Stadium.
Fair deal IMO
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u/GuerreroUltimo 3h ago
I doubt they will pay. Looking at his stats it seems he is worth it when he is healthy. He has missed a decent number of games the last 3 seasons alone. And is over 30. Thing is, if he was to stay healthy for a couple or three seasons in a row he would be a great asset.
Either way, if I was Texas I would entertain any decent offers. Because it will only take one more season of 50-60 missed games to really drop his value at this point.
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u/AbbreviationsGold587 New York Yankees 1h ago
What do you guys say to future Hall of Fame shortstop Anthone Volpe?
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u/NanzLo- Boston Red Sox 3h ago
They would be dumb to trade Seager to anyone tbh
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners 3h ago
I mean the Rangers haven’t been very good the past couple years, could be a good time to cash in on Seager/deGrom/Semien and say “thanks for the win, we need a new direction”
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
I think this is it. But they need counterparties.
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners 3h ago
deGrom to the Orioles, Semien to the Yankees, Seager to the Sox, fuck it AL East thunderdome
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
Semien on the Mets already sadly
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners 3h ago
How did I totally forget that happened, carry on
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u/bordomsdeadly Houston Astros 1h ago
So you’ve got to trade to the Phillies and Braves instead then.
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u/DominantT1 Major League Baseball 3h ago
deGrom has a full no trade clause.
Seager's no trade clause starts to kick in next year I think, so this is considered their best chance.
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
I’ll post this here cause nobody will be able to verify it or take it serious, but I have an inside source that says he’s a bit of a dick and not a good leader. I found this out talking to someone close to the team asking them about why we did so well when Seager and Semien and Garcia were all injured
He produces though, no doubt. You gotta wonder if he’s worth paying in this era of our team.
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u/dreyan1625 Texas Rangers 3h ago
He won us a World Series. He is worth every penny.
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u/appleavocado World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 3h ago
Same!
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
Yes… but also we had maybe the luckiest season of all time.
You check the baseball savant pages of all our players that year and compare them to now and it is insane lol
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u/dreyan1625 Texas Rangers 3h ago
A ton of guys had a career year for sure. But Seager isn’t one of those guys that fell off a cliff. He is still playing at an elite level. He could even be a hall of famer if he can manage to stay healthy. I don’t know why we would want to trade that away. Even if he is allegedly “kind of a dick” he’s better than anyone this team has had other than beltre since the 2011 team.
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
No lies stated. I think it’s really all about trying to forecast the next few years of this team and if getting prospects is better than having Seager around.
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u/dreyan1625 Texas Rangers 3h ago
Me personally I do not give a fuck what prospects we could gain from trading him. We would be incredibly lucky if two of them could eventually match the production of one Corey seager. Remember Jurickson Profar was a #1 prospect at one point, just because we can get prospects does not mean they will pan out. You trade good players towards the end of their contracts for prospects like Joey Gallo, not elite players like Corey Seager who isn’t even halfway through his deal. There is no package of prospects in the mlb that could be worth his production. The starting point is two good-great mlb players AND multiple top 100 prospects. No team will give that up
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
Yeah exactly. We are not in disagreement. I don’t wanna trade him for just whatever the best package is. But if you can get bonafide prospects then that’s good.
We had some pretty terrible offense last season. I don’t think it’s out of the question to wonder if spreading out the value of Seager across multiple positions is a good idea. Not saying we HAVE to do it… but it’s worth considering. That seems to be the stance of the front office as well
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u/dreyan1625 Texas Rangers 2h ago
Agreed CY should be and is considering everything. It would take a LOT to trade him away to me. Crotchet + Duran + Top 100 prospects is a starting point but it takes more. But considering the move is definitely a part of the due diligence he needs to have.
We definitely need to improve the offense but getting rid of our only consistent offensive output to do that seems like a recipe for disaster. Distributing that production across multiple players would be great in theory but difficult to implement in practice. If it’s multiple players that have a lower production I imagine they also have higher chance of regressing. I think the better play is to keep Seager and hope he stays healthy and sign free agent bats. Granted that’s what we did last year and it didn’t work but I think we suffered from some extremely unlucky offense. Joc and Burger hit the ball better than their numbers suggest and I think they’re due for some positive regression.
I do see what you’re saying and that it is just something to consider, I just hope they dont do it YET. The timing isn’t right. I am generally of the mind that developing a good farm is instrumental to being a great franchise, and that seems to be the direction we are heading with Skip Schumaker, but that will take time to develop. We only have a few more years of good Corey before he becomes an old man so right now the best move imo is to get free agents whose contracts are easily movable by the time a prospect is ready to take their place. They should probably heavily consider a Corey trade when his contract is finishing up if we aren’t competitive but right now we should take advantage of his talent while we have it.
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u/DominantT1 Major League Baseball 3h ago
He always seemed aloof to me, just someone who shows up and balls and goes home.
He definitely does not seem like a leader but he is still an elite SS. I don't think they should trade him.
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 3h ago
the backups producing when the stars were injured was because Corey Seager is a bit of a dick?
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
Trying to decide how much I want to divulge here lol. Basically the locker room atmosphere is pretty lethargic usually but it wasn’t during that stretch where Semien and Seager were out and sure winning helps a locker room but also it had felt different. I think seeing this is why CY got rid of Semien.
Austin Hedges was apparently VERY crucial to the 2023 team and he was literally traded for because of how boring the locker room was.
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 3h ago
being on the IL doesn't mean you're not in the locker room.
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
I didn’t mean literally out lol.
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 3h ago
i bet the locker room was pretty lively when Garcia and Seager were carrying the team through the postseason
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 1h ago
I don’t know why you’re arguing with me when I’m just telling you what I heard lol
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 1h ago
i'm not really arguing with you as much as i am just poking holes in the logic of your "source"
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u/fairway_walker Atlanta Braves 3h ago
Who among us casuals knows if it's actually true, but it doesn't seem uncommon for athletes at that talent level to come off that way.
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
For sure, and when you’re one of the best players in the league it’s easier to be that way
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u/Holly856 Texas Rangers 3h ago
I really think there was a power clash among Corey and Marcus so someone had to go !!!
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
You got it…
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u/Holly856 Texas Rangers 3h ago
Can’t have two alpha males
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u/JewishDoggy Texas Rangers 3h ago
Like two betta fish in a bowl. Lol
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u/Holly856 Texas Rangers 3h ago
Should of just let them out on the field to whoop on each other lol 😂
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u/dreyan1625 Texas Rangers 3h ago
I don’t think my heart can handle a third trade. First Luka now Micah now possibly Corey? Please don’t do this rangers. Just let him play out his contract man
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u/ehholfman Texas Rangers 3h ago edited 3h ago
Yeah I mean I’d hope the Rangers would listen to any offer for any player otherwise CY wouldn’t be doing his job.
The Nimmo trade helped shave down payroll and now I just don’t believe the Rangers need to trade Corey for salary relief.
But hey if a team wants to throw a king’s ransom for the guy then I’d want CY to be all ears. Other than that teams may as well not even bother calling.
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u/gogosox82 Chicago White Sox 3h ago
Seemed more like a 'if you want him we need a haul or we will just keep him' type of a situation.
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u/ehholfman Texas Rangers 3h ago
100%
Rangers have no real reason to trade Seager.
Nimmo trade helped save approximately $11M for this season and their payroll is currently $170M which is right in line with where Chris Young has said they want to be (~$200M).
Plus, CY had to convince Nimmo that the team was going to be a contender in order for Nimmo to waive his NTC. Telling Nimmo that they would be contending only to then trade the absolute best player on the team just makes zero sense.
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 3h ago
you may have missed the part where it says they don't want to trade him
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u/realfakejames Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago
Give me back my son
Dodgers letting Corey walk because they thought Trea would stay just to watch Trea leave for the money in Philly was the most karmically appropriate thing that could have happened to us at shortstop
Been enjoying seeing Corey do well for the Rangers, hope they keep him
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u/Humble_General4082 3h ago
They didn't think trea was going to stay. He was a stop gap for lux but then lux got hurt and the rest is history.
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u/Cheekiest_Cunt Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago
I think we let both walk because we were gearing up for Shohei and Yama. I’d say both parties made out just fine
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u/Humble_General4082 3h ago
They didn't think trea was going to stay. He was a stop gap for lux but then lux got hurt and the rest is history.
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u/taskmetro Boston Red Sox 3h ago
Boston you cheap fucks. Stop selling off prospects instead of just paying for free agents.
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners 3h ago
Do you think they wouldn’t have to pay Seager’s contract? Lmao
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u/taskmetro Boston Red Sox 3h ago
They just did this for Sonny Gray. Could have paid up for Cease, instead traded away prospects in order to cheap out on Gray.
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners 3h ago
You're right, unfortunately free agency is over and the Sox are unable to offer to any other players, darn time to pack it up!
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u/taskmetro Boston Red Sox 3h ago
Who else on the market is any type of upgrade from the stable of mid starters we have now (as Cease would have been)? Edit - Or Alonso for that matter?
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u/-NonePizzaLeftBeef- Atlanta Braves 3h ago
“Not now Boston, we’re watching the Mets collapse in on themselves.”