Dodgers fans getting irrationally excited about Corey Seager reunion after Rangers news
Whatever magic the 2023 Texas Rangers conjured up to make their World Series-winning postseason run despite being the fifth seed in the American League seemed to completely dissipate when the calendar turned over to 2024. The roster was largely the same, they hammered out an Adolis GarcÃa before arbitration, they still had Bruce Bochy at the helm — but they finished under .500 and eight games out of a Wild Card spot this season.
The Rangers front office is almost certainly scrambling. They can’t exactly tear down the entire team and rebuild when they just spent millions on Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Jacob deGrom (among others) just a few years ago, but they are barreling toward their third year of luxury tax penalties and just came off of a bad season.
Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reported that one of the Rangers’ priorities for the offseason is to get under the $241 million luxury tax threshold to avoid escalating penalties. They spent around $250.5 million this year. Texas has a number of players hitting free agency, but they also have a few potentially very expensive players they’ll have to pay to avoid arbitration.
So where do you shave off the money? Dodgers fans jumped on the news out of Arlington, calling for a homecoming for Dodgers’ 2016 Rookie of the Year and 2020 NLCS MVP Corey Seager.
