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Astros, Rangers Engage in Pettiest Move of 2018 Offseason


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https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-decline-robinson-chirinos-2019-option/c-300173674

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Chirinos had a base salary of $2.375 million for 2019, but Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said incentive escalators raised that to $4.5 million. That still seemed to be a reasonable price for the Rangers' No. 1 catcher this past season.

But Chirinos has slipped defensively and that might have been the tipping point for the Rangers. Chirinos hit .222 this past season while setting career highs with 18 home runs and 65 RBIs. His 113 games played was also a career high. However, he only threw out six of 59 attempted basestealers.

"We gave a lot of thought to that one," Daniels said. "I had a chance to meet with Robinson this week. Explained our decision. He has certainly performed very well for us. Absolutely love the human being. Very good offensive catcher. We wanted to explore some things in the market place. We haven't necessarily closed the door on Robby, just the timing, we weren't ready to commit. We want to explore potential alternatives behind the plate."

So the Rangers had a somewhat reasonable $4.5MM option, that they definitely shopped to some other teams. Ultimately, they decided to just decline it. Fastforward to yesterday:

 

The Astros just paid $1.25MM more for Chirinos than the team option the Rangers declined. The Rangers could have saved his buyout and gotten an (albeit small) return from the Astros, who could have saved $1.25MM on salary and given a prospect worth less.

But they hate each other and are petty, so they didn't.

I love this for both teams tbh.

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1 hour ago, ramssuperbowl99 said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-decline-robinson-chirinos-2019-option/c-300173674

So the Rangers had a somewhat reasonable $4.5MM option, that they definitely shopped to some other teams. Ultimately, they decided to just decline it. Fastforward to yesterday:

 

The Astros just paid $1.25MM more for Chirinos than the team option the Rangers declined. The Rangers could have saved his buyout and gotten an (albeit small) return from the Astros, who could have saved $1.25MM on salary and given a prospect worth less.

But they hate each other and are petty, so they didn't.

I love this for both teams tbh.

Let's be honest, the MLB needs more legitimate "WWE heel" type feel to what they do.

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