Should the Rangers sign Mitch Garver?
Should the Rangers sign free agent Mitch Garver to a 3 year, $37.5 million deal?
Free agent projections are out from Fangraphs and ESPN, and so it is that time again — time for the “should the Rangers sign This Player?” series of offseason polls.
Today we are looking at Texas Rangers DH/catcher Mitch Garver.
At Fangraphs, Ben Clemens has Garver at 2 years, $26 million, while the Median Crowdsource is at 2 years, $20 million. Kiley McDaniel at ESPN has Garver at 3 years, $37.5 million.
Well, that’s a pretty big spread. To help us figure this out, let’s look at Jon Heyman’s column from a couple of weeks ago, which had projections for Garver (among others) from both him and a pair of experts.
Expert 1: $45M, 3 years. Expert 2: $18M, 2 years. Me: $30M, 2 years.
Well, that’s not terribly helpful. In fact, the Heyman projections include a lower number than the lowest Fangraphs/ESPN projection, and a higher number than the highest Fangraphs/ESPN projection.
I’m going to go with the McDaniel projection.
Would you want the Rangers to sign Mitch Garver at 3 years, $37.5 million?
After one of the greatest careers in NBA history, Nowitzki has plenty of time to hang out and get hyped at various events. He was closely following and reacting to the Texas Rangers run to a World Series title.
Nowitzki has never been shy in showing his support for his sporting brethren in Texas, and he’s definitely going to cheer for the Rangers the rest of the way. Texas is only two wins away from winning the World Series and could inch closer to that goal with another win in Game 4 this coming Tuesday night. Texas is giving the ball to Andrew Heaney, who went 10-6 with a 4.15 ERA back in the 2023 MLB regular season.
Nowitzki knows a thing or two about bringing a championship to Texas, having led the Mavs to win the NBA title back in 2011. That same year, the Rangers reached the World Series but lost to Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals in six games.
In his 21-year NBA career, all with the Mavs, Nowitzki averaged 20.7 points,7.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.
