The Rangers appear to be thinking trades rather than free agents, 2015 had an amazing crop of rookies, and what WAR is good for may depend on who you ask.
Joe Torre, now MLB's chief baseball officer, sounded a few interesting notes during last week's general manager meetings in Boca Raton, Florida. Among them was the possibility that MLB would do away with the takeout slide at second base in light of the injury to Mets' shortstop, Ruben Tejada, during the playoffs. There appears to be a growing consensus that plays like that should be eliminated from the game.