David Robertson Predicted To Sign Projected $7 Million Deal With Rangers
February 7, 2025
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Zach Pressnell has experience covering all major US sports at the professional and collegiate levels. He’s worked/works for FanSided, Blog Red Machine, The Game Haus, Bethany College Athletics, and the Bethany College online newspaper, He graduated from Bethany College (WV) with a degree in Communications and Media Arts, specializing in Sports Journalism. Pressnell was also a four-year member of the baseball team where he earned himself All-PAC recognition as a pitcher (and a cool Tommy John surgery scar). Now, Pressnell specializes in NFL and MLB coverage for SI and Newsweek among others. Find him on Twitter/X @zpretzel
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David Robertson entered the offseason without much leverage in free agency. He’s an aging veteran reliever who didn’t handle the closing duties in 2024.
But after a bulk of the best relievers have signed with teams, Robertson remains one of the top arms left, so his market might be a bit better now than it was a few weeks ago.
Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller predicted Robertson would re-sign with the Rangers this winter. Spotrac projects him to sign for about $7 million, which is equal to the mutual option he declined a few months ago.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS – MARCH 28: David Robertson #37 of the Texas Rangers throws a pitch against the Chicago Cubs during the Opening Day game at Globe Life Field on March 28, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. ARLINGTON, TEXAS – MARCH 28: David Robertson #37 of the Texas Rangers throws a pitch against the Chicago Cubs during the Opening Day game at Globe Life Field on March 28, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. Stacy Revere/Getty Images
“Robertson will turn 40 shortly after Opening Day, but he’s still delivering the goods and the holds, providing the Rangers with 34 of the latter this past season,” Miller wrote. “He has been a hot potato lately, pitching for five teams over the past three seasons and delivering a 3.00 ERA or lower to four of those five. Given the still-questionable overall state of their bullpen, though, it’s surprising Texas hasn’t re-signed him yet. Maybe it’s just been waiting for his price tag to drop.”
The Rangers need to add, or in this case re-sign, a high-leverage reliever to replace Kirby Yates. Yates was one of the best closers in the game last season and there isn’t a reliever on the market who could match his production from 2024.
Still, re-signing Robertson would be a step in the right direction for a Rangers team that’s trying to work its way back to the World Series in 2025.
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