Rangers' $560M Splash Creates Just a Small Ripple in Ultra-Competitive AL West

The Texas Rangers have thrown their hat into the ring of teams that mean to contend in the near future, and all it cost them was $560 million.

That's for the four players they've signed over the last few days, with right fielder Kole Calhoun on the low end at one year and $5.2 million and shortstop Corey Seager on the high end at 10 years and $325 million. In the middle are right-hander Jon Gray at four years, $56 million and second baseman Marcus Semien at seven years, $175 million.

When you do a thing like this, you've earned the right to make tweets like these:

Simply working with the average salaries of these deals, the Rangers have added about $77 million to their payroll for 2022. And…