The Rangers have one of the highest payrolls in the MLB. He wants to bring it down to 75-80Mil. That means 25 for ARod, 25 for Chan Ho, Greer, and players no longer with the team that have guarenteed money (Esteban Young, Todd Van Poppell), and 25-30 for the rest of the team. You have a 25ish man roster, and 50Mil is going to a great, a terrible, and a injured. I think he is doing the same thing with the Stars, although on a slightly lower scale. I do agree that offense is the major problem, but at least early in the season the defense was marginal at best. I think that came from losing your number 1 and 3 D-man...of six.