Although just to play a little Devil's advocate, the Rangers looked pretty silly in '22 after they dropped all that cash on Seager and Semien...but not so much in '23.
That said, the pain we know is coming on those two contract will be real.
It was hard to fault the deal based on what everyone thought Austen Meadows was, the frustration here was that they never gave Paredes a puncher's chance to show what he was before they moved him. And they could have used the help on the IF a lot more than in the OF in any case.
On second view, the result in France is not quite all sweetness and light. Le Pen's party still grew substantially and was only prevented from larger gains by an uneasy coalition between the center and left that may end up being unworkable.
I'd much rather sign him. You can't go into next season assuming Dingler will do anything against MLB pitching and Kelly has just outright passed Jake as the better player. It's been years since we've had a catcher who approached being a two-way player and Kelly is rounding into the that guy.
If you are ever actually going to improve you have to pivot to retaining talent. There is never any time like the present.