Texas Rangers: Trade Deadline Preview
By Jason Evans
What will the Texas Rangers do prior to the trade deadline on August 1?
The Texas Rangers find themselves in a very familiar position in recent years; atop the AL West. Not only that, they have the top record in the American League. It hasn’t been all rainbows and butterflies for the team this season though.
They have dealt with a ton of injuries to key players, but thanks to a deep farm system built by GM Jon Daniels and the front office, the team has been able to withstand those injuries and keep playing good ball.
Robinson Chirinos, Shin-Soo Choo, Yu Darvish, Keone Kela and Tanner Scheppers have all missed time. Josh Hamilton won’t play at all for this club this year (maybe ever again).
The Rangers are in an unique position to not only win now, but keep winning for years to come. They made the big deal last season for Cole Hamels which helped lead them to the division crown last year and still have chips to use to add more pieces to the big league club.
The Rangers are going to be one of the bigger buyers come the deadline, it’s just a matter of what exactly they are going to buy. Will it be an arm? A bat? Both?
Before we talk about that, let’s take a look at the team as a whole and evaluate all the part of it as we try and figure out where the Rangers should add to their already impressive club.
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