Unless Wins Keep Coming, Texas Rangers Likely Major Sellers At Trade Deadline

If the Texas Rangers continue to struggle, they have a plethora of pitchers that contenders will want as the July 30 trade deadline approaches. The Texas Rangers were determined to become the first club since the 2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series championships.

As the Rangers reach the final week before the All-Star break, their season could go any way. If things goes south, a sale at the trade deadline might be huge, according to The Athletic

According to the website, the Rangers’ conversations may not be limited to moving players with expiring contracts. Discussions could also include players with years of team control or years remaining on their current contract.

Why take that route? According to the reports, the goal is to surround the team’s nucleus with more youthful, controllable talent. According to the story, the core includes Josh Jung, Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Jonah Heim.

This would result in more players being available than anticipated at the start of the season. Many of the players on expiring deals could be attractive to other teams, including pitchers Michael Lorenzen, Andrew Heaney, José Ureña, David Robertson and Kirby Yates. Max Scherzer’s deal is set to expire but unlike the other pitchers he has a no-trade clause he must waive. Nathan Eovaldi is technically on an expiring deal, but he has a limited no-trade and a vesting player option for 2025 worth $20 million if he pitches 69 more innings. A trade partner would have to accept that option. Perhaps more notably, position players Nathaniel Lowe, Leody Taveras and Adolis García are players the Rangers might “listen” about in trade discussions, even though they were key pieces of last year’s team. Why? The Athletic cites the weakness of the trade market at their positions and their rising cost in arbitration, though García is in the first year of a two-year, $14 million deal. Even pitcher Jon Gray could be made available with one year left on his deal worth $13 million. It feels like a fire sale, perhaps a step back before taking a step forward. The Rangers can change all of that if they can turn it around in the next few weeks.

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