possible trade with texas?

[Quakers]

Any chance of Texas being interested in Wood or Jackson now that Davish is down?

 

If not, who would they be looking towards or do they stand pat?

[Guest]

I doubt it, personally. Even without Darvish the Rangers have okay SP depth, and they just lost Profar for the year too so they're probably already looking at an uphill climb in the AL West. With those two considerations I don't think they'd be interested in giving up real value for a back of the rotation option like Jackson or Wood.

[Post Count Padder]

Yeah, losing Darvish is a huge blow. And I doubt trading anything for Travis Wood makes any difference in that divisional race. They'll probably go with what they have.

[biittner77]

Weren't they one of the teams interested in Castillo? Perhaps they'll expand a possible deal.

[Some Guy]

That was a very loose interest, and they have since acquired Carlos Corporan to split time with Chirinos.

[toonsterwu]

My guess is that they wait things out unless a trade is on the cheap for them. There will be arms that slowly become available, perhaps guys with better upside. Originally, it was, what, Detwiler/Tepesch/Martinez/Ranaudo fighting for the 5th spot, so now, perhaps 2 of them get back in there (hey, maybe they say screw it, and give Ranaudo some looks to see if they can fix him ... I doubt it, but who knows). None of them are great options, but biding their time is probably the more prudent move.

 

Also, they aren't show about using youngsters, so Alex Gonzalez could fit in at some point. Jake Thompson is probably another year away, and maybe Luke Jackson finally takes steps forward (although I doubt it). I actually like Alec Asher a bit more than the rankings (to be clear, not that much more, he is more of a 4/5 type starter), although he might be better suited in the pen if he wears down through the course of the year.

 

Short of it is, barring an excellent trade, I'm hard-pressed to see them go out and get an end of the rotation type arm. Who knows, though. Jon Daniels has surprised with some moves in recent years.

[Guest]

If we even made a trade is the expectation even anything more than it being a partial salary dump on our end?