Texas Trade Winds Swirl As White Sox Demolish Rangers, 10-2

With just over 200 hours remaining until Major League Baseball’s July 31st non-waiver trade deadline, the Texas Rangers have essentially failed to make even a microscopic dent in the mountain of questions that continue to consume their front office personnel alive. Despite possessing a 52-49 record that represents a seven-game improvement over where the Rangers were at the 101-game mark in 2007, lateral movement in the American League West and Wild Card standings since the conclusion of the All-Star break has placed general manager Jon Daniels and company in a difficult spot. Buy, sell, hold, or some convoluted mix of all three? It’s the million dollar question. And though the third-place Rangers presently sit 9½ games back of the first-place Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and 6½ games back of the wild card-leading Boston Red... [read full story]