MLB Trade Rumors: Rangers Looking For Relief Help

Baseball Nation’s Rob Neyer recently dissected the Rangers roster, noting that the Texas lineup is solid and the rotation is pitching well, leaving the bullpen as the only real area of need heading toward the MLB trade deadline.

If Bell moves from his closer’s role to a set-up man in Texas, the Rangers might be poised for an October run.

My personal opinion is that any general manager who’s afraid to trade within his team’s division -- and there are plenty of them out there, I think -- needs to find another line of work. Okay, so I won’t hold Theo Epstein and Brian Cashman to that standard, because they’re obviously good general managers and are subject to special circumstances. But not trading within your division is a sign of abject fear, and GMs shouldn’t be running scared all the time.

Anyway, it’s funny how things have turned.