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Texas Rangers Trade for Corey Kluber Tightens the Gap in the AL West

If the American League West wasn't already the AL's deepest division, it is now.

Fresh on the heels of the Los Angeles Angeles signing superstar third baseman Anthony Rendon to a $245 million contract on Wednesday, the Texas Rangers responded with a whopper of their own on Sunday.

As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jon Heyman of MLB Network, they're getting two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber in a trade with the Cleveland Indians:

Also according to Rosenthal, the Rangers are sending speedy outfielder Delino DeShields Jr.