Rangers GM Jeff Gorton’s most meaningful comments on his Friday night conference call to announce the Emerson Etem trade, in my opinion, were his vote of confidence in his team and his simultaneous admission that the next seven weeks will impact the nature of his actions prior to the Feb. 29 trade deadline.
“At times it is tough to watch because we have history on our side where this team has played well, has really good players who have collectively done a good job and have had good runs,” Gorton said. “It’s hard to watch when we’re playing poorly for a long period of time especially.