It’s still a month from the trade deadline, but the rumor mill is just getting started. The Rangers, cellar-dwellers in a packed AL West, are already rolling out the sale signs and affixing price stickers to most of their pitching staff (Yohander Méndez’s just says “make an offer”), and the Mariners are rumored to be interested in the centerpiece of the showroom:
Sources: #Mariners, #Rangers have had dialogue about a Cole Hamels trade. No deal is close at the moment, and it’s unclear if other suitors are more heavily involved in discussions with Texas right now.