Not all the big-name free agents are off the board. In fact, most of them remain after Patrick Corbin and Nathan Eovaldi were plucked off the market.
The Texas Rangers even have interest in some of them, namely Charlie Morton, Lance Lynn and Yusei Kikuchi. As is always the case when a pitcher from Japan hits the market, the Rangers are considered among the front-runners to land him.
They’ve known Kikuchi for years and saw more of his starts in Japan than they did Shohei Ohtani, for whom some club officials considered surrendering their first born last year.