The following will come as a shock to no one: A team that has three vacancies in its starting rotation and no veterans in its bullpen is planning to concentrate its off-season efforts on pitching.
The Texas Rangers, the pitching-starved team in question, will look at some positions players as they tinker with their 2018 lineup, but they will be among the most active teams this winter in the pitching market.
No matter how slick general manager Jon Daniels believes he can talk teams into trades, he can’t build a competitive roster without wading into the deep end of free agency.