Evan Grant’s mailbag column says that the Rangers are committed to a rebuild regardless of their standings come the trade deadline, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Mike Minor and Lance Lynn are gone, regardless.
With Rougned Odor and Ronald Guzman getting Wally Pipp’d by Logan Forsythe and Danny Santana, the Rangers are looking at potentially losing one of either Forsythe or Santana unless they opt to drop down to a 7 man bullpen.
The organization didn’t want to promote Taylor Hearn until after the All Star break, but the Game of Thrones script that is the Ranger pitching corps has forced their hand.