Austin Jackson, the home-grown outfielder the Texas Rangers acquired Sunday and then told to not report to his new team, was expected to fly to his home in the Metroplex on Monday to await word of his baseball future.
It won't be with the Rangers, barring an extraordinary wave of bodies into the training room, and he knows that.
The two most likely scenarios, and not necessarily in this order,involve him being traded or being designated for assignment and then picked up by another club.
The issue hindering a trade is that Jackson is under contract for 2019, and the few teams that have expressed interest aren't sure they want to commit to him beyond the rest of this season.