As the Texas Rangers contemplate future seasons, they must also contemplate the now.
The now, in baseball-ese, is the upcoming season, and the Rangers plan to field a team for each of the 162 games on their 2019 schedule. The plan for that team to be as competitive as possible, relative to the restraints a rebuild puts on winning.
To that end, the Rangers need to sign starting pitchers to go with the three they have penciled into the rotation – left-handers Mike Minor and Drew Smyly, and right-hander Edinson Volquez.