The Rangers were never going to be in on Jordan Zimmerman — they got their Zimmermann in July when they added Cole Hamels (who will cost Texas a lot less than the $110 million Detroit will pay Zimmermann over five years) — but it’s a slight disappointment from a Rangers viewpoint.
It’s unfortunate both because a number one starter is moving from the National League to the American League, and because the Tigers are one of 10 teams (the Phillies, Reds, Braves, Rockies, Brewers, A’s, Marlins, Padres, and White Sox are the others) whose first-round pick is protected when signing a free agent who’d declined a qualifying offer from his 2015 club.