After Joey Gallo was traded to the New York Yankees, after a year of rumors and speculation over whether he’d be moved and what his future held, yesterday’s deal with the Philadelphia Phillies seemed anti-climatic.
Ian Kennedy and Kyle Gibson are both in their mid-30s. Unlike Joey Gallo, they weren’t extension candidates. Kennedy is a free agent at season’s end, and it was a given he would be moved. Gibson is under contract through 2022, and once Gallo was traded, it seemed obvious the Rangers would look to move him as well. The question seemed to be the details of where they’d go and what they’d bring back, not whether they’d be shipped out.