It’s July 13th and the Texas Rangers seem to have made their first notable move of this year’s trade deadline season. No, they didn’t sell off Mike Minor nor did they acquire Noah Syndergaard. Rather, they swapped highly touted prospects with the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Texas Rangers sent hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, Pete Fairbanks to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for highly-ranked prospect, Nick Solak.
Trade Reaction
Fairbanks, who had worked his way up from High-A ball this season to make his Major League debut in June, had become a bit of a fan favorite in Arlington before being optioned back to Triple-A Nashville.