Please try to follow along, because this one is a doozy even for the Texas Rangers:
The club announced Saturday morning, the final morning of spring training, that Bartolo Colon had been released from his minor-league deal.
The right-hander still had a locker in the clubhouse and was still wearing Rangers gear while getting in his normal daily workout.
The Rangers want him to be their starting pitcher April 2 at Oakland in Game 5 of the 2018 season while Martin Perez opens on the disabled list. They just want to pay Colon a different guarantee than the one they agreed upon in February.