Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News discusses the Rangers’ offseason in a new article, focusing on areas other than pitching (which is top priority). We tackled the Rangers here.
- Grant says the Rangers will "almost certainly" exercise Hank Blalock‘s $6.2MM option for ’09. However, the Rangers prefer Chris Davis at first base. That means Blalock will either DH or be traded.
- Milton Bradley could be re-signed as DH, but the Rangers still don’t want to give him a multiyear deal given his health history. Bradley is dead set on multiple years. When Eddie Bajek last checked, Bradley was right on the border between Type A and B status.
- The Rangers have a well-known catching surplus. They’ll explore possible deals for pitching, but this is not top priority.
- Over at MLB.com, owner Tom Hicks admits trading John Danks was a mistake. Hicks also mentioned an aversion to high-priced free agent pitching.