The Rangers have placed star righty Yu Darvish on the 15-day DL with ongoing shoulder and neck issues, per a team announcement (via Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, on Twitter). Reliever Alex Claudio will take his place on the active roster.
Darvish had only just returned from a Tommy John rehab stint, providing Texas with an ace-level arm as it seeks to capture the AL West. The 29-year-old was excellent in three starts, allowing just five earned runs and a dozen hits over 15 2/3 innings, with 19 strikeouts against six walks.
The disabled list placement isn’t necessarily a grave concern in and of itself, as the team will understandably be cautious with its prized righty. But the nebulous injury concerns that have led to it could be a major problem. It’s unclear at present what the timeline and prognosis is for Darvish.
Depending upon how things play out, Darvish’s injury status could impact the trade deadline. Texas was already said to have some interest in looking at controllable starters this summer, and the impetus could grow if Darvish misses a significant amount of time.
The Rangers are the most logical team to go after Teheran. Have the prospects, need another starter. If he develops into what everyone thinks, he’d be a solid number 3 and at the least 4 for them. With this injury, wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they make the trade. Perhaps a Gallo swap straight up. Kind of like the Rizzo Cashner swap.
I agree, as a Braves fan, Julio is no higher than a 3 at this point in most rotations. Yes higher on few and lower on others, but I think he can hold his own. Gallo represents a position and player of need. Straight up deal would be perfect.
I just don’t see Jon Daniels letting Gallo go for Teheran after going through so much effort not to trade him in the Hamels deal last July.
Biggest issue with JT there is his fly ball and home run rates.
I think the Rangers and Mets would be perfect trade partners
Sounds like a fair swap
It would cost more then gallo to get Tehran it would cost number 1 prospec tat less another top 5 prospect and top 20 prospect and international pool money or com pic
I don’t see how he is worth the same 3.5 affordable years of Cole Hamels….
How about this trade Tehran ,Johnson Krol ,markakis for Gallo , profar ,deshields Brinson Tate .Jackson .van Hoosier , Trevino and pool money or com pic
As I said above, Gallo straight up would probably be sufficient.
Though Gallo would be a nice piece at a position of need, a 1 for 1 swap isn’t a good deal for ATL. Gallo is not Compareable to Rizzo at this point. Rizzo is a complete hitter with great power and good k:bb. Gallo has great power but he is a K machine. Also, to this point Teheran is better than Cashner. Def. more durable.
I think Teheran for Gallo and Ortiz would be a fair trade.
To be honest I cannot wait until August first. All this pissing and moaning over what Teheran is worth is getting old, even as a Braves fan.
What Rizzo is today doesn’t matter.
When he was traded he was coming off a season with 153 AB’s with 1 HR and a 30% K rate. Fairly comparable to Gallo. Gallo has actually cut his strikeouts a lot this year, we’re yet to see if it will translate to the majors.
Dumb!!
I think the Rangers value Gallo’s potential so much that they would not make the trade. He is viewed as their 1B next year with Moreland leaving as a free agent.
I hope that Darvish can get healthy. He is a pleasure to watch.
Gallo is not getting traded for a back of the rotation arm. That’s ridiculous!