The Invasion- Looking back at the greatest trade in Rangers history
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🗓️ 1 August 2025
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July 31st, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk a little Texas Ranger trade day. |
| 0:03.7 | They have yet to make a move today. |
| 0:06.0 | The Major League Baseball Trade deadline is coming up. |
| 0:08.2 | We are now six hours away from the deadline at 5 o'clock this evening. |
| 0:14.4 | And the Rangers have been rumored to be tied on a couple of different back end of the bullpen arms. |
| 0:21.3 | See, Hunter Harvey is a name that is being linked. |
| 0:24.1 | Pete Fairbanks, they have checked in on. |
| 0:25.9 | So we'll see if they end up being able to work something out |
| 0:28.3 | with some of the restrictions that they have in regards to the CBT, |
| 0:32.2 | where they do not want to cross that. |
| 0:36.6 | But who knows? Feels like they want to do something. But who knows? |
| 0:38.3 | Feels like they want to do something. |
| 0:39.9 | Will they do something? |
| 0:41.5 | Time will tell, and by time I mean six hours. |
| 0:44.2 | But they have been very aggressive over the years in making trades. |
| 0:49.0 | And some of you who have been around for a while, |
| 0:51.0 | or if you are a Rangers fan, |
| 0:53.1 | you will remember this one very well because |
| 0:55.3 | Mark Tashara was traded from Texas after being drafted fifth overall in 2001, a homegrown |
| 1:04.4 | All-Star, a gold Glover. It came to a point where the Rangers were just not going to compete at the level they wanted. |
| 1:14.2 | And he was by far the biggest chip that they had at the trade deadline. |
| 1:18.3 | And on July 31st of 2007, if I remember correctly, they traded Mark Tashara to the Atlanta Braves for a hall of players. |
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