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The Sweet Spot- potential Ranger trades to be made

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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July 31st, 2025

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0:00.0

So yes, the Rangers will not trade Sebastian Walcott today. That would be a story, but it is the

0:06.7

MLB trade deadline. It's today at 5 o'clock p.m. Central time. And we've already seen a flurry of

0:14.9

trades over the past 24 plus hours or so. And we talked to our buddy Evan Grant, the Dallas

0:20.5

morning news yesterday. And we talked to our buddy Evan Grant, the Dallas Morning News yesterday.

0:22.6

And he presented some relief pitchers that the Rangers could be in the market for. There's

0:27.3

been some rumors surrounding a few guys. And they're starting to fly off the shelves. Ryan

0:32.8

Helsley, one of them was traded yesterday to the Mets. A huge return. The Mets got, I mean, they got a great closer, but he's a rental.

0:41.9

And the prospects that they gave up, including Blake Tidwell, I mean, that's probably a future middle of the rotation starting pitcher.

0:50.6

That feels like a lot for a rental.

0:52.3

But if you look around, I mean, we had Yon Duran or the Phillies,

0:57.5

Mick Abel went in that trade.

0:58.8

That's a pretty good player to get rid of.

1:00.9

Kyle Finnegan, somebody that has been linked to the Rangers for a few years.

1:04.9

He went to the Tigers who were doing their best to be the best team in baseball this season.

1:09.8

And the big one that came down earlier this morning is A.J. Preller, who is always, always active at the deadline.

1:17.3

He makes a monster move and go and get Athletics Closer Mason Miller, who we thought would be untraded.

1:25.0

Untradable.

1:26.0

And the hall for Mason Miller and J.P. Sears, who's a very good back end of the

1:30.8

rotation starter for the athletics. They're going to San Diego. And this was a pretty good

1:35.6

hall. Four total players, including Leo DeVries. And I don't know if you're familiar with him,

1:41.0

but he is, I think, ranked number three in all of baseball,

1:44.6

but this kid's 18. He's the youngest player right now in A ball. And he looks like,

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