When Jon Heyman (CBS Sports) reports that the Rangers “are getting a lot of hits on their stash of relievers: [Shawn] Tolleson, [Sam] Dyson, [Jake] Diekman, [and Tom] Wilhelmsen,” the only thing that’s questionable about the tweet is whether Heyman miscounted what was left in his 140 allotted characters when he decided to leave Keone Kela out, because the only other shocking thing about that report would be if, in this market, those guys weren’t drawing major interest based on cost and control and impact and what is probably perceived as surplus, but then again you can never have too many effective relief pitchers, or quarterbacks, when you’re built to win, or too many Lowrie/Lawrie’s, when you’re not, but the main reason I didn’t like that Houston-Oakland Lowrie trade is because it freed up $15 million over three years (including $7.
A sentence for a rainy day.
