2017: The Year Luhnow Activated the Rangers Sleeper Cell

Erik Williams-USA TODAY SportsI’ve always been stupefied by the amount of brain power that the Houston Astros employ. Think of all the NASA employees that work within the walls of Minute Maid Park. It’s easy to think that the plans made by these people are far more sinister than just a friendly rebuild. An email from a Rangers informant who goes by “deepthrOdor,” (I guess he or she is a Watergate fan) has possibly blown the top off of this. His claim is that Luhnow isn’t only using mad scientists, but employing many ex-CIA people also. These folks have been building a sleeper cell that would make Robert Gates jealous.

Here’s the list he laid out for me, working from lowest priority to…