Potential Rangers-owned RSN in the offing?

The Texas Rangers are looking at starting their own Regional Sports Network, according to Evan Grant.

This is not, I don’t think, a big surprise. As Grant notes, the Rangers are essentially a free agent this offseason in regards to their television broadcast rights, due to the ongoing Diamond Sports/Bally Sports fiasco that has the RSN that has been broadcasting the Rangers in bankruptcy. The organization has made it clear in the filings that it does not want to be tied to Diamond Sports if it is going to have to take a significant haircut in regards to the rights fees provided for in their existing deal.

The fact that they are, as Grant puts it, pursuing starting their own RSN doesn’t mean…