LAS VEGAS -- To understand where the Rangers are in their search for starting pitching, all you need is a little Las Vegas imagery.
The winter meetings are going on in the glitz of the Strip while the Rangers are down on Freemont Street searching for the penny slots. They aren't playing in the same league.
The Patrick Corbins and Nate Eovaldis of the world? The Rangers love both but weren't in a position where signing one or the other would solve their issues.
Trading for Sonny Gray? He's got one year to free agency; the Rangers are probably at least two from realistically competing.