As was bound to happen, the Texas Rangers could be found Sunday evening on Twitter and MLB Trade Rumors linked to a notable free agent.
They reportedly have interest in former Cleveland Indians first baseman Carlos Santana, a switch hitter who routinely is a top-20 guy in on-base percentage and will pop more than 20 homers a year.
Most of that power comes as a left-handed hitter, something the Rangers don’t really need, but his average and on-base numbers are better as a right-handed hitter.
Acquiring any offensive player seems fairly far down the list of Rangers priorities, unless they believe that moving their best defensive first baseman, Joey Gallo, to left field makes them better.