Thoughts on the Rangers’ trade deadline

The 2025 MLB trade deadline has come and gone, and the Texas Rangers did some things, though not necessarily the things that they were expected to do.

And of course, AJM has some thoughts.

First of all, let’s recap the moves from yesterday.

The Texas Rangers added:

Relief pitcher Phil Maton

Relief pitcher Danny Coulombe

The Texas Rangers traded away the following pitchers, all in the minor leagues:

Kohl Drake

Mitch Bratt

David Hagaman

Garrett Horn

The Texas Rangers created 40 man roster spots by designating for assignment:

Blaine Crim

The Rangers also traded away $250,000 in international slot money which, whatever.

The Heuer deal, like the Dane Dunning deal over the All Star Break, was a move to simply…