With Mark Buerhle signed and C J Wilson reportedly lost, what do the Rangers do now? Well. plan C has now kicked in. Scott Feldman is now a possible full time starter, and if Alexi Ogando matures this off season, the Rangers have their starting rotation. The team already has Derek Holland, Matt Harrison, and Colby Lewis as its remaining starters on the 40 man roster. However, I personally feel they do not have a legitimate number one. A guy who can eat up innings, and stop a losing streak. So, who do they turn to?
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I think they could look at Rich Hardin who eats up innings, and won't cost to much. Rumors are the Rangers are possibly in the trade market, and are looking at Matt Garza with the Chicago Cubs. He is young enough, he could fit the bill IF, he doesn't cost them to much to get.
The Rangers are also rumored to be interested in Yu Darvich, a 25 year-old Japanese pitcher. I am not in favor of doing that because none of the high priced Japanese pitchers have really met the expectations that went with the price of getting them here. Yeah, he pitched 275 innings, with 1.44 ERA, so, it was against no more than our version of Triple A. Other than Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki, who are non-pitchers, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, a starter for Boston, which the jury is still out on, I cannot remember an outstanding player from Japan.
I would rather see about Garza, but maybe A J Burnett from the Yankees. They are in the market to trade him. Maybe if he does not cost to much, go that route. Worse case, Rangers have the potential starting rotation here already, they may just need ot shore up the middle of the bull pen.
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