The Texas Rangers, Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners have designs on an American League West title, and all three clubs made deals before the trade deadline.
made a few moves before the trade deadline, but the jury appears out on whether the reigning World Series champions got better.
That’s not the case for the two teams the Rangers are chasing the in the American League West – Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners.) were the main Texas pickups. That’s a far cry from last season’s haul that included Max Scherzer, Jordan Montgomery and Aroldis Chapman. Still, Rangers general manager Chris Young believes the ingredients are there to defend the title despite not making a splashy move in the trade market.passed. “So I think it’s a big show of confidence in this group, and in their ability, their talent level. I’m excited to see this come together.”
As far as the two teams the Rangers are trying to catch, the prevailing thought is both the Astros and Mariners are better now than before the deadline. The Mariners picked up Randy Arozarena and Justin Turner to strengthen an anemic offense, while Houston acquired Yusei Kikuchi to bolster a thin starting pitching staff.
“This division is very tough,” Young added. “Houston is very good. Seattle is very good. And we certainly have dug ourselves a little bit of a hole here. But nobody’s run away with the division. And we feel confident that these next two months, if we play to the level that we think we can, that we can compete for the division title.”
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