I know that this site isn't where you come for newsflashes, generally because the multitude of other sources available make such announcements here at HWC redundant. Regardless, here's a link to the story.
I wanted to break the mold here for a little bit, because 1) I'm avoiding doing work, 2) I'm already at the computer, 3) Announcement of the trade just happened, and 4) I read the following comment on the Dallas Morning News boards by some guy named ranger yammer:
"Even to a team making a pennant run, Daniels is hoodwinked. Red Sox win the World Series (for those Ranger fans who don't know what that is, it's the Super Bowl of Baseball), and would have given up most any prospect they had, and JD lands Gabbard, "walk once a month'' Beltre, and "0-for April" Murphy. Way to go JD, you got an eye for talent. These GM's gotta line up for miles to deal with this teenaged bozo."
I generally just ignore ignorant comments like this, but this one is ridiculous. This guy is perhaps the only Rangers fan out there who believes that we got taken in the Gagne deal (as if Boston would have surrended any prospect, according to him). He represents the throngs of Rangers fans who are completely closed to the fact that Jon Daniels has actually done a fantastic job as of late in rebuilding this team (see: #1 farm system in baseball). Sure, he's made some (huge) mistakes, but you certainly can't argue with how he's rebounded and turned this team's farm system around.
As far as trading Gabbard back to Boston, it makes me think that Boston knows or sees something that we don't, especially since they were the team that got rid of him . . . time will tell.
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