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- Updated: December 5, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Winter Meetings could determine whether the Rangers will make a big trade for somebody like White Sox left-hander Chris Sale, Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen or another impact player.
General manager Jon Daniels said on Sunday night, the eve of Day 1 of the Meetings, that the Rangers still have the depth in their Minor League system to pull off such a trade, as they did with Cole Hamels at the July 2015 Trade Deadline. The Rangers needed five Minor League players plus veteran pitcher Matt Harrison to acquire Hamels and left-handed reliever Jake Diekman.
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“Based on what we have been asked about, yes,” Daniels said regarding the possibility. “We have been asked about our Minor League players quite a bit.”
MLB.com and MLB Network have wall-to-wall coverage of the 2016 Winter Meetings from the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. Fans can watch live streaming of all news conferences and manager availability on MLB.com, including the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday at 8 a.m. CT.
The Hamels trade is evidence the Rangers aren’t shy about making such a trade. They did similar deals this past summer when they acquired catcher Jonathan Lucroy, reliever Jeremy Jeffress and designated hitter Carlos Beltran in trades with the Brewers and Yankees that cost them six Minor Leaguers. Three of them were former first-round Draft picks.
Daniels admitted on Sunday he is not eager to pull off such a big deal.
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