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‘Never close’ on Sale, Rangers weigh options
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Rangers’ pursuit of left-hander Chris Sale is over now that the White Sox have traded him to the Red Sox. That pursuit apparently never took off.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said he never got close to trading for Sale either last summer of this offseason. The Rangers made a much harder attempt in the summer.
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“It was never close,” Daniels said after the White Sox and Red Sox announced their trade. “We exchanged names and ideas but it was never close.”
Daniels said he had just one conversation with White Sox general manager Rick Hahn since then.
“We had a preliminary conversation at the beginning of the winter, but that’s it,” Daniels said.
The Rangers are still looking for more starting pitching, but don’t appear close to anything. They have talked with the Reds about right-handers Dan Straily and Anthony DeSclafani. The Reds need relief help and could be interested in Jeremy Jeffress, but the discussions have not progressed.
The Rays have starting pitching, including Chris Archer, Jake Odorizzi, Drew Smyly and Alex Cobb. But they are driving a hard bargain with their valuable …
