Friday a.m. Rangers stuff

Good morning, folks...

Jeff Wilson writes that, while the Rangers made no major moves at the Winter Meetings, the groundwork was laid for acquiring a starting pitcher and a righthanded bench bat.

Evan Grant writes that the Rangers didn't add a starting pitcher, but did have talks about starting pitchers, including discussions with the Arizona Diamondbacks about a deal centered around Shawn Tolleson or Keone Kela going to Arizona for someone like Archie Bradley.

T.R. Sullivan has a roundup of the Rangers' Winter Meetings, with quotes from Jon Daniels on where things stand.

Evan has a writeup on the Will Lamb/Myles Jaye trade from yesterday.

The DMN has 10 things you need to know about new Rangers Tony Barnette.

The S-T's notes talk about the Rangers moves yesterday and the Rule 5 draft.