Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning.

Jeff Wilson writes that today is former Texas Rangers’ general manager Eddie Robinson’s 100th birthday, making him baseball’s oldest living former player. Happy birthday, Eddie!

MLB dot com’s Thomas Harrigan has notes on the three minor league signings the Rangers announced yesterday which included Jharel Cotton who used to terrorize the Rangers’ farm system.

Fangraphs’ Tony Wolfe writes that the weirdo Rangers signed one of the strangest free agents in recent memory in an eccentric match perhaps made in peculiar heaven.

At The Athletic, Keith Law covers the recent barrage of moves made by Texas — baseball’s busiest team, as expect.

David Schoenfield takes on the task of naming the biggest star that each team has traded. Did you know the Rangers once had Alex Rodriguez?

And, T.R. Sullivan notes that The Shed — the world’s first $1.2 billion dollar graduation ceremony barn — won the Sports Business Journal ‘Best Facility Debut’ award.

Be well!