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A's closer on Rangers' radar

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10:03 AM ET 07.17 | According to a report by FOX Sports, Ken Rosenthal, teams have been calling Oakland about closer Andrew Bailey. According to two sources, the Rangers are among those teams and the A's have at least started looking more in-depth at the Rangers farm system. According to Rosenthal, the A's feeling is they'd have to be "overwhelmed" in order to move Bailey. In the parlance of the trade deadline market, that essentially means he's available.

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July 17, 2011  10:29 AM ET

No way I trade a closer to my division rival, unless I am dumping salary....

July 17, 2011  12:22 PM ET

the A'S will and can trade anybody that they wanted even to their own division, it happen last year when the mariners did trade lee for smoak to the rangers, so yes things like this can happen!!

July 17, 2011  12:29 PM ET

now if the rumor's were about the angels to texas it would be more difficult to complete the trade, rangers won't do that unless they were out of options like if they were on the last place on their division!!

July 17, 2011  01:34 PM ET

the a's can trade as many players as they wish, their problem its not on their lineup or in their roster, their problem its their management who doesn't know how to play their game, the manager lacks of agressivenes and knoweldge towards the game it seems as he hesitate a lot before he makes any move in the lineup or in the pitching, perhaps if this manager could request to play more often against the angels, after all that's the only team the A'S can beat and win as many series without any problem!!

July 17, 2011  05:35 PM ET

Word on the street is that the Rangers don't need no stinking bullpen

July 17, 2011  07:02 PM ET

the A'S its the angels nemesis, wonder if the a's could ask selig to schedule them to play more often against the hitless angels!!

July 17, 2011  07:05 PM ET

the brewers can hardly beat the hitless rockies, brewers should have better spot on their division, with all that talent in their lineup there shouldn't be any excuse!!

 
July 17, 2011  07:14 PM ET

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