re: Texas Rangers vs Oakland A's. DELAY ?

We are still a ways away from building our farm. Fangraphs having us with the “deepest farm” I think is a little too much positivity. Although the farm has already started to get much better, and trend upward and should keep getting better. The Rangers need to actually show that they are willing to compete. Spend money in free agency. There are numerous big time free agents including some with local ties, Story at Irving MacArthur, Syndergard at Mansfield. It always baffles me, it’s not like they don’t have money. The farm system started the year off not that great, but I would say the Rangers now have a top 12-13 farm system, so definitely trending back in the right direction on that front. I really think they need to try and spend money in free agency like they haven’t really been willing to do. So it’s no secret the farm is getting better, and the team has at least made some moves this year to start trending in the right direction again, but until Chris Woodward is gone I think there are still numerous problems to be dealt with.