3 Bold Rangers Trade Deadline Predictions
When you're connected to every top name on the trade market, what really counts as a bold prediction? These sure do.
2. Evan Carter Gets Traded
If there's one Rangers prospect that people are deeming truly untouchable, it's Evan Carter. He's one of the best prospects the Rangers have had in a long time, and it's painful to mortgage your future to make a run for one season, especially with how tough the National League is right now. Flags fly forever, sure, but no rental is going to guarantee you a World Series.
Carter is already slashing .298/.413/.471 in Double-A and is still a few months shy of his 21st birthday. Those are early signs of something special. Obviously no prospect is a sure thing, but Carter certainly looks like he's pretty close to one, and you do not want to sacrifice that for a rental.
But what if we could get Ohtani with an extension? At that point, there's almost no amount you wouldn't want to give up in a trade. Packaging Carter and Owen White? Do it.
I don't think Carter is on the table for much short of a deal of that magnitude, but given my high hopes for Ohtani coming to Arlington with an extension, I don't think it's at all unreasonable to put Carter on the trade block.