Astros / Rangers

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Astros receive:
RP Alex Speas (White Sox) $0.3 1st
www.fangraphs.com/players/alex-speas/21859/stats?position=P

Rangers receive:
RHP Joe Record (Rays) $0.3 1st
www.fangraphs.com/players/joseph-record/sa3008619/stats?position=P

Caps:
No change


Speas acquired: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/50053/thread
Record acquired: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/49921/thread
Speas dropped on Fantrax


I'm clearly giving up on Speas too early (Fangraphs still have him as a FV40+ this offseason) and seeing ghosts with Record (who has no track record or pedigree to speak of), but 20-grade command is scary no matter how much stuff you have and if Rays devil magic doesn't exist then there's no magic at all.
Thanks Adam

[Astros GM (Adam)]

Astros confirm.

Record is a nice guy. I listened to multiple interviews with him last year, and I hope the Rays’ devil magic puts him over the edge in a good way. But he was on the verge of being unprotected (by me), and by contrast Alex Speas will probably stick on my payroll a little longer.

Thanks for doing all the work on this one Stephen.

[D'backs GM (Mo)]

Approve 1-0

[Royals GM (Jordan)]

approve 2-0

[Guardians GM (Jay)]

Approve 3-0

[Astros GM (Adam)]

Roster updated

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Updated