The Texas Rangers appear to be the front runner for Ben Sheets, he now lives in Texas and his childhood hero is Ranger president Nolan Ryan. The Rangers are willing to pay his asking price of 20MM for 2 yrs and the local paper believed that a deal could be done by Monday but things have slowed ...
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