The Latest Breaking News from Chris Woodward

DALLAS — Now that the American League can return the All-Star team to its rightful owner, a man who also just walked away with the draft’s biggest steal, Chris Young can get back to fixing what ails the rest of the Rangers.

Heading into their 52nd season, the Rangers still have not managed to win a World Series. But, for the first time ever, they have a manager who has.

The Texas Rangers fired long-time executive Jon Daniels Wednesday, two days after firing manager Chris Woodward.

That didn’t take long.

It bears repeating that the current state of the Texas Rangers is on owner Ray Davis, whose affection for team president Jon Daniels is so unbelievable it’s said to be the basis for the next Nicholas Sparks’ novel.

ARLINGTON, Texas — From the time the Rangers finally got to spring training, Chris Woodward was direct. There would be no excuses. The team had a new, state-of-the-art facility, a beefed-up roster, three years’ experience with a painful teardown and rebuild process. This Rangers team needed to expect to win.…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Over the last decade or five, there’s been a lot said about the Rangers’ scouting and player development departments, but rarely, if ever, has this been the adjective of choice to describe an, um, accomplishment: Historic.

SEATTLE — While the Rangers front office hunkers down to consider creative ways to acquire controllable starting pitching from a market that seems to be growing by the day, they may want to also consider the end of games, too.

Juan Soto turned down Patrick Mahomes money from the Nationals, and that’s all it took to match trade deadline fever to the heat index. Suddenly the game’s greatest hitter, still only 23, is on the market.