As of Monday night, the Texas Rangers are four-and-a-half games in front of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the race for the AL West crown, and don't look to be slowing down any time soon.
What's surprising about that is the fact that the Rangers currently have the fourth-lowest payroll in all of baseball, just in front of the Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
What has impressed me about this ball club is that it is doing all of this in the midst of the team going through bankruptcy proceedings.
However, general manager Jon Daniels has not ruled out the possibility of making a deal for a player whose contract ends at the end of the 2010 season. For that reason alone, the team could still have interest in Seattle left-hander Cliff Lee.
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