Rangers: Win now?

There’s an intersting article by Ken Rosenthal over at Foxsports’ site about this trade. Definitely a good read, he talks about whether this move almost shows that we’ll go get Milwood in a “win now” mentality. Most of the article is questioning bits of the trade, but he did point out that we did all this without giving up any of our biggest prospects (DVD, for instance). Tim Cowlishaw of the DMN also says that he’s skeptical about the deal. It’s the first three words of his article! There doesn’t seem to be much positive about him, although he seems to think we’re going to go overpay for Milwood. Evan Grant also chimes in on the deal here.
Speaking of Milwood, he was in town today, but there doesn’t appear to be any word as to what happened that I can find right now. I wouldn’t mind two years on Milwood at the dollars he wants. Maybe three tops, but I wouldn’t be happy with four, and no way should we do five. Still, I know Milwood from following the Phillies, and I don’t think it would be a horrible move. We certainly could use him. He did seem to falter in Philly when he was supposed to be the #1 guy in that rotation.
Chris Young seems to be unfazed by the trade, according to this story on the DMN site. I still think it’s an odd move, but it does tie in to Rosenthal’s “win now” article, if you believe most of the Internet based knee-jerk fan reactions. :) While it’s an eyebrow raiser for sure, it’s not somehting I’m going to freak out and demand Jon Daniels’ head over like I’ve seen online already.
If anything, all these moves show that Daniels isn’t the same GM that we were very eager as fans to run out of town (or at least upstairs where he can’t be seen, or onto the golf course officially). Daniels has made a bunch of moves. How it plays out remains to be seen.
Could be worse. We could be baseball fans in Montreal, and see our team taken from us. As bad as some fans are about bashing management, hey – at least we have a team! :)