Chris Young on deGrom's All-Star nod, if Rangers could buy AND sell at the deadline

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Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young joined the GBAG Nation to talk all things about his club, including if the team has moved closer to a decision on what direction they'll take at the trade deadline, how proud he is of Jacob deGrom for being selected to represent the team at this year's All-Star Game, and more.

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00:00I mean, has this been one of the more polarizing evaluations of a club in your career, even

00:22when you were playing?

00:22I mean, based on just how darn good the pitching's been and the defense is.

00:26But unfortunately, on paper, the lineup just isn't living up to expectations.

00:30Yeah, it's no doubt.

00:31It's been a confounding season in terms of this team was designed to score runs.

00:36And I thought it was going to be a very good offensive team.

00:39I thought we'd have a very solid pitching staff.

00:41And instead, it's been almost the exact opposite.

00:44Our pitching has been elite.

00:46I think we've given up the fewest runs in baseball.

00:48And trust me, I'm hearing it from all my colleagues right now that are calling, checking in to see

00:53what we're going to do.

00:54And most of them say, with a high level of conviction, your team has to hit.

00:58There is no way that you guys are going to continue to score runs at this rate.

01:04You're going to hit.

01:05It's going to explode.

01:05And when you do, you're going to go off.

01:07You're going to go win eight, ten in a row.

01:09And I believe that.

01:10I believe that's possible.

01:11But the reality is we have not done that to this point.

01:14And at some point, we're going to be faced with a decision in terms of the path through

01:19the remainder of the season and how we put ourselves in a good position in 2026 and beyond to continue

01:25to compete.

01:26And so, while I appreciate the opinions of my peers, we've lived it day to day.

01:32And so, it has been a very confounding season in terms of the elite level pitching that we

01:38have received yet to have such an underperformance offensively.

01:42And I hate it because I believe in this group.

01:45I believe in these guys.

01:46I chose these guys.

01:47I am responsible for these guys and being in Texas Ranger uniforms.

01:52And I feel a sense of responsibility that we have not lived up to expectations.

01:57And I hate that for, you know, for the guys that are wearing it on a daily basis.

02:02They're being asked the same questions.

02:03For Boach, you know, we're all in this together.

02:06And we've done a lot of things to try to figure it out and solve for it.

02:09But in the end, you know, it seems at this point, this is kind of who we are offensively.

02:13And we don't seem to be putting it together in the manner that we had hoped or expected.

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