The Texas Rangers have holes on their roster that need to be filled, and calling up the right prospects could be the answers they need.

If it’s not the offense, it’s the bullpen, which collapsed for a third straight game Friday vs. the Blue Jays.

Remember the outcry when the Jays acquired Straw from Cleveland, a move essentially designed to free up international signing bonus space to pursue Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. If anything, club ownership has shown it has the financial means to forget any perceived bad signing. Straw isn’t elite, but he’s no stiff.

That unfortunate part of the game has become their reality for the Texas Rangers, though, especially in their last 14 losses.

The club made a late push Thursday ahead of the trade deadline, acquiring three pitchers by the 5 p.m. cutoff time.

A local baseball squad will have a big league voice in the room next season. On Friday Grapevine Faith baseball announced that it has hired former Texas Rangers catcher Jonathan Lucroy onto its coaching staff.

The Texas Rangers had enough of Jon Gray after his performance against the Toronto Blue Jays, and he doesn't know where he'll go next.