Much like many MLB clubs just a few days before the Winter Meetings begin, the Texas Rangers are looking at what they have available from a financial standpoint.

Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young might have a few bucks to use for other players. Then, of course, Texas might look at what, if any, tradeable players they it has at this time.

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Young offered some perspective on what the Rangers might do recently. Rangers reporter Kennedi Landry of MLB.com shared some comments from Young on Monday.

“I think as we go here, we do have room to operate,” Young said. “We’re excited about what we have in place right now. It’s our job as a front office to round out this roster. When there’s the ability to go out and get something that’s going to help us win, ownership has been very good about allowing us the ability to do that.

“It’s not going to be at the levels it was the last couple years,” Young added. “We know that. We’re good with that. We don’t need that. …We expect to have the resources we need to round out a really good roster.”

He also added that he has a “rough” idea on what Texas might do with its budgetary limits.

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What, though, do the Rangers have as potential trade bat on their rosters?

Landry, in her MLB.com story, pointed out that MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand has Texas third baseman Josh Jung listed as being involved in some type of trade.

Everyone knows that Rangers manager Skip Schumaker wants to make a big splash in his return to the dugout. Young, obviously, wants to make sure Schumaker has the type of players on board to succeed.

As has been noted before, Texas desperately wants to return to the postseason. It’s been a bit of a dry spell ever since the Rangers won their World Series championship. Schumaker looks to bring more energy and intensity to the Rangers’ players next season.

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All of that gets a kickstart in Spring Training. But Schumaker and Young will probably talk to some players and agents at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla. That’s starting up in just a few days, so the “hot stove league” is about to get really cranked up.

There’s not much reason that Texas cannot find itself in the conversation for an American League West Division title in 2026. Of course, the Rangers have to work hard and overcome the usual divisional suspects, the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros.

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