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Evan Grant

Rangers need closer to help ‘stabilize’ shaky bullpen. Is now the right time to add one?

SEATTLE — While the Rangers front office hunkers down to consider creative ways to acquire controllable starting pitching from a market that seems to be growing by the day, they may want to also consider the end of games, too.

The Rangers, drowning in one-run losses, could use a steady closer.

Because if the Rangers’ ultimate goal remains winning a world championship — even if the focus is quickly turning toward 2023 and beyond — there is one thing world champions tend to have in common: reliability at the end of a game.

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