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Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker. | Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/div>\n

The Texas Rangers made it clear last season that they weren\u2019t going to be big shoppers in free agency \u2014 and they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

In fact, Texas\u2019s biggest moves were via trade. The Rangers moved second baseman Marcus Semien to the New York Mets for Brandon Nimmo. Texas also moved five Top 30 prospects to the Washington Nationals to acquire starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore.<\/p>\n

The moves in free agency were far less flashy. Many of them have worked. One hasn\u2019t, and it stands out as the biggest mistake the Rangers made last offseason.<\/p>\n

Rangers\u2019 Biggest Free Agency Mistake<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Texas Rangers pitcher Chris Martin. | Dennis Lee-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, the Rangers put that player on the injured list for the second time this season. Reliever Chris Martin went back on the 15-day IL with the same right shoulder impingement that put him on the IL in April. It might be easy to blame Martin\u2019s injury for his performance. But he started the season healthy, underperformed and then did the same when he returned.<\/p>\n

Before his first stint on the injured list, he went 1-1 with a 7.11 ERA in 6.1 innings. But he gave up volume on the mound \u2014 11 hits and six runs. Batters hit .393 against him. He blew a save and lost another tie game. After one of those games, he admitted to reporters that he was struggling with location.<\/p>\n

If the IL stint \u2014 which lasted a month \u2014 was supposed to fix him, well, it didn\u2019t. In those four games he had a 9.00 ERA. He gave up seven hits, four earned runs, walked two and struck out none. The Rangers were 1-3 in games he pitched.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear how long he\u2019ll need to come back this time. But, given the number of options the Rangers have in the minor leagues, Texas might be better off letting Martin go and giving those other options a chance.<\/p>\n

Martin had a repeated injury issue last year with Texas. He injured his calf after a great start to the season and returned, only to re-injure it and miss more time. The re-injury of the right shoulder appears to be a pattern.<\/p>\n

Texas signed Martin to a one-year deal worth $4 million. Half of that was a signing bonus and the other half is his contract. There is also some deferred money involved. The Rangers are on the hook for all of it. At least it\u2019s not unmanageable.<\/p>\n

What is unmanageable for the Rangers, who are living on the margins right now, is keeping a player that isn\u2019t effective. That\u2019s where Martin is at. His return should not be contingent on him being healthy. It should be contingent on effectiveness in the minor leagues. If he\u2019s unable to do that, then it would be time the Rangers to admit the mistake and release the reliever.<\/p>\n

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