Texas Rangers: Three trade packages for Trevor Story

Coming off the heels of the Nolan Arenado trade, the Colorado Rockies are likely to begin a rebuild soon (even if they won’t admit such thoughts publicly).

That means all bets are off when it comes to trading away their top assets, including highly coveted shortstop Trevor Story.

Sure, the Rockies say they won’t move the 28-year-old right now, but why would they want to risk losing him for nothing (assuming he departs) at the end of the season when they could acquire pieces for his services?

So far, the indication from the Colorado Rockies is that they're not willing to discuss shortstop Trevor Story in any trade proposals. Yet. He'll be a free agent in the fall.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) February 3, 2021

Story, who hails from the DFW area, might welcome a trade to the Texas Rangers where he would have a chance to play in front of family and friends.

Of course, the All-Star shortstop will become a free agent at the conclusion of the 2021 season, so the Texas Rangers might ultimately pursue him that way.

Nevertheless, trades are fun and full of intrigue, so here are two Rangers proposals that might be enough to swing a deal with the Colorado Rockies (and one outlandish scenario!).

Texas Rangers could trade for Story — Mlb Colorado Rockies At Arizona Diamondbacks

Texas Rangers-Trevor Story Trade Proposal No. 1

Let’s face it, the Colorado Rockies didn’t receive the haul many expected when they dealt stud third baseman Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In fact, Colorado didn’t even receive any of St. Louis’ top five organizational prospects in the deal.

News: #Rockies trade Nolan Arenado to Cardinals for a bunch of no-name prospects + give St. Louis $50M

Views: Definitely a new low for the club... a total fleece... GM Jeff Bridich trades away the best player in franchise history in the middle of his prime. For basically nothing
— Kyle Newman (@KyleNewmanDP) January 30, 2021

This is also considering the fact that Arenado inked a multi-year extension (albeit with opt-outs), whereas Story would be merely a one-year rental unless the Texas Rangers were to give him an extension.

If the Cardinals were able to get Arenado on such a discount in terms of trade price, what would be the reason to make the Rangers overpay in a trade to get a player of a similar caliber?

Third base prospect Davis Wendzel has a difficult path to get to Arlington with Josh Jung currently ahead of him in the ranks, and Ronny Henriquez represents a decent upside pitching prospect for a Rockies team that always needs quality pitching.

LHP Joely Rodriguez would represent a decent plug-in play for the Rockies’ current roster as well.

Overall, this would seem like a pretty fair trade package given the circumstances.

Texas Rangers-Trevor Story Trade Proposal No. 1

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