It's painfully obvious its red tag season for the Rangers and everything must go

Just eight days ago, things were looking much rosier for the Texas Rangers. They were 25-22, and Tyler Mahle had just pitched another gem to collect his fifth win of the season. Now they find themselves on a six-game losing streak after a winless road trip to New York and Chicago.

The Rangers need to be asking some serious questions about themselves. Questions like: "Are we going to be buyers or sellers as we near the 60-game mark of the season?"

This Texas Rangers road trip has exposed some serious flaws

It takes three things to field a winning baseball team: good starting pitching, productive bats, and a bullpen that you can trust to come in and close the door with a late-inning lead. Right now, the Rangers have the starting pitching, but nothing else.

This team is in trouble as the offense continues to lie dormant and the bullpen is arguably the worst in Major League Baseball. There is not a single relief pitcher in the team's bullpen that we trust to come in and get outs. Forget not having a true closer on the roster, because that is another issue entirely.

Chris Young may not want to face this only two months into the season, but his ship is leaking, and the water is breeching the hull faster than Hall of Fame manager Bruce Bochy and his players can scoop out.

The Rangers can't be afraid of the word 'seller'

At the very least, some names need to start being bantied about and the word "seller' should be atop at least one memo circulating around the Rangers front office.

The name Adolis Garcia is slowly becoming synonymous with "seller" as the hero of the 2023 ALCS and major Ranger RBI producer has limped out to a .220 start. It's not that Garcia's low average is concerning, because he has always hit below .245. What's more concerning is that he doesn't appear to be seeing the ball very well, and his new approach at the plate hasn't yielded many results.

Plus, Garcia is the kind of player that a buyer with a need for a big, powerful right-handed bat and plus defense in right field would be willing to part with promising, up-and-coming younger players to make a run at a pennant.

The Rangers may also want to throw out names like Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker and see just how much of a market there is for live young arms.