hardly a blockbuster deal, but the Texas Rangers just took a significant step toward taking control of the AL West. The Rangers have obtained veteran catcher Benjie Molina from the Giants, sending reliever Chris Ray to San Francisco along with a player to be named later. Assuming that the still to be determined player is of little significance, this shapes up as a trade that makes sense for both teams.

Molina has struggled this year for the Giants. He started the season in okay form, but the 35-year-old senior member of baseball’s first family of catchers has hit below .200 over the last six weeks and his importance to the Giants was decreasing by the day.

San Francisco needs to get mega-prospect Buster Posey behind the plate on a regular basis, with an adequate backup in Eli Whiteside . On a team that lacks big power, Molina’s base-clogging tendencies were becoming a liability.

I thought bringing Molina back for one ...

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