The Texas Rangers’ deadline swing for Chase Silseth and Logan O’Hoppe was always going to be judged in two different time frames: what it did for the 2024 push, and what it might mean later. On the first count, the answer was clear enough. On the second, the book is still open.
Texas made that deal nearly a week before the deadline, and at the time it felt like the kind of move that could be the start of a busier finish. It wasn’t. The Rangers went on to make just one more trade, then wrapped up the season one game under .500 and one game behind the Houston Astros in the American League West.
The price was light. The Rangers gave up infielder Angel Arredondo, a low-level minor league prospect, to land Silseth and O’Hoppe.
O’Hoppe was sent straight to Triple-A Round Rock, which was the expectation. The real target was Silseth, a right-handed reliever who looked like he could steady a bullpen that was wearing down.
At the time of the trade, Silseth had the profile Texas wanted. He was 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA in 47 games for Los Angeles, with 48 strikeouts and 22 walks in 39.2 innings. The stuff and the run prevention fit the need.
It just didn’t carry over.
Silseth logged 26 appearances for Texas and finished 0-2 with a 5.31 ERA. In 20 innings, he struck out 26 and walked 13.
He allowed as many earned runs with the Rangers as he had with the Angels, despite working half the innings. Opponents hit .266 against him in Texas after hitting .230 with Los Angeles.
Even so, he somehow ended up with nine holds for each club.
O’Hoppe’s role was never going to be loud, and it wasn’t. He appeared in 10 games for the Rangers, all as a designated hitter, and hit .353/.333/.412 with one RBI as a right-handed bat against left-handed pitching.
That was a sharp improvement on the .209/.271/.295 line he posted with the Angels. Still, the sample was too small to move the needle in a meaningful way.
There was a reason Texas made the move in the first place. Both players came with control attached.
Silseth is pre-arbitration, and O’Hoppe is close to reaching arbitration. In other words, the Rangers bought more than a few late-season appearances; they bought time.
If Silseth rebounds and O’Hoppe develops into a usable tandem piece alongside Danny Jansen, the trade will look a lot better in hindsight than it did in the moment.
For Arredondo, the change of scenery brought better results at Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. He hit .283/.383/.391 with one home run and 11 RBI in 24 games, and the Angels will have room to keep developing him.
So if the question is whether the deal helped Texas get where it wanted to go this season, the answer is no. If the question is whether the Rangers will know the real value of the move for a few more years, that part is still waiting to be written.
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