Rangers accept. I still think Lyles has something in the tank, and his velocity increase and a solid stretch of starts a few weeks ago gives me hope of a breakout if he can command the ball better. I've got several guys on my draft board for the 2nd and 3rd round area, so accumulating picks in this range is what I'm looking to do. And this frees up another 8.5M.
I don't want to start next season with the Astros rotation and Holland is a solid SP, that is reasonably priced and locked up for a few years.
I still have some extra picks so not worried about losing out on 'spects since i have a deep minors already. Lyles could come back to bite me but hasn't looked all that good the last month+ so this was an opportunity to beef up my rotation. One less FA i have to grab to solidify my team.