The Rangers trade Nathaniel Lowe to the Washington Nationals.

A business decision.

The dream is that, after a childhood playing and loving the game, you earn the opportunity to keep playing it once you fly the coop.

Then the dream is that you get the chance to play pro ball.

And then to reach the big leagues.

The dream, at that point, is that you can stick in the majors.

And eventually establish yourself as a core player — or, in the vernacular of Bruce Bochy and others in his position, “one of our guys.” Make some generational money in the process.

Then the dream, not an uncommon one that the Little Leaguer often skips ahead to, is to make an All-Star Team. Land a Gold Glove. Win a Silver Slugger.

Hit a Game Seven home run.

Ride in a parade, as long as we’re dreaming, with a very heavy ring as a party favor.

It’s human nature: The dream always gives way to another one, bigger than the last.

Through all of that, for most the dream probably includes becoming a legacy player, staying with and retiring from the team with whom you made your name and became a fan favorite.

That one’s extra-elusive. It didn’t happen for Pudge. Or Michael. Or Kins.

It won’t happen for Nathaniel Lowe, either. That last part, that is.

On Sunday, Texas sent Lowe to the Washington Nationals, who play 200 miles from his Norfolk, Virginia birthplace, for left-handed pitcher Robert Garcia. The 28-year-old reliever has some very interesting peripherals and five years of control, but this trade will ultimately be defined by what the Rangers do next — with the money they’ve saved by moving Lowe’s contract.