TROT COFFEY: July 26, 2025.

A repository of responsibly reported rumors as the trade deadline bears in on us. The clock is ticking.

Last year, we started these daily COFFEY’s (as supplements to the weekly entries that are included all year in Sunday Hops) with four days to go before the trade deadline. I figured we might as well start sooner this year. Lots of chatter out there.

My plan is to drop these around lunchtime each day, depending on my work schedule. But as we get down to the wire, don’t be surprised if there are more than one of these Rangers-adjacent rumor-dumps a day. Last year, I fired off five different entries on deadline day alone.

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On to today’s rumors.