Go Get: Ben Sheets

Shotgun wedding

At some point, the Texas Rangers and Ben Sheets need to make it legal.

They've been talking, then flirting. Moved on to heavy petting and dry humping.

He lives here, worked out with the Rangers and attended games. The Rangers need arms. Cheap arms. And they've been incredibly lucky with injury projects in the past.

More importantly, to look at it from Sheets' point of view, it's a great step for him. He's always been injury prone and at 31, he needs a new start. He might have only two decent contracts left in his career (if it does indeed continue) and based on the Ranger recent past of Eric Gagne, Milton Bradley, Kenny Lofton, Gary Matthews Jr., Milton Bradley and Ramon Vasquez to come in and resurrect their careers should show him Texas -- maybe due to trainers, expectations -- have flourished here.

For the Rangers, I give him a one-year deal with big-time incentives and maybe a team option for a second year. Maybe renegotiate if things go well this season. However, the lack of investment is the key.

Sheets hasn't pitched more than 200 innings since 2004 and didn't pitch at all last season. However, he's been really consistent totaling wins in the double digits every "full" season keeping his ERA in and around the threes and striking out a lot of opponents.

If healthy, he shoots to the top of the Rangers rotation giving them someone they can probably depend on every fifth day and maybe with a reworked Rangers offense, the wins start rolling in for the guy (he's topped 13 wins in a season once).

Seems simple: Veteran guy with some skip in his step needs a new start. Franchise with historical pitching issues needs top-of-the-line starter and has become a go-to place to put injury pariahs on the map again.

Make it legal.