If C.J. Wilson leaves will anyone be that displeased and doesn't that feel wrong?

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We hardly knew ye ... not really ... we knew ye pretty well

Remember a year ago, Rangers fans?

It's been a calendar year since the Cliff Lee ordeal was taking place and all the rumors that were spun surrounding where he and his wife will want to live and play baseball. It was heart-wrenching and caused us to bite our fingernails down to stubs.

Again, this year, we are on the verge of losing this team's best starting pitcher and if there were a complete opposite of the gnashing of teeth from a year ago, it's this.

Utter apathy.

C.J. Wilson is a noted free agent, probably the best on the market. He will probably get six years and $17 million per. That's nine figures for the douchiest ex-reliever in the history of the game.

Everyone from the Washington Nationals to the California Angels have apparent interest and team that seems least interested is the Rangers.

Odd only because fans over the past, oh, 50 years have annually stated, "When is this team going to get some pitching?"

Here they are with pitching and somehow we're OK with the team's "ace" jettisoning for the second straight year.

As of this moment, there are not flare ups. I haven't talked to any fan or media member blasting or railing against the Rangers not signing him. If he's affordable, why not? If not, thanks for the memories.

If you want Wilson gone only because of his attitude or poor post-season numbers, then you are retarded.

Wilson, as a starter:

77 starts - 427 IP - 352 hits - 167 BBs - 376 Ks - 31 wins

.225 BAA - .637 OPSA - 3.14 ERA

That. Is. Salty.

To be honest with you, the Rangers will probably not be able to replace that (easily, anyway) much in the same way they were not going to replace Lee.

The end result is a deterioration of talent. If Wilson is 80 percent of Lee, then what is 80 percent of Wilson? Neftali Feliz? Matt Harrison? Mark Buehrle? John Danks?

Please. If Wilson goes, he will be missed.

However, you can say the same for a number of free agents for a particular team and I wouldn't pay as much as they'll get on the market. The Brewers will miss Prince Fielder. They will not miss him for the $120 million he's about to sign for with some team.

I think Wilson is gone because the Rangers are not going to overpay for the guy and the bidding is going to take his contract to an astronomical amount.

Still, Rangers fans should not fail to bat an eyelash at this development. Wilson was important to this team and any less credit is unfair.

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