Koji Uehara vetoes report that he wants his situation handled

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Scarlett Uehara

Reliever Koji Uehara's been on the trading block for several months. A reported deal with the Oakland Athletics was supposed to go down over the weekend.

It's Sunday night and all is quiet on the AL West front. Uehara had the audacity to go to the media and state that he'd like his situation cleared up soon. So would the Rangers.

That's why they've been trying to trade him for several weeks, but Uehara blocked a trade to Toronto. He apparently has a yen for Baltimore and there's no clear indication that he would accept a deal to Oakland.

Honestly, I think it sort of stinks that the Rangers are giving up on Uehara, who had a very poor final half of the season after coming over from Baltimore. He was a virtual non-entity in the post-season. Still, he's a valuable right hander that can get both righties and lefties out. It's relatively unexplained why Uehara sucked outside of Evan Grant stating that the transition from the trade wasn't very good.

If he wants to go back to Baltimore, you have to assume he never wanted to leave in the first place. Maybe not worth trying to save, which I guess is the general idea.

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