Late Sunday night – after this column was initially published, and indeed after most Fantasy Baseball waiver wire processes had already run – we learned that one of the top prospects in baseball was getting promoted.

The Rangers’ offensive struggles have reached a critical point. When you keep losing games in the same way, over and over, something has to change eventually. On Friday, Texas made a major change by demoting first baseman Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock after his April struggles.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers optioned slumping slugger Jake Burger to Triple-A Round ... “Fair or unfair, his performance is magnified a little bit by the performance of others ...

so it's hard to imagine a worse start to the season than the one Jake Burger had. Burger, the Rangers' big offseason addition to their lineup, hit just .190/.231/.330 in his first 30 games ...