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Oakland Athletics (32-33 Austin Meadows Jersey , third in the AL West) vs. day, 3 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Frankie Montas (7-2, 2.83 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 69 strikeouts) Rangers: Drew Smyly (1-4, 7.93 ERA, 1.86 WHIP, 41 strikeouts)Article continues below ...LINE: Rangers favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 11 runsBOTTOM LINE: Texas heads into the matchup after a dominant performance by Adrian Sampson. Sampson pitched nine innings, giving up one run on four hits with seven strikeouts against Oakland.The Rangers are 19-19 against the rest of their division. Texas’ team on-base percentage of .333 is eighth in the MLB. Logan Forsythe leads the club with an OBP of .389.The Athletics are 15-18 against teams from the AL West. Oakland has hit 100 home runs this season, seventh in the MLB. Matt Chapman leads them with 16, averaging one every 15.2 at-bats.TOP PERFORMERS: Hunter Pence leads the Rangers with 41 RBIs and is batting .281. Nomar Mazara is 11-for-39 with a double, two home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Texas.Chapman leads the Athletics with 31 extra base hits and is slugging .520. Marcus Semien is 14-for-45 with a double Colin Moran Jersey , three home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Oakland.LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 7-3, .265 batting average, 3.39 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runsAthletics: 3-7, .243 batting average, 5.44 ERA, outscored by 13 runsRangers Injuries: Edinson Volquez: 60-day IL (elbow), Yohander Mendez: 60-day IL (elbow), Taylor Hearn: 60-day IL (elbow), Luke Farrell: 60-day IL (jaw), Kyle Dowdy: 10-day IL (elbow), Scott Heineman: 60-day IL (shoulder), Joey Gallo: 10-day IL (oblique), Willie Calhoun: 10-day IL (quad) David Freese Jersey , Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-day IL (finger).Athletics Injuries: Sean Manaea: 60-day IL (shoulder), Daniel Gossett: 60-day IL (elbow), Marco Estrada: 10-day IL (lumbar strain), Jharel Cotton: 60-day IL (elbow/hamstring), Nick Hundley: 10-day IL (back), Chris Herrmann: 60-day IL (knee). The Winter Meetings used to be where it all went down. This year left us wanting more action. What will come of all the rumors?"There was a time — not long ago — that baseball’s Winter Meetings were the place for a good portion of the offseason action. It used to be three non-stop days of trades, free agent signings and anything else you could imagine.It was just four short years ago that Andrew Friedman and Co., in its first year at the helm of the Dodgers, nearly broke baseball. Jimmy Rollins was coming to town. Dee Gordon was shipped out for Austin Barnes, Andrew Heaney, Chris Hatcher and Enrique Hernandez. Heaney was immediately traded to the Angels for Howie Kendrick. Brandon McCarthy agreed to a 4-year deal. The Matt Kemp-for-Yasmani Grandal deal was in the works and even fireballing reliever Drew Butera was traded.While all the moves weren’t official during the meetings, word of all the transactions broke during the meetings.It would be, admittedly, foolish to expect this every year from a team (unless you’re a Mariners’ fan) http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , but since then, the Winter Meetings have been relatively quiet for the Dodgers. Here’s a list of transactions they’ve made at the meetings since that fateful few days in December 2014:2015Selected Daniel Fields off waiversRe-signed Chase Utley2016Re-signed Rich HillSigned Tyler HoltSelected Edward Paredes in MiLB phase of Rule 5 Draft2017Nothing. Literally nothing.———That’s it. It should be mentioned that in 2015 and 2017, the Dodgers made a couple significant trades in mid-December. In 2015, it was the three-way deal with the Reds and White Sox that landed the Dodgers Micah Johnson, Frankie Montas and Trayce Thompson, and last year it was the re-acquisition of Kemp. And in 2016, they re-signed their trio of free agents in Hill, Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner (both of whom were signed long after the meetings).We as fans have been conditioned to expect a ton of transactions at the Winter Meetings, but before Thursday’s three-team deal involving Cleveland, the Mariners and Rays, there had been three trades — Tanner Roark to the Reds, Ivan Nova to the White Sox and a swap of minor-leaguers between the Cardinals and Rangers. The free-agent signings were minimal, headlined by Andrew McCutchen to Philadelphia. So, it’s not just a Dodger thing.Still Manuel Margot Jersey , the rumors were plentiful on Monday and Tuesday. They included Corey Kluber, Kemp, Yasiel Puig, David Robertson, Francisco Cervelli, Jose Martinez and some craziness involving Homer Bailey. Nothing has come to fruition, which is fine. There’s still two months until pitchers and catchers report (i.e., a lot of offseason remaining). We as fans are antsy for something beyond a somewhat curious three-year deal for Joe Kelly.This is more to temper expectations for the meetings than complaining that not much has happened yet. It’s a stark reminder that we shouldn’t get overly excited for the second week in December anymore. While it used to be a time when most of the offseason wheeling and dealing happened, it is far from that now. Especially for the Dodgers.Like I said, there’s a lot of offseason left. The Dodgers are not done making moves. Here’s hoping for a big one or two this week. If not, it’ll probably be pretty quiet until next year.