New Delhi, July 30 -- ARLINGTON - When Danny Jansen went on the injured list and Kyle Higashioka followed him two weeks later, the Texas Rangers were left with Elias Diaz behind the plate and a 1.5-game lead in the AL West quietly in question. What they found Wednesday, with one day until the trade deadline, was not a franchise answer at catcher. What they found was a power reliever posting a 2.72 ERA, packaged with an injured catcher who used to be someone, for the price of a 19-year-old Low-A infielder nobody has ranked.

The Rangers announced Wednesday night that they had acquired reliever Chase Silseth and catcher Logan O'Hoppe from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for minor league third baseman Angel Arredondo, 19, currently battin...