I think you're looking at this in a personal way.Its not an affront to the Indians personally. It's a matter of him not wanting to be on any team where he can't close.

Hello everyone,

Gagne wouldn't be made the closer over Rivera or Papelbon, and even though Jones is iffy like Borowski is (not so much in converting the saves, percentage-wise, just in the way they go about doing it,) I'm not sure the Tigers would put Jones in a set-up role for Gagne either, so that's probably another reason why Gagne might not be traded away from the Rangers.

With most of the potential playoff teams, they already have a solid closer in place who's doing the job - Cordero with the Brewers, Saito with the Dodgers, Hoffman with the Padres, Wagner with the Mets, Wickman with the Braves (though he's been a bit shaky of late.)  The Phillies could be a possibility, provided Gordon doesn't come back like he was before his injury, but if he does, the Phillies probably aren't an option.  The Cubs could be if they're dissatisfied with Dempster, but so far, they're staying with him, even through his ups-and-downs, so really, there aren't that many options - Putz with Seattle, Nathan with Minnesota; Oakland could be a possibility with Street out, but really, the Rangers don't have many options to choose from if Gagne wants to go to a team where he can be THE closer.  That's probably why Gagne may remain with the Rangers for the rest of the season.

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

I was curious to look more closely at his numbers.  Since the infamous Yankee blowup, he's got a 3.77 ERA, but there's evidence of bad luck.  He's allowed a .295 average -- 33 for 112 -- but it's an empty one.  .319 OBP, .375 slugging -- four walks and just one sole home run allowed over 29 innings.  Basically, he has turned opposing hitters into Josh Barfield.

32-for-88 on balls in play -- that's a .364 BABIP, which says bad luck/defense.  So I'm saying ... he's actually pretty good, and maybe he isn't playing with fire so much as being only as lucky stranding baserunners as he's been unlucky on balls in play.

So I'm saying, maybe all those Saves aren't an accident.  It'd be nice, anyway.