Pitchers needed, inquire with Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers once again enter the second half of the season looking like they are in contention for the AL West crown. And while the Rangers of the past of welted away with the August heat, this year's squad looks like they can be right in the thick of things with the Angels and possibly the Mariners until the end. That is if the Rangers will make a move to their pitching staff.
The downfall of the Rangers could be because of their starting rotation. While the Mariners have the best staff in the West and the Angels staff continues to get healthier, the Rangers starting rotation has been a roller coaster ride.
Kevin Millwood and Scott Feldman have been the two bright spots in the rotation, however neither can be considered a No. 1 ace, which both Los Angeles and Seattle have. Millwood started off the season great and is 12th in the league in ERA but has struggled as of late, losing three of his last four decisions. The worry on Millwood is the innings he already has put on his arm. He has thrown an AL high 130 innings and Millwood has only pitched over 200 innings once in the last five years. Can his arm stand up as the innings continue to mount and the Rangers make a push.
Feldman has had an impressive season, especially after not being two impressive his first four years with the Rangers. Feldman came into this year with seven career wins and a 4.97 ERA. In his second year as a starter, he has already surpassed his career win total (8-2 this season) and has a 3.83 ERA. But Feldman has never pitched 150 innings in a season (he is at 96.1 at the break) and has never pitched in the pennant stretch.
The Rangers also have Vicente Padilla, who has a decent 4.53 ERA but can he get through the rest of the season without another injury. Tommy Hunter has been a nice fill in but he has only started four games, is 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA, not enough of a sample to know what the Rangers are going to get the rest of the year. Then the combinations of Matt Harrison, Derek Holland and Dustin Nippert have done nothing to really help the winning cause in Texas.
The Rangers need to be players in the trade market for a pitcher if there are any hopes of making the playoffs for the first time in this decade.
The trade market for a pitcher is not very big with so many teams in contention, but there may be some names out there and of course the big one is Roy Halladay, and this is where the Rangers should make a play. First off , Halladay is not just a rental player as he has another year left on his contract. And the Rangers have the farm system to be able to possibly give the Blue Jays enough for the ace. The Rangers may not get the chance to get Halladay, but if they do they cannot balk at it. A few years back, Texas had a chance to get Josh Beckett from the Marlins, but did not want to give up Hank Blalock. How many would make that trade now? The Rangers are going to have to take some risk because they cannot be content to stay where they are and hope their pitching staff will magically get better down the stretch, especially through the hot and humid months of July and August.