Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson appeared on KESN-FM 103.3′s Ben and Skin Show on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a number of Rangers-related topics.
Toward the end of the interview, Wilson — who has remained mum on the subject all season long — finally discussed his pending free agency.
When asked if he thought Monday night’s Game 5 could be his last start as a Ranger, Wilson had the following to say:
“I don’t think about that kind of stuff during the game. The only thing I thought when I left the game was ‘This really sucks, it’s 2-1 and I’m coming out of the game and there’s no chance I have to get a win and that really bums me out.’ That was the only thing I could think of in regards to the non pitching angle of the game. Other than that, [a reporter] asked me after the game if it was the last game I pitched in my uniform and I said I already talked about it in the press conference and I’m not answering that question.
“The bottom line is there’s no negotiating during the season. … Whether [Jon Daniels] has been talking to my agent or not — I don’t even know. My agent won’t talk to me about it and [Daniels] won’t talk to me about. I’ve had a lot of members of the organization come up to me and say ‘Hey, we really want you here. We really like you.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, you need to tell Nolan that, you don’t need to tell me that, because I like it here — that’s not the problem.’ I’ve been playing here for 11 years now, so it’s the same thing, it’s like family for me.
“At some point you need to be made to feel special. If you have a girlfriend or a wife or whatever — maybe both, some people like to party — if you don’t make them feel special, eventually they feel neglected and they feel left out. Texas is going to have their chance to do that after the World Series is over and we’ll go from there. They have first crack because they own my rights. That’s the way it’s always been. We’ve given them a couple opportunities and said this is sort of what we had in mind and they weren’t there yet. So hopefully they get there and everything’s find and it works out, because it’s a great group of guys to play with. Baseball is baseball anywhere, but when you show up to work and you really like the people that you’re with, then it makes it a lot more enjoyable and to be a part of a good team like this is really fun.”