​Jacob deGrom told reporters Monday, ahead of the trade deadline, that he wanted to stay with the Texas Rangers because he believes they can make the playoffs this season (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images).The narrative on social media surrounding the Texas Rangers never matched what happened at the trade deadline. They made only one minor deal, trusting that the team can surge as is.ARLINGTON — A good rule of thumb for life in general is not to believe everything cranked out on social media. That is especially so in the final two days before the annual MLB trade deadline and as things pertained this year to the Texas Rangers.The deadline passed at 5 p.m. Monday with the Rangers staying largely dormant. Beginning on Sunday morning and continuing into Monday morning, though, the buzz was that the Rangers were going to be deadline sellers because of what happened over the weekend in Houston.The sale was on, one national expert said. Another said the Rangers were open to moving all players on the team. It all turned out to be an echo chamber of bad information.The only move the Rangers made Monday was an afternoon trade of infielder Josh Smith and minor-league pitcher Josh Stephan to the Blue Jays for left-hander Adam Macko. The lack of moves wasn’t for a lack of effort, dreary-eyed club officials said.In the end, the front office collectively agreed that the moves they could have made were better left unmade. That includes, presumably, any deals that were snuffed out under the weight of Jacob deGrom’s full no-trade protection.The best thing that can happen for the Rangers is for their ailing players to return from the injured list and for their slumping players to get right.“Now, it’s time to go get it done, and that’s what I’m excited about,” president of baseball operations Chris Young said. “I believe in this team. I believe that the additions that we should have coming off the IL here are as good as any trades that we could have made. Three days ago, four days ago, we were a first-place club. We’re not today. A lot changes in a week. We’re a good week away from being back in first place.”He’s not wrong. If all of the ifs come together, the Rangers can still win the American League West. They are joined in their thinking by deGrom, who said that he exercised his no-trade clause because he believes the team as is can win in the fourth year of his five-year, $185 million contract.Neither he nor Young said when deGrom told them he wanted to stay, either before the trading period started or after the Rangers got down the road with another team, rumored to be the Braves, and presented it to him.Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. He’s here and ready to win ballgames.“The last road trip didn’t go well, but I believe in this group and I believe we can win,” deGrom said. “So, I signed here to help this team win a World Series. In ’23, the team was able to do that, and I want to be a part of that in the future.”The Rangers’