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By rss@youtube.com (stsports) Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy pitching in a B game in spring... Author: stsports Keywords: Brandon McCarthy Texas Rangers Added: March 6, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (TheDailyCompulsion) David Ortiz launches a 2 run home run off of Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy in the 5th inning on September 7th 2008 in Arlington. The Red Sox went on to win 7 to 2. Author: TheDailyCompulsion Keywords: David Ortiz Big Papi Boston Red Sox Homerun Brandon McCarthy Texas Rangers

By Adam J. Morris 6 months ago: Texas Rangers' Brandon McCarthy, right, gets a hug from manager Ron Washington, left, after pitching a complete game shutout against the Houston Astros, Sunday, May 24, 2009, in Houston. McCarthy threw 121 pitches to lead the Rangers to a 5-0 win over the Astros. (AP Photo/Da...

By Adam J. Morris Also from Grant earlier this week is an item I'd missed on his blog, discussing the possibility of trying to trade for Edwin Jackson from the Detroit Tigers.  Grant suggests offering Chris Davis, Kasey Kiker, Brandon McCarthy and a fourth minor leaguer, or Justin Smoak, Kasey Kiker, and B...

By Adam J. Morris Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers' pitching depth puts them in a position to possibly move a pitcher or two for help elsewhere.  Wilson suggests that Brandon McCarthy could have the most trade value, among the Rangers' back-end guys, although I have a hard time seeing him fetching all th...

By Brett Perryman about 1 month ago: Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington, right, pats starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy on the back after taking him out as catcher Taylor Teagarden, left, watches in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 27, 20...

Dallas Morning News Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers acquired pitcher Jason Grilli from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for cash considerations and placed pitcher Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday in a staff shakeup. ... Dallas Morning News

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By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Rangers Awards: Cy Young: Kevin Millwood, TEX (2-2, 2.13 ERA, 22 K): Kevin is 4th in the league in ERA, and 1st on the Rangers starting pitching rotation, so he is the obvious choice here. Runner-up: Brandon McCarthy, TEX (2-0, 5.32 ERA, 15 K)

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Projected Opening Day Pitching Roster: Starter #1: Kevin Millwood Starter #2: Vicente Padilla Starter #3: Matt Harrison Starter #4: Scott Feldman Starter #5: Brandon McCarthy Long Reliever: Dustin Nippert Middle Reliever: CJ Wilson Set-up Man: Eddie Guardado

Do you think K.C. would be blown away by Ian Kinsler, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Brandon McCarthy (or maybe Eric Hurley) and one of our Minor League pitchers (not Derek Holland, Neftali Feliz, Michael Main or Blake Beavan) for Zack Greinke? – Wes W., Waxahachie, Texas

By Administrator On offense, David Ortiz and Jason Bay paced the twelve-hit attack with two hits apiece, including a home run. Big Papi’s home run, a two-run laser off Rangers starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy in the top of the fifth inning, was his first dinger in twenty games… Bay’s solo shot accounted fo...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) After his first-inning implosion, Garland managed to contain the Rangers' powerful offense to only a single additional run, that of Chris Davis' fourth inning solo blast. The Angels meanwhile pecked away at Brandon McCarthy, who was making only his second start of the year for Texas aft...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Fresh start for Texas Rangers’ Blalock in 7-5 loss Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Session with Nolan Ryan a huge boost for Rangers’ Brandon McCarthy Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Murphy making strides toward return

By Joey Matschulat For all the Major League disappointment the Texas Rangers have rained down upon us over the last two weeks with this simply disastrous 2-11 collapse in the standings, there is one particularly intriguing development on the horizon that should provide a much-needed jolt of August excit...

By Joey Matschulat Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, circa Wednesday night: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jason: Assemble the ‘09 pitching staff using only pieces that are currently with the organization. 1. Kevin Millwood 2. Vicente Padilla 3. Brandon McCarthy 4. Scott Feldman 5. Eric Hurley

By Joey Matschulat The importance of that depth now looks to become magnified twofold through the first couple weeks of the 2008 season, as Daniels also noted on Sunday morning that right-hander Brandon McCarthy will likely be out anywhere from four to six weeks.

By Joey Matschulat Right-handers Kevin Millwood (hamstring), Brandon McCarthy (elbow) and Joaquin Benoit (weak arm) all retook the mound on Friday as part of their efforts to recover from a seemingly non-serious, but nagging nonetheless, set of injuries.

By Joey Matschulat And what of the starting rotation? Let’s just say that if the quintet of Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, Jason Jennings, Brandon McCarthy and Kason Gabbard doesn’t manage to significantly outperform their respective projections, the Rangers will be lucky to win 70 games next year. Gr...

By Joey Matschulat ● According to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, Jennings is currently slated to slide into the #3 slot of the Rangers’ tentative Opening Day starting rotation, behind Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla but ahead of Brandon McCarthy and Kason Gabbard. Sammy Sosa: Part Deux anybody?

By Adam J. Morris The rotation is hard to say...Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, Edinson Volquez, and Brandon McCarthy all have the ability to be above average major league starters, but I'd be hard-pressed to say that any of them is much better than a 50/50 bet to be an above-average starting pitcher next ye...