Texas Rangers

By Jeff Kallman EDDIE, ARE YOU READY?—Eddie Guardado is a closer again. The Texas Rangers handed the job to the veteran after he spent the season to date as their most consistent setup man, now that C.J. Wilson’s hit the disabled list and a date for an MRI. Guardado hasn’t been a full-time closer since 2005, wit...

By Jeff Kallman It may turn out that Milton Bradley—sometimes a trade speculation target, in hand with his Texas Rangers being a speculation target for shenking 2008 in favour of 2009 and beyond—may not be going anywhere just yet, if at all. And the switch-hitter just might have a Hall of Fame express to th...

By Jeff Kallman The Brewers have been trying to shore up their closing assignment since losing Francisco Cordero to the Cincinnati Reds this offseason. Their other closing options might have been David Riske (twenty saves lifetime, no higher than eight in a season), whom they signed for three years; or...