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Point-Spreads.com  - Kevin Millwood, Rangers, gave up one run and six hits in a complete-game, 9-1 win over the punchless Tigers. Given a final chance to extend his hitting ... Today in Major League Baseball Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 33 news articles

 PA - TEXAS RANGERS -- Activated RHP Kevin Millwood from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Luis Mendoza to Oklahoma (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES -- Placed LHP Tom Glavine on ...

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By Joey Matschulat If there’s one thing we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers over the years, it’s that pitching staff projections are ultimately futile; case in point, just six of the 12 pitchers I projected for the Rangers’ pitching staff this spring still reside on the active roster as of the morning of J...

By Joey Matschulat Join me, if you will, for an annotated review of Wednesday evening’s incomprehensible rubber match between the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field: 1:08 p.m. - Shortstop Michael Young lofts a 3-2 fastball from rookie left-hander Clayton Richard into the warm, sunny a...

By Joey Matschulat That exact same principle applies to baseball writers, particularly the true die-hards who do it for little more than the love of the game - and, of course, their beloved team. But first thing’s first: who is the Rangers’ first-half Most Valuable Player?

By Joey Matschulat If Hurley is able to hang around the big leagues even half as long as the two who have preceded him in that peculiar pitching chain, it will have been an unmitigated success in player development for the Texas Rangers. As far as the here and now is concerned? I’d be happy just to see Hurley pick u...

By Tim Dierkes Thomas Diamond, Texas Rangers – Once part of the vaunted DVD trio of pitching prospects (joining Edinson Volquez and John Danks), he is now the only one left pitching for the Rangers organization. He’s also the only one not pitching in ...

By Joey Matschulat Said Smoak of the Jones and Teixeira comparisons: “To even be mentioned in the same sentence with guys like Chipper and Mark Teixeira is overwhelming. I’ve always looked up to Chipper and, more recently, to Mark Teixeira. A lot of people say I act like Chipper, that I swing like him, that I eve...

By Adam J. Morris But on the other hand...the Rangers just played .500 ball on their longest road trip of the season, against a middling team playing middling ball, a good team playing middling ball, and a good team that currently has the best record in the A.L.  For a team that is in rebuilding mode and isn't suppos...

tags: Sports, Baseball, Bud Black, Detroit Tigers, Jim Leyland, John Gibbons, John McLaren, MLB, New York Mets, Ron Washington, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Willie Randolph We’re over a month into the season and I figured what better time than...

The failure dynasties  - The Texas Rangers have just one winning season in the past eight years, finishing last in the AL West five times in that stretch. The Rangers can't blame a ... Major League Baseball today Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles

By Joey Matschulat But if what team owner Tom Hicks witnessed on Saturday evening - a rousing chorus of boos from a disheartened Rangers Ballpark in Arlington crowd of 33,053 during the club’s eighth-inning meltdown, which ultimately prompted Hicks’s disgusted departure from the owner’s box - continue...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Knock on Texas Rangers could be the hitting Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Ryan not thrown by opener …] With those words from Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley began a flood of emotions … out of both dugouts at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

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By Joey Matschulat And finally, there may be a long-awaited breakthrough in the Rangers’ wearisome search for their next club president. According to Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning News, 2003 Rangers Hall of Fame inductee and all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan has expressed some degree of interes...

By Joey Matschulat For one day at least, there will be little talk of Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee here at Baseball Time in Arlington. Considering that the Rangers have been on a perpetual search for pitching, however, shouldn’t it tell us something that they were willing to part with Volquez?

By Joey Matschulat How about this: The Rangers trade Hank Blalock for the Dodgers’ Andy LaRoche and Clayton Kershaw? Sounds good to me. – Sarah C., Fort Worth …] …] The Rangers announcing the long-awaited addition of Kazuo Fukumori to the 40-man roster would be a nice step in the right direction.

By Joey Matschulat Such is the nature of baseball’s damaged goods market. Mike Hindman of “Rangers Farm Report” has named the left-handed duo of Kasey Kiker and Neil Ramirez as the 5th and 6th best pitching prospects in the Rangers’ organization, respectively.

By Joey Matschulat As it so happens, outfielder Josh Hamilton may not be the only member of the 2007 Cincinnati Reds to be joining the 2008 Texas Rangers. …] …] Rangers Question Please! TEXAS: A couple of Rangers questions, What is your take on the Hamilton/Volquez trade and what is your take on the state of the...

By Pizza Cutter Perhaps the Rangers should follow the lead of the Angels.  They should become the Arlington Rangers.  Then the Dallas Rangers.  Then the Dallas Rangers of Arlington.  Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it.  As the thirty part series of team reviews (in reverse alphabetical order!) continues, le...

By Dubi Only two teams have given up fewer goals per game this season than the New York Rangers, and those teams are a combined 13-1-1. Only one team has taken more shots on goal per game than the Rangers, and that team is 8-1-0. Only two teams have a larger positive differential in shots for vs. shots aga...

By Adam J. Morris Jarrod Saltalamacchia might be an above-average catcher, if he gets his bat going.  Michael Young might be an above-average shortstop, if he hits more like he did in 2005 and 2006 and less like he did in 2007.  Hank Blalock could be an above-average third baseman, if his offensive improveme...

By Dubi Then there is the lawsuit against the NHL over control of the Rangers' web site. As further details emerge, the AP reports that the NHL forced the Rangers to stop "making Rangers-branded merchandise available through the Rangers web site and making Rangers games available to subscriber...

By Adam J. Morris There's been a lot of squawking from some Rangers fans that the Atlanta offer isn't good enough, that Jarrod Saltalamacchia isn't all that and that the Rangers need something better than him as the headliner of a package. As a point of comparison, when Mark Teixeira was 22 (the same age Salt...

Sosa fifth player in 600-homer club Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Sosa, playing for the Texas Rangers following a year out of baseball, hit a 1-2 pitch into the Rangers' bullpen in right-center for a solo homer. ...

By Joey Matschulat Yankees 10, Rangers 1 This team sucks. Wednesday, May 2nd Game Preview New York Yankees (10-14) at Texas Rangers (10-16) Andy Pettitte (1-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. Robinson Tejeda (3-1, 3.82 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSNSW | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM

 IN - Sammy Sosa's comeback took another step forward Thursday when he was told he would be added to the Texas Rangers' 40-man roster. The 38-year-old slugger, ... MLB Wire Notes | Sosa makes Texas roster Seattle Times MLB notes: Rose: Reinstate me for baseball fans Los Angeles Daily News

By Joey Matschulat I’m Joey Matschulat, and I’ll be joining John Vittas in providing Rangers coverage for the Most Valuable Network. I’m quite excited to have this opportunity to write about the Texas Rangers, a team that I’ve developed an incredible passion for. My first baseball experience was in 1996, as...

 PA - TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Sammy Sosa on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with LHP David Wells on a one-year contract. ...