The Texas Rangers, based in Arlington, Texas, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League West Division. The Rangers were founded as the Washington Senators in 1961.
The American League West’s present meets perhaps the AL East’s future when Texas pulls into Baltimore for Friday night’s opener of a weekend series. This is a high-profile early-April meeting between the 6-0 Rangers and the 5-1 Orioles, still riding the magic carpet unrolled last August by Buck Showalter — the Texas manager who preceded [...]
Matt LaPorta hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth that put the Indians ahead for good and Shin-Soo Choo padded a 12-6 win over the Rangers with a bases-clearing triple in the seventh on Friday at Goodyear Ballpark. The victory gave the Indians a split of their Friday split-squad doubleheader after an [...]
Ian Kinsler’s leadoff single in the first gave him a seven-game hitting streak and sparked a five-run rally that carried the Rangers to a 9-2 victory over the Athletics at Surprise Stadium on Wednesday. The Rangers’ first-inning outburst came off of Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden. The left-hander lasted just 2 2/3 innings, throwing 58 pitches, [...]
Eric Hurley is actually scheduled to pitch for the Rangers on Thursday. His name is on the list of pitchers for their split-squad scrimmage against the Indians and Cubs. “Can you believe that?” Hurley joked Wednesday morning. Derek Holland saw his name on the list for Thursday and announced: “Tomorrow is the big day.” The [...]
The Rangers, concerned about having enough pitchers, have invited Yhency Brazoban to Major League camp. Brazoban signed a Minor League contract with the Rangers on Dec. 16 and has been working out at their complex in the Dominican Republic. “We talked to him this offseason and encouraged him to come to the complex in the [...]
Closer Neftali Feliz will be the biggest story on the Rangers’ pitching staff when their pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training on Wednesday in Surprise, Ariz. If not for infielder Michael Young, Feliz would be the biggest story overall. He may end up still being that as the Rangers contemplate the idea of moving [...]
The outside temperature is 24 degrees at 6 p.m. on a Thursday evening in the parking lot of Academy Sports and Outdoors. There is a new threat of snow in the air, but the temperature represents a veritable heat wave compared to the single digit lows that have gripped North Texas since an ice-and-sleet storm [...]
Jon Daniels was with his family in Israel, trying to finish a deal with Jim Thome before Thome decided to return to his comfort level in Minnesota. Later, Daniels was in the Dominican Republic on Rangers business when he traded with Toronto for Mike Napoli. “Welcome to the 21st century,” said Daniels. “It brings new [...]
Call it the autograph every Rangers fan had to have. As Josh Hamilton walked into a rock star’s welcome at Rangers Fan Fest on Sunday at about 4:20 p.m. CT — fashionably 20 minutes late — fans lined up across from each other for a couple of hundred feet to get a glimpse of the [...]
The Rangers annual Hispanic Caravan began Wednesday with the first of nine stops over two days. Outfielder Nelson Cruz and reliever Neftali Feliz were to be among the players participating in the various stops. On Wednesday, Minor League catcher Junior Felix and outfielder Engel Beltre and broadcaster Eleno Ornelas will visit Trimble Tech High School [...]