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ARLINGTON — The Rangers have settled all their arbitration cases after reaching an agreement with outfielder Marlon Byrd on Friday. Byrd agreed to a base salary of $3.06 million. He was asking for $3.6 million in arbitration and the Rangers were offering $2.7 million. Byrd, who made $1.8 million in 2008, is eligible for free [...]

ARLINGTON — The loss of setup reliever Joaquin Benoit means two things for the Rangers in their quest to fix a bullpen that had a 5.15 ERA in 2008, the highest in the Major Leagues. They either have to increase their tepid efforts to get involved in the free-agent market or they need at least [...]

ARLINGTON — The Rangers, still over two weeks away from Spring Training, have suffered another major setback in their pitching staff. Right-hander Joaquin Benoit underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder and could be lost for the season. The procedure was done in Cincinnati by Timothy Kremchek, the [...]

ARLINGTON — Rangers president Nolan Ryan is now the head of an organization, but there were times when he was a free agent looking for a job. The Hall of Fame pitcher has turned his energies toward the management side of the game in recent years, and so it has been with keen interest he [...]

Rangers president Nolan Ryan is among a contingent of club officials who will be visiting the Dominican Republic this week. Rangers officials, led by general manager Jon Daniels, make an annual visit to the Dominican to visit the club's academy in San Pedro de Marcoris. But this will be Ryan's first visit to the three-year-old [...]

ARLINGTON — The Yankees were believed to be one of the Rangers' potential competitors in the pursuit of free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets. But they seemed to drop out of the picture on Monday when they re-signed pitcher Andy Pettitte to fill the last spot in their rotation. The Rangers view that as a good sign [...]

ARLINGTON — The Rangers are close to signing Marlon Byrd to a one-year contract that would avoid an arbitration hearing. Byrd is the last unsigned Ranger who filed for arbitration. He is asking for $3.6 million, and the Rangers are offering $2.7 million. The outfielder, who is represented by Sam Levinson, made $1.8 million in [...]

ARLINGTON — The Rangers have a new ballpark going up in Arlington. This one will be a Little League park about 10 minutes east of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and will be courtesy of pitcher Kevin Millwood and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation. Millwood and the foundation announced on Monday afternoon that a joint donation [...]

ARLINGTON — The Rangers and free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets look like a perfect match. Texas needs pitching and Sheets needs a place to pitch. A marriage may seem inevitable, but the process is moving slowly and a resolution is not likely to come about anytime soon. The Rangers remain deeply concerned about the medical reports. [...]

ARLINGTON — They gave Michael Young a standing ovation when he received the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award on Friday night at the Sluggers of the West Banquet in Dallas. Vernon Wells, Young's longtime friend from their Blue Jays days, presented the award. Certain members of the audience also applauded during Wells' introductory [...]