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Blake Snell is reportedly headed to San Francisco on a two year, $62 million deal
MLB Rumors: Blake Snell and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a two year, $62 million deal with an opt out after year one, per Jon Heyman on Twitter.
Thus does the offseason saga of the two time Cy Young Award winner come to a close. Well, presumably...this is going to be subject to a physical, I imagine, and we know the Giants have missed...
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Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona
The world champion Texas Rangers welcome the ringless Seattle Mariners to Arizona for a Cactus League clash as the final week in Arizona gets underway.
RHP Adrian Sampson will take the mound this afternoon for Texas opposite RHP Tyson Miller for Seattle.
Here are the lineups:
Today's Lineups J.P. Crawford - SS Marcus Semien - 2B Josh Rojas - 3B Evan Carter - CF Cal Raleigh -...The Texas Rangers are a fun MLB team to watch. If you’re a Texas Rangers fan, you might think you know everything about the AL West team and defending World Champions but you may not be right this time around.
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The Rangers decisions in regards to their 2024 rotation have made Cody Bradford a major storyline
Cody Bradford is, from a certain point of view, already a Texas Rangers player development success story.
Bradford was drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 MLB Draft. He did get an above-slot bonus of $700,000 — the second highest of any 2019 6th rounder (behind prep catcher Ethan Hearn, who got $950,000 from the Chicago Cubs)...
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BA has their first mock draft of 2024 out
Baseball America has their first mock draft of 2024 out, and it is worth going and checking out for Texas Rangers fans.
Not, to be clear, because of the mock draft itself — we are still over four months away from the first round starting, the spring amateur season is just cranking up, and lots of stuff can change between now and then. That’s true even at the top of the draft — and...
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Jose Urquidy of the Houston Astros will be on the injured list to start the year due to a forearm strain
Houston Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy will start the season on the injured list due to a forearm strain, per Astros manager Joe Espada (via Astros beat writer Chandler Rome). Rome goes on to say that when Espada was asked about Urquidy’s UCL, “Espada said the only information he has is that it’s a forearm strain.”
Urquidy left...
With the current starting rotation, Grant Anderson, Brock Burke, Marc Church, Jonathan Hernandez, Jake Latz, Yerry Rodriguez, David Robertson, Jesus Tinoco, Jose LeClerc, and Kirby Yates will battle it for their bullpen spot.
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The latest on the World Series champion Texas Rangers
Good morning.
Evan Grant offers up a few observations from yesterday’s game for the Texas Rangers in what is now the final week in Arizona.
Kennedi Landry projects the Opening Day roster for the Rangers which could have three rookies in the lineup for the World Champs.
Grant writes that the final week in Surprise will be about tying up loose ends as the infield starts to get healthier and...
Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray, Andrew Heaney, Dane Dunning, and Cody Bradford have been named the five starting pitchers to begin the 2024 season for the World Series Champion Texas Rangers.
When asked who of the Rangers two rookie outfielders they were more excited about, the majority of fans picked Wyatt Langford
Last week, we asked in a Rangers Reacts Survey which of the two Texas Rangers rookie outfielders you were more excited about — Wyatt Langford or Evan Carter.
This is one of these votes where there’s not really a right or wrong answer — both Langford and Carter are exciting and look like they’ll be dynamic pieces of a Ranger lineup for years to come —...
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Will the Rangers have the luck of the Irish on their side?
The world champion Texas Rangers will don a green hat for St. Patrick’s Day and then they will face their eventual Opening Day opponent, the Chicago Cubs, in a Cactus League tussle this afternoon.
RHP Jose Urena will take the mound today for Texas opposite RHP Javier Assad for Chicago.
Here are the lineups:
Today's Lineups Marcus Semien - 2B Ian Happ - DH Leody Taveras - CF Seiya...Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images
Sunday morning Rangers news and links
Good morning, folks...
Cody Bradford didn’t have a great outing yesterday, but has earned a spot in the Rangers’ rotation.
Evan Grant has Three Observations from yesterday in camp.
Jeff Wilson’s Sunday Read offers up his latest roster prediction for Opening Day.
Chris Young says that the Rangers rotation is set, and he believes in this group.
Jack Leiter is still in camp, and Bruce Bochy isn’t ruling...
Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News had some positive updates from Rangers camp on Friday, reporting that manager Bruce Bochy is “more optimistic” that Corey Seager and Josh Jung will both be in the Opening Day lineup at the end of the month.
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Splitting the squad
For the first time this spring, the world champion Texas Rangers are opting to play two games with some split squad action. This probably comes at a good time with a day off on Wednesday and yesterday’s game getting rained out. Gotta get those innings in, after all.
In Surprise, LHP Cody Bradford will take the mound for Texas fresh off being named for the rotation opposite RHP Ryne Nelson for Arizona.
Here are the lineups...
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Multiple reports have indicated the Houston Astros are pursuing free agent starter Blake Snell
Rumors continue to swirl that the Houston Astros are seriously pursuing free agent starting pitcher Blake Snell. Among the smoke that is out there, Jon Heyman tweeted this morning that the Astros are “among teams very much involved” in the pursuit of Snell. And Ken Rosenthal has a piece with Chandler Rome that talks about the Astros “are...
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News and updates for the world champion Texas Rangers.
Good morning, LSB.
The Rangers’ spring game vs. the Rockies yesterday fell victim to the rare Arizona rainout.
Evan Grant spent the impromptu off day writing about Max Scherzer’s balance between allowing proper recovery time post-surgery and being a psycho hellbent on returning as quickly as his body with allow him.
Kennedi Landry writes about Scherzer as well and the long offseason recovery...
The 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers (I’m never going to get tired of saying that!) had some excellent injury updates this week coming out of Surprise, Arizona!
Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said Friday that he’s more optimistic that Corey Seager will be ready for Opening Day, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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*technically Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale, Arizona
The champion Texas Rangers are sending a squad over to Scottsdale, AZ* to take on the Colorado Rockies in a Cactus League matchup today.
RHP Chasen Shreve will take the mound today in a bullpen game for Texas opposite RHP Ryan Feltner for Colorado.
Here are the lineups:
Today's Lineups Josh Smith - SS Charlie Blackmon - DH Jared Walsh - DH Kris Bryant -...The Tampa Bay Rays will take a low-risk attempt and bring back right-hander Jake Odorizzi, signing the 11-year veteran to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Friday.