Rangers Strike First In Lone Star Series, 7-5 Over Astros
A rested Ian Desmond had his first two-hit game with the Rangers, while Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland homered in a 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros
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A rested Ian Desmond had his first two-hit game with the Rangers, while Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland homered in a 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros
Read Brian T. Smith's Houston Chronicle column Tuesday with a great deal of interest as it dominated my Twitter timeline and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
We are two weeks into the 2016 Major League Baseball season, and already there are veteran positions players struggling to hit their weight. There also are experienced pitchers that can't find the strike zone at all. What do you do with these guys on your fantasy roster? It depends on the player and the situation, but in most leagues, there are always better alternatives on the waiver wire. The tough part is to decide if the short-term move will be better than long-term patience.
It looks as if Adrian Beltre might be able to finish his career with the Texas Rangers. The Rangers announced a two-year contract with the All-Star third baseman on Friday night that runs through the 2018 season.
In the 4th inning of the Rangers Thursday night game vs Baltimore, O's pitcher Chris Tillman missed the plate so badly on a 2-1 pitch to Adrian Beltre (by about 10 feet) that the Rangers slugger couldn't stop laughing
Rougned Odor had a tiebreaking two-run double as part of a Texas rally that preserved a career-best nine-game winning streak for ace Cole Hamels.
Even after another tough loss, Texas manager Jeff Banister was pleased as his team headed home following a winning road trip.
The Rangers called up left-handed reliever Alex Claudio from Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday. Claudio struck out two and walked one in two scoreless innings in his only game this season with Round Rock.
Major League Baseball teams will wear specially designed jerseys for Mother's Day and Father's Day this season.
Lewis allowed one run on four hits over six innings against Seattle's struggling offense and Nicholas had two hits and threw out a runner at second in his major league debut to lead the Rangers to a 7-3 victory over the Mariners
The Red Sox asked their fans to imagine a world without David Ortiz, then spent the rest of a pregame ceremony reminding the city what he has meant to the franchise. Ortiz received a standing ovation when he was introduced.
First, it was the Arizona Diamondbacks losing outfielder A.J. Pollock before the season even began, and now it's the Chicago Cubs losing catcher/outfielder Kyle Schwarber in the first week. The San Diego Padres also may have lost starting pitcher Tyson Ross for awhile. What do you do if these guys are on your roster?
20-year-old Nomar Mazara homered and got two singles off Weaver, but the Rangers lost to Los Angeles 3-1 to settle for a split in the four-game series.
The Texas Rangers have placed right fielder Shin-Soo Choo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf muscle and catcher Robinson Chirinos on the 60-day DL because of a broken right forearm.
Sam Dyson gave up a walk and a single with one out in the ninth inning, and watched bullpen mate Shawn Tolleson give up a single to Albert Pujols, sending the Rangers to a 4-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday night.
It's that time again. Three games into a 162-game regular season and I've got enough swirling thoughts that 140 just isn't enough.
At 105 years old, Elizabeth Sullivan had no problem throwing out the first pitch at Wednesday afternoon's Texas Rangers game at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
Banister got into it with Servais while Seattle was pulling away in a 10-2 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night, the first for the Mariners under their rookie manager.
Cole Hamels gave up a pair of solo home runs early but the offense rallied.
Another year of baseball is upon us and with it comes another chance to make some bold predictions for the upcoming year.
The drafts are all done, and the first pitch of the 2016 MLB season has been thrown. It's time to re-assess your roster now that spring exhibition games are over—and the real contests have begun. Unless you had a perfect draft (and really, does that ever happen?), the waiver wire has a lot to offer you ... even in Week 1 of the season.
On Sunday, the Texas Rangers made the final roster moves to get down to the opening day limit of 25 players.
Baseball's average salary rose 4.4 percent to $4.38 million on opening day, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Dodgers topped spending for the third straight season.
Seattle's Scott Servais will soon be where Jeff Banister was with Texas a year ago -- making his debut as a big league manager and hoping to lift a team with questions back into contention.
It's an even year, which we all know favors the Giants, but the Dodgers won't give up the NL West that easily.
