Brandon McCarthy is starting to look like the talented pitcher the Texas Rangers acquired from the Chicago White Sox after the 2006 season. McCarthy who pitched a shutout in his last start in Houston held the Oakland A’s to one run over six innings for his fifth win of the season on Saturday night.
The lone [...]

After limiting the Seattle Mariners to two runs, Matt Harrison picked up his second straight complete game victory last night.
Last week he shut out the White Sox and against Seattle he allowed just five hits, walked none and struck out seven. The Rangers were trailing 2-0 until Hank Blalock and Chris Davis both homered to [...]

At the start of yesterday right hander Darren O’Day likely had no clue what was in store for him. While sitting at home in Florida he got a call from his agent saying that the Rule 5 pick who was recently waived by the New York Mets had been claimed by Texas.
O’Day pitched three innings [...]

It’s been two starts into the season and Kris Benson is already feeling the pains of pitching in the big leagues. Benson who made the Texas Rangers as a non roster invitee this spring is 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA in two starts totaling 11 innings this season.
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Benson’s [...]

The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles did what they do best last night: hit. The Rangers ended up winning big 16-9 despite the early struggles of starting pitcher Kris Benson.
Benson who was making just his second start since the end of 2006 was pitching against his old club and found himself in hot water early, [...]

Few teams in the league will have so much riding on the first game of the season as do the Texas Rangers. The Rangers finished last season 79-83, 21 games behind the division winning Los Angeles Angels.
The Rangers talked a big game about improving their league worst pitching but in the end still start the [...]

Congrats you just made the Texas Rangers as a non roster invitee. Actually considering the amount of players making the Rangers as a non roster invitee you have to wonder how the guys who didn’t make the team feel.
Three years ago the guys the Rangers invited to camp were a list of sluggers, some All-Stars, [...]

With Eddie Guardado, Derrick Turnbow, Kris Benson, Jason Jennings, Omar Vizquel, Elvis Andrus and Andruw Jones all invited as non roster invitees. Throw in Casey Daigle, Elizardo Ramirez and Doug Mathis and we could all just sing camp fire songs and have a nice sleep over.
Any of the above mentioned guys would have been a [...]

Files this under: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
Kris Benson hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2006. Now comes word that the former first round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates who signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers  is going to have to push back the start of his 2009.
Lower back [...]

Days after announcing that the team had to back out of a contract with Ben Sheets after it was revealed that the right hander needed surgery the Texas Rangers have resigned Jason Jennings.
Jennings made six starts for the Rangers going 0-5 with a 8.56 ERA before undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon.
It [...]

Last year while in Illinois I thumbed though the sports page finding a article about a local High School graduate and former pitcher at the University of Illinois.
Ok now that didn’t mean that much to me but the fact that he was drafted by the Texas Rangers did. After all living in Texas at the [...]

The Texas Rangers are nearing an agreement with Eddie Guardado. Guardado spent most of last season with the team before being traded to Minnesota for Mark Hamburger.
Guardado was 3-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 55 games for the Rangers prior to the trade. Upon moving to Minnesota he was 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA in  [...]

One would have to wonder why. Omar Vizquel used to be a fine hitter but over the last two seasons has shown rapid decline.
Vizquel finished 2006 with a .295/.361/.389 line which actually ranked a bit better then his career numbers but it’s been a downhill ride since then.
In 2007 Vizquel hit just .246, last season [...]

Michael Young has decided he will move to third base for the upcoming season. Young said he wanted to put the situation behind him. The Rangers were unable to find any interested parties in taking on his contract for the upcoming seasons.
This clears the way for the Rangers to suck at both short and third [...]

The Texas Rangers and pitcher Brandon McCarthy, 25,  have come to terms on a contract for 2009. McCarthy who was eligible for arbitration for the first time has pitched just 123 2/3 innings for the Rangers in the last two seasons. He made just five starts last season.
McCarthy was picked up by the Rangers from [...]