Archive for Texas Rangers
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Jurickson Profar: Will Hot Prospect Find Role with Rangers This Season?
Jurickson Profar is already making life pleasantly challenging for Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers. This highly-touted, 19-year-old shortstop prospect from Curacao has rudely offended Double-A Texas League pitching so far this season. A sweet-swinging switch hitter with surprising power, Profar is ...
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Elvis Andrus Quietly Having Breakout Season in Shadow of Josh Hamilton
With all the media attention placed on outfielder Josh Hamilton, it is easy for the press to forget about other players on the Texas Rangers who are quietly having big years. Of course, one cannot blame the media, for Hamilton is putting up statistically mind-boggling numbers. In 33 games, Hamilton ...
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Josh Hamilton Can Join Slugger Frank Howard in MLB Record Books Today
With a home run Sunday versus the Los Angeles Angels, Josh Hamilton will tie Washington Senators slugger Frank Howard for the most home runs in a calendar week with 10.Hamilton currently has nine home runs in a six-day span. That total is only five days if baseball’s record-keepers toss the ra...
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Yu Darvish Proves to Be a Worthy Replacement for C.J. Wilson, Rangers
There are times when a private jet and a golden ticket to any sporting event in the nation would come in handy. Tonight's Rangers vs. Angels tilt is definitely one of those instances. In one of the more serendipitous matchups in recent memory, Yu Darvish will take the mound against C.J. Wilson.Who k...
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Texas Rangers: When Will Josh Hamilton Hit His Next Home Run?
Josh Hamilton, last night, became the 16th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game. But in our “what have you done for me lately” world, the question we need to ask is: When will Hamilton hit his next home run? Of the 15 previous players to hit four home runs in a game, onl...
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Texas Rangers: The Burgeoning Dynasty in the AL West
Entering the season, most commentators were preemptively declaring 2012 to be the year of the Angels. The singing of Albert Pujols from free agency—to say nothing of the acquisition of former Rangers ace C.J. Wilson —was to signal a death knell of the nascent emergence of the Texas Range...
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Texas Rangers vs. Cleveland Indians Preview and Betting Odds
The Texas Rangers (17-8) and Cleveland Indians (13-10) will open up a three-game American League series on Friday night at Progressive Field, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 ET.Las Vegas oddsmakers have established the Rangers as -145 road favorites, while the total has fallen by a half run ...
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Texas Rangers 2012: Why Locking Up Elvis Andrus Should Be the Top Priority
Ever since the end of last season, one question has been on the minds of Texas Rangers fans everywhere. When will Texas re-sign Josh Hamilton? But that may not be the right question to ask. Instead, everyone should be asking when the Rangers will get around to a long-term extension for Elvis Andrus....
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Why Texas Rangers’ Success Is Not Sustainable
The Texas Rangers are off to a blistering hot start. They finished off the month of April with a win against the Toronto Blue Jays, improving their record to 17-6, 6.5 games ahead of Seattle and Oakland in the AL West. Mind-boggling statistics like a plus-56 run differential and Josh Hamilton's...
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Texas Rangers: Julio Borbon and Others Who Could Be Traded Come July
The Texas Rangers are 16-5, have baseball's hottest team and are determined to put the demons of their two World Series losses in consecutive seasons behind them this year.While it might be a bit premature to talk about mixing up the current roster so soon, there are several candidates who could be ...
