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It was an active offseason that witnessed the trade of a Cy Young Award winner, several large, multiteam trades and an inflated free-agent market. So to evaluate and rank the offseason of all 30 teams, I took into account the following factors: &...

Blog | February 12, 2013

We now move into the regular season and go through the first two months as part of our 2012 Texas Rangers timeline: April 6: The Rangers win their fourth-straight Opening Day game. Michael Young's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth broke a 2-2 ...

Chicago Cubs outfielder Brett Jackson singled twice and scored a run in his big league debut Sunday. Jackson, called up from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day, was hitting .256 with a ton of strikeouts but also 15 home runs and 27 stolen bases. He sho...

Blog | August 06, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Sunday, including Brett Jackson's debut with the Chicago Cubs.

Blog | Conversation | August 06, 2012

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers host the Detroit Tigers in a three-game series beginning Monday. The Rangers defeated the Tigers three out of four games in April. The two clubs haven't faced each other in Texas since last year's American League...

On Sunday, MLB finished up the interleague portion of the schedule for 2012, and it was the end of interleague play as we know it. In 2013, the Houston Astros will move to the American League, which will give each league 15 teams and also give us int...

Blog | June 25, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Yu Darvish showed improved command in his last start, something the Texas Rangers hope he can carry over to Wednesday when he faces the San Diego Padres. Darvish tied a season low with two walks in his eight innings against the Housto...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- There is no doubt the Texas Rangers' offense has been struggling lately. So when teams want to help them out, they will certainly take it. For the second straight night, errors led to game-changing innings as the Rangers clinch...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- For the second night in a row, the Texas Rangers offense used a one-inning explosion to defeat the Houston Astros 8-3 on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 48,288, the third largest of the season. Some quick thoughts: What...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers scuttling offense found its stride in the fifth inning, scoring five runs en route to a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Things got going when Ian Kinsler reached first on an error with one out...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers used a five-run fifth inning and a good performance by Yu Darvish to seal a win over the Houston Astros, 6-2, on Friday. Some quick thoughts: What it means: Texas takes the first game of this three-game series...

ARLINGTON, Texas-- The Texas Rangers continue their six-game homestand with their final series of the year against the rival Houston Astros. The first game of this three-game series, which will decide the winner of the Silver Boot trophy, features RH...

Finally facing adversity, it's time for the Rangers to show what they're made of.

Following a day off, the Texas Rangers begin a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. LHP Derek Holland will face RHP Brandon Morrow. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM and TXA-21. Here's a closer...

SEATTLE -- It seems just about every Rangers player with a bat in his hands has been in a funk lately, and the only reasonable explanation in the clubhouse is ... well, to paraphrase the manager, that's the way baseball goes. "We haven't been the ...

The Rangers begin a three-game series at Seattle, the first opponent they'll see a second time in 2012. The Rangers visit the Mariners after taking two of three games from the Houston Astros. Darvish gets another shot: Yu Darvish meets the Mariner...