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ESPN.com's Buster Olney shared a quick nugget the other day in his daily blog, noting that the Rangers were doing "some early reconnaissance on how they could put together some kind of a deal" for Giancarlo Stanton. This shouldn't come as a shock. Th...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney ranked the top-10 infields in baseball and he puts the Texas Rangers at No. 1. Here's part of what he wrote: The left side of the Texas infield is dynamic defensively, with MVP candidate Adrian Beltre at third and the improve...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney lists his top MLB 2013 storylines. Some feature the Texas Rangers. Here's a brief look at one of those (you'll have to read the rest here if you're an insider). 3. The wild, wild AL West The Angels ripped Josh Hamilton a...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney runs down his list of candidates for Jason Kubel, the most likely outfielder (he's more like a DH) to get dealt by the Diamondbacks now that they have a surplus. Here's part of what Olney writes about the Rangers' fit (he rank...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney talks about some of the roadblocks to potential deals in a recent blog (insider). One of those: Teams are reluctant to trade their top prospects. Part of what he wrote: 2. The Prospect Love Twenty years ago, most teams proba...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney looked at four of the biggest surprises in terms of qualifying offers. He lists Mike Napoli as one that was a surprise to some rival executives that he wasn't offered a one-year, $13.3 million deal. Here's part of what Olney w...

Just because the Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big market team doesn't mean they couldn't be in the hunt for free agent Josh Hamilton. He could help that team and Johnny Narron is there, which is a big plus in the Brewers' favor. ESPN.com's Buster Olney...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- ESPN.com's Buster Olney went through each team currently in playoff position and listed the "most important player" for those teams. It's not surprising that he came up with Yu Darvish for the Rangers. I agree. If Darvish pitch...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney takes a look at the market for Josh Hamilton in his insider column. Here's part of what he says about the free agent and how the Rangers might approach it: How many years in a contract would you give Hamilton? If Major Lea...

Maybe there is still one big starting pitching fish that is now swimming in the trade deadline pond. ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports that the Philadelphia Phillies have put Cliff Lee in play in trade talks today. Olney notes that the Rangers are clea...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney finished his rankings by position and overall teams, but adds the top-10 storylines for the 2012 MLB season. That includes the Rangers' attempt to get back to the World Series and win it. He puts that one at No. 3 (behind the ...

After breaking down the various positions, ESPN.com's Buster Olney has now done an overall ranking. It's based on what we know now about the teams, understanding that things could certainly change before and during spring training (remember the Range...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney's series continues today with the top lineups in Major League Baseball heading into 2012. He puts the Boston Red Sox on top, followed by the Rangers. Here's what he says about Texas: 2. Texas Rangers During the course of t...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney has found a spot for the Rangers in the top-10 of all of his various position rankings. That includes the outfield. He placed the Rangers third. Here's what Olney wrote: 3. Texas Rangers Ron Washington has depth and ...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney continues his rankings by position heading into 2012 season and puts the Rangers on top of the infield category. Here's what Olney says about Texas: 1. Texas Rangers There were moments during the postseason when it seemed ...

ESPN.com's Buster Olney continues his rankings heading into 2012 today and looks at the bullpens. He lists the Rangers as tied for tenth. Here's what he says: 10a. Texas Rangers They've got a lot of great pieces and this could be a special group, d...