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If the following scenario sounds keenly familiar to Texas Rangers fans, it should. A veteran player realizes he must move to another position to make room for a young budding star, despite making the All-Star team and earning a Gold Glove the prio...

Blog | March 22, 2013

Buster breaks down the key matchups that will decide the new one-game-series approach for the MLB wild card.

Blog | Conversation | October 05, 2012

Only the St. Louis Cardinals have a greater run differential than the Texas Rangers, and the Rangers rank fourth in the majors in runs. It's not as if Ron Washington's lineup is like the Houston Astros north. But cracks in that relentles...

Blog | July 30, 2012

The Texas Rangers could use another pitcher before the trade deadline passes, but it can't come at the expense of top prospects Jurickson Profar and Mike Olt. As Buster Olney writes, the Rangers may need them to remake their lineup soon.

Blog | Conversation | July 30, 2012

ANAHEIM -- With his headphones on and a towel at the ready in his waistband, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington did his daily 10 laps around the field early Sunday afternoon, walking briskly in his fight against Father Time. When the Rangers' ...

Blog | July 23, 2012

The run Mike Trout is currently on is unprecedented for any big league player, let alone a rookie. As Buster Olney writes, teams are having a hard time finding flaws in Trout's game.

Blog | Conversation | July 23, 2012

Joe Girardi is having perhaps his best season as manager of the New York Yankees, guiding them to the American League's second-best record. In Texas, Ron Washington leads the league's best team with three starting pitchers on the disabled list. Howev...

Blog | June 27, 2012

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

ST. LOUIS -- The plastic that was supposed to protect the Rangers' lockers from champagne was rolled up and taped to the wall when the Texas players filed into their clubhouse, quietly. It was Ron Washington, a manager who likes meetings less th...

Blog | October 28, 2011

Buster Olney writes that after the Rangers' crushing loss in Game 6, they are looking to turn the page quickly ahead of Friday's Game 7.

Blog | Conversation | October 28, 2011

ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals still have to get through Game 6 today to get to a Game 7, and that won't happen unless somebody batting behind Albert Pujols takes advantage of the opportunities generated by Rangers manager Ron Washington's deci...

Blog | October 27, 2011

Buster Olney writes that if the Cardinals win Game 6, Tony La Russa will have a very tough decision to make regarding whether he should start Chris Carpenter on short rest in Game 7.

Blog | Conversation | October 27, 2011

Call the St. Louis Cardinals opportunistic. They saw their chance to pounce on a limping Atlanta Braves squad and earned the NL wild-card berth. They saw a Phillies lineup vulnerable to lefties and exploited it to their advantage. Against the Milwauk...

Blog | October 26, 2011

Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus explains why batter-pitcher data is not all that helpful when filling out a lineup card. Managers are better off simply choosing the player with a better overall track record.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2011

Texas Rangers Game 5 starter C.J. Wilson has cemented his place in baseball history. After losing Game 1 of the World Series, Wilson became the first pitcher to lose the All-Star Game as well as a game in each division series, league championship ser...

Blog | October 24, 2011

Buster Olney writes that a small tweak in Mike Napoli's swing has enabled the Rangers catcher to handle high pitches a little easier, and it paid off in a big way in Game 4. Plus, notes on Derek Holland and offseason news around MLB.

Blog | Conversation | October 24, 2011