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The Rangers boosted their offer to Cliff Lee and may well wind up getting him, as Jeff Wilson writes. But at some point, the Texas baseball operations executives involved in this must have asked themselves: Have we lost our minds? Even the Yankees, ...

Blog | December 10, 2010

As the years and dollars pile up in the bidding war for Cliff Lee, the hope of signing him is tinged with something else -- the feeling that the market has taken the cost of Lee to a level nobody is all that comfortable with.

Blog | Conversation | December 10, 2010

ARLINGTON, Texas -- If there's an opportunity before the postgame on-the-field interview on "Sunday Night Baseball," I'll give the player a quick heads-up about what questions I will be asking, especially if it's anything out of the ordinary. It's no...

Blog | May 20, 2013

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Since Major League Baseball and the players' association agreed to a new labor deal and MLB followed that up with record-setting television contracts, the clubs -- with money burning a hole in their front-office pockets -- have be...

Blog | May 19, 2013

Buster Olney explains how both Yu Darvish and Jered Weaver use feel as pitchers and the ability to manipulate the trajectory and spin of the ball to their advantage. Plus, news and notes from around baseball.

Blog | Conversation | April 07, 2013

In the aftermath of the Ryan Dempster trade, a smart person in baseball said the other day he wondered whether there would be a moment on the pitcher's flight to Texas when Dempster might think: "My God, what have I gotten myself into?" Demps...

Blog | August 03, 2012

Ryan Dempster had a chance to join the Atlanta Braves, but gave the Cubs the cold shoulder. Instead, he was willing to mess with Texas. He mighyt very well regret it.

Blog | Conversation | August 03, 2012

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Josh Hamilton has 18 homers in the Rangers' first 34 games, something nobody has ever done in the history of baseball. But here's another number that is a little stunning: Hamilton has just 13 walks, with five of those b...

Blog | May 13, 2012

Josh Hamilton is doing things we've never seen before, and yet opposing pitchers continue to feed him pitches to drive. As Buster Olney writes, it's time to try one last option before walking him: expand the strike zone.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2012

ARLINGTON, Texas -- We had such great plans on "Sunday Night Baseball" to demonstrate baseball's trendsetters at work. The Tampa Bay Rays have taken the use of defensive shifts to the next level this year -- employing the alignments six times mo...

Blog | April 30, 2012

David Price was already one of baseball's best young starters coming into the season, and as Buster Olney writes, we are seeing improvement in Price as he learns to develop and trust his changeup.

Blog | Conversation | April 30, 2012

Yu Darvish is the most expensive right-handed pitcher in baseball history. Not that he's receiving all of that money, of course. The Texas Rangers are paying a $51.7 million posting fee to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and on top of that, Darvish ...

Blog | January 19, 2012

Buster Olney writes that before Yu Darvish throws his first MLB pitch, he's already become the most expensive right-handed pitcher in MLB history. And as some speculate, with Darvish's deal now done, are the Texas Rangers free to go after Prince Fielder?

Blog | Conversation | January 19, 2012

Prince Fielder remains unsigned, and if he landed with the Washington Nationals or Texas Rangers, there would immediately be a shift in the baseball landscape. Ryan Madson would boost any team that lands him. The Detroit Tigers, among other teams, ar...

Blog | January 01, 2012

Buster Olney continues his top-10 series with a New Year's power rankings. The Red Sox, Yankees and Phillies all have higher payrolls, but dominant pitching and superb defense make the Tampa Bay Rays the best team in baseball.

Blog | Conversation | January 01, 2012

We already ranked the best starting rotations and best bullpens in Major League Baseball. Today is Part III of our look ahead to 2012: the best infields for overall production -- offense and defense. 1. Texas Rangers There were moments dur...

Blog | December 29, 2011