George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series. Pudge Rodriguez will catch it.
Adrian Beltre gets Game 2 to Fergie Jenkins.
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expect Jonah Heim back this season, though he will initially be limited to hitting only left-handed. The plan is to carry three catchers -- Mitch Garver, Sam Huff and Austin Hedges -- until Heim is ready.
Max Scherzer threw around 60 pitches Wednesday and looked good, Bruce Bochy said. If Scherzer is on the roster, it would be as a starting pitcher.
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Evan Carter is at
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camp this morning. He said his No. 1 offseason goal was weight gain after dipping to 175 pounds late in the season. He's at 192 now.
Josh Hamilton says that he is simply being a dad to his three daughters. He splits his time between his home in Tarrant County and a ranch somewhere around College Station. He says he's still continuing to win the battle with addiction.
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’ deal with Diamond Sports is official. Dave Raymond back as lead play-by-play voice. Jared Sandler will handle some play-by-play duties when Raymond is off. David Murphy, Dave Valle, Mike Bacsik will split time as color analysts, replacing C.J. Nitkowski.
C.J. Nitkowski has left the
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TV team to join the Braves broadcast team. He lives in Atlanta, and the Rangers allowed him to pursue the job to be closer to home.
The following comes from a source: Jon Daniels and Yu Darvish are meeting for dinner this week, just a GM and a star free agent having a meal. No agents. No contracts. No business.
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have no formal meeting planned to discuss baseball business.
Jacob deGrom tells reporters that he probably could have kept going and isn't too concerned about his right wrist soreness. He hopes to make his next start this weekend.
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Several of the
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' best hitters are taking live batting practice against LHP Danny Duffy and RHP Yerry Rodriguez. Corey Seager just took Rodriguez deep.
Confirming
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report on
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' interest in Zack Greinke. The Rangers would need the deal with Arizona to include Shin-Soo Choo and the $63 million he's owed the next three seasons to offset the $138.5 million owed to Greinke the next four.
Chris Young says that Jack Leiter is unlikely to make the Opening Day roster, but he has put himself in position to contribute for
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this season.
We talked to
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GM Chris Young.
He doesn’t expect many more roster additions. Said club will remain open on Jordan Montgomery but also said TV uncertainty beyond this season is a factor.
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acknowledge that Ronald Guzman could have easily caught the ninth-inning popup, but they let it fall because the Red Sox were intentionally swinging the first pitch in an effort to keep Minor from 200 Ks.
Jose Leclerc will be working low-leverage situations temporarily until he gets where he needs to be, manager Bruce Bochy said.
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were pleased with the outing tonight in the sixth.
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news: Andrew Heaney has exercised his player option to stay with
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, and Rangers exercised club option on Jose Leclerc. Both will be back in 2024.
This is pretty cool: Juan Gonzalez will be at Globe Life Field tomorrow to receive his Hall of Fame jacket, throw out the first pitch and sign autographs. The
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have been working hard to bring Gonzalez back into the family.
After Rougned Odor pops out with runners in scoring position, Derek Dietrich follows with a clutch two-out three-run homer.
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up 6-2 in the eighth.
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expect Josh Jung to play in the exhibition games March 25-26 vs. Red Sox at Globe Life Field, Bruce Bochy says. Corey Seager will take light swings today. Bochy says he'll know more about Seager's Opening Day availability next week.
Martin Perez said he told PETA that the bull wasn’t killed out of revenge but as part of his ranching business and to feed his family and community. “In Venezuela, there’s no food,” he said.
Corey Seager underwent surgery today for a sports hernia.
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are hopeful he will be ready for Opening Day. Injury first occurred in the postseason, and initial thought was rest was best remedy.
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gold merchandise goes on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday online and at the team store at Globe Life Field. Rangers will wear gold-trimmed white jerseys and blue hats in season-opening series and three other times during the season.