In recent decades, Japanese pitchers have been more of a novelty act. Hideo Nomo looked like Cy Young for about 40 or 50 starts, and then turned out to be a journeyman after hitters figured out how to hit “The [...]
In the 2013 season, the Texas Rangers were 26-4 when third baseman Adrian Beltre hit at least one home run. If he means that much to the team when he has a down year, imagine what he can do for [...]
Bronson Arroyo is one of the oldest starting pitchers on the open market and that simple fact might be what’s keeping MLB teams from taking a well-calculated risk on Arroyo. With that being said, it’s just a matter of time [...]
It is hard to believe that the 2014 MLB season will be Prince Fielder‘s 10th. The Texas Rangers‘ husky first baseman is in line to reach several career milestones even if he has an average season by his standards. While [...]
The AL West has certainly done their fair share of bulking up this offseason to try and compete with the beasts in the east. The west has seen established All-Star-caliber players such as Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano, David Freese and, most [...]
News came out on Wednesday that free agent outfielder Shin Soo-Choo reportedly turned down a seven-year, $140 million contract offer from the New York Yankees during the winter meetings. Apparently the contract was offered after the Yankees agreed to terms [...]
This offseason has not been a comfortable one for Texas Rangers fans and the week of the 2013 MLB Winter Meetings did little to cure that. Other than the signing of catcher J.P. Arencibia, formerly of the Toronto Blue Jays, [...]
It has been a very busy couple of weeks for the American League West. High profile free agents like Robinson Cano, and players like Corey Hart now call that division home. And with trades that have brought players like Tyler [...]
Even though the Texas Rangers made the first big trade of the offseason when they acquired slugger Prince Fielder from the Detroit Tigers, the organization is far from done. In fact, the Rangers remain focused on free-agent outfielders Shin-Soo Choo [...]