Topic: Texas Rangers

Rangers win bidding to negotiate with Darvish

Two-time defending American League champions Texas entered the winning bid to negotiate with Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish, Major League Baseball officials announced.The Rangers now have 30 days to sign Darvish, a 25-year-old right-hander, to a major league contract after the Nippon ...

Rangers win bidding rights for Japan ace

(Reuters) - The Texas Rangers have won the rights to negotiate exclusively with Japanese pitching ace Yu Darvish after offering what may be the sport's richest ever posting fee, Major League Baseball announced in a statement on Monday.Financial terms of the bid ...

Major League wages show significant rise

The average major league baseball salary increased 2.7 percent to almost $3.1 million in 2011, the biggest rise since 2008, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday.In its annual report, the union said the 913 players on August 31 rosters and ...

Rangers reach deal with free agent closer Nathan

(Reuters) - Four-time All-Star Joe Nathan signed a two-year contract to become the closer for the Texas Rangers, the back-to-back American League champions said on Tuesday.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but a report on the Rangers website said Nathan ...

Rangers' slugger Hamilton has surgery for hernia

Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton had successful surgery to repair a hernia that had hampered him throughout this year's World Series, the Major League Baseball team said.Doctors in Philadelphia performed the surgery, one day after the hernia was confirmed by an MRI.Texas ...

Rangers' Hamilton has successful sports hernia surgery

(Reuters) - Texas Rangers All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton has undergone successful surgery for a sports hernia and is expected to be fully recovered in time for spring training in February, the team said on Friday.Hamilton, the 2010 American League most valuable player, ...

Giants trade Sanchez to Royals

Pitcher Jonathan Sanchez, who threw a no-hitter in 2009, was dealt by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Melky Cabrera on Monday.The 28-year-old left-handed starter was key part of the Giants' rotation when they beat the Texas ...

Rangers exercise club option on pitcher Lewis

(Reuters) - The Texas Rangers made their first play of the off-season on Monday by exercising their $3.25 million club option on pitcher Colby Lewis for the 2012 Major League Baseball season just three days after losing the World Series.The 32-year-old right-hander ...

Texas remain positive despite World Series disappointment

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers insisted squandering a two-run lead twice in Game Six of the World Series had nothing to do with their loss to the St Louis Cardinals in the championship finale Friday."Yesterday was a tough loss, no ...

Business as usual for Rangers manager Washington

St LOUIS (Reuters) - Manager Ron Washington maintained it was business as usual despite his Texas Rangers being one win away from their first World Series championship."I went to bed last night very relaxed, and I woke up this morning very relaxed," ...
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