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New Year's Day Stuff
Lone Star Ball — Well, a move, finally.  The Rangers have signed Derrick Turnbow to a minor league deal. Yippee. Turnbow is kind of another Jamey Wright, a guy who throws hard, gets ground balls, and has a hard time sustaining success.  He had a great ERA for the Brewers a few years back, although the peripherals didn't support it, and then followed it up with two high ERA seasons where his peripherals weren't as bad as his ERA would suggest. If he's healthy, he could be an okay middle relief option, I guess, although the Rangers are apparently looking at him as a ...

Rangers Quote Of The Week (1/4)
Baseball Time in Arlington — Coach never taught me to throw like this in little league. - clareperretta/Flickr.com "He's a little bit of a wild card. Without Mike's endorsement, I don't know if he would have been the fit that he ultimately was but he's not far removed from being a very productive back-of-the-bullpen reliever." That was assistant general manager Thad Levine speaking on the signing of a former resident of the Milwaukee bullpen, Derrick Turnbow. The Rangers beat out another club, the Florida Marlins, in acquiring his services -- but at what cost? It's a ...