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Suddenly, Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy in a rebuilding year
Suddenly, Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy in a rebuilding year
The right-hander will attempt to reconstruct his delivery once he’s able to throw again.
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Friday morning Rangers things
Lone Star Ball — ... a guy highly regarded as a pitcher but who wants to play shortstop, and the less heralded of the two international players the Rangers have been closely linked to for months (the other, of course, being Guillermo Pimentel). Jeff Wilson writes that Josh Hamilton is expected back this weekend, and while there are a lot of expectations that his return will help jump-start the slumping offense, Wilson notes that there are no guarantees that that will happen. There's a lengthy article on Brandon McCarthy's injury situation in the S-T.  The ...

On Brandon McCarthy's Impending Mechanical Overhaul
Baseball Time in Arlington — ... After landing on the major league disabled list for a fourth time in less than three seasons since being shipped to Texas as the primary component of the ill-fated John Danks trade, right-hander Brandon McCarthy has reportedly announced his intention to essentially tear down and rebuild his pitching mechanics-- an enormous undertaking for patently obvious reasons, as the success (or failure) of this newly conceived plan could have major implications for his future as a major leaguer. ...

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