Kevin Goldstein Q&A: Part I
bbtia.com 12/6/2008 — Q: If the Rangers get close to pulling off a big deal for an established star pitcher, who am I not including from the Rangers' long list of pitching prospects? - KT Goldstein: I don't believe any player is off-limits. I think that is a ...

Texas Rangers off Season Report
baseballreflections.com 12/15/2008 — Season Wrap Up Despite finishing under .500, the Rangers still finished second in the American League West, although they were about a mile behind the Angels at the top of the division. Their 79-83 record was not by any means impressive, but with the expectations that were in place for the ...

John Blake Leaves Red Sox to Return to Texas Rangers
bizofbaseball.com 10/23/2008 — The Texas Rangers today announced the appointment of John Blake as Executive Vice President, Communications. In that role, Blake will oversee all of the club’s communications efforts, including the areas of media and community/player relations, broadcasting, and publications. He is expected to ...

Adding Perspective to the Jacobs Deal
baseballanalysts.com 11/10/2008 — News: The Texas Rangers exercised their $6.2 million option on Hank Blalock for the 2009 season. Rangers pick up first baseman Blalock's $6.2M option for '09 ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers on Friday exercised a $6.2 million option ...

Sox and Rangers Play Let’s Make A Deal
soxanddawgs.com 11/29/2008 — The Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers hooked up today for a trade but it didn’t solve any of the Sox catching issues instead they added yet another arm to the bullpen by acquiring 26-year old right hander Wes Littleton for future considerations. The return to Texas isn’t considered .

Rangers after Tazawa
lonestarball.com 11/24/2008 — Jeff Wilson says the Rangers may have made a strong offer for 22 year old RHP Junichi Tazawa, who is a free agent over in Japan: The coach for Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa said the Rangers have offered the 22-year-old right-hander ...

Hot Stove Daily: Texas Rangers - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 12/31/2008 — Editor’s note: Yahoo! Sports will examine the offseason of every MLB team before spring training begins in mid-February. Our series continues with the Texas Rangers . 2008 record: 79-83 Finish: Second in American League West 2008 opening-day payroll: ...

Mailbag: What pitchers are on radar? | texasrangers.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/11/2008 — Time for me to answer some questions and for you to offer your own opinions on Monday Morning Manager, now playing at Postcards from Elysian Fields . It's time to get the blog back up and running. What are the odds the Rangers put in heavy efforts to ...

Rangers to seek arms at Meetings | texasrangers.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 12/3/2008 — ARLINGTON -- If the Rangers are to achieve their stated goal of upgrading their pitching this winter, they'll most likely have to do it through a trade rather than the free-agent market. That's the direction they seem to be going so far this ...

Need a player? See Texas Rangers | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News
dallasnews.com 12/7/2008 — 10:48 PM CST on Saturday, December 6, 2008 By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com Forget the gambling and the nightlife; Las Vegas is the nation's No. 1 destination for trade shows. Almost anybody can roll into town, set up a ...

Dustin Pedroia wins A.L. MVP...One for the Little Guys — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
He is the little engine that could. He is the little guy with the big swing.   Dustin Pedroia followed up his Rookie of the Year with a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger Award, and now an MVP.   Pedroia becomes only the third player in ...

Red Sox, Yankees Among Teams Eyeing Burnett — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
In early September, a rival executive told me that the Red Sox were planning a major push for right-hander A.J. Burnett if he became a free agent.   The Red Sox indeed are interested in Burnett, according to major-league sources. The ...

Coco Crisp Traded to Kansas City Royals — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
At the rate I am going right now, you'd think I was a Red Sox fan. But according to MLB.com, the Boston Red Sox made some noise on the trade front today by dealing outfielder Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez.  ...

Did East Coast Bias Help Dustin Pedroia Win The AL MVP Award? — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
  Earlier this week, Red Sox second basemen Dustin Pedroia was awarded with the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Once news of the selection was made, sports writers and radio personalities across the country, mostly from Boston and Minnesota, ...

Globe: Sox Offer to Teixeira Will Make History — Nationals Journal 11/19/2008
The Boston Globe's Tony Massarotti has this to say about the Red Sox and Mark Teixeira: Here's a prediction: By the time this is over, win or lose, the Red Sox effectively will have made Mark Teixeira the largest contract offer in the history of your ...