http://damox.com/texas-rangers Following the Rangers as they slug their way to a title Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:01:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rangers may have struck a deal with the Boston Red Sox that will have them sending 25-year-old catcher Max Ramirez to the Sox in exchange for aging 3rd baseman Mike Lowell. Lowell helped the Red Sox win 2 World Series championships, but he's old and having hip and thumb ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/12/10/did-the-rangers-just-trade-the-catcher-of-the-future-for-mike-lowell/ The Rangers have inked right handed pitcher Rich Harden to a 1 year deal worth about $8 million. Harden was 9-9 with a very respectable 4.06 ERA in 26 games with the Cubs last season. To make room in the starting rotation, the rumor is that the Rangers will be ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/12/10/rangers-sign-rich-harden/ Aroldis Chapman will be one of the most talked-about free agents of the offseason, and he hasn't even played in a major league game. The southpaw Cuban defector with a high-90's fastball, currently residing in Europe while clearing up paperwork that will bring him to the United States and unite ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/10/13/is-aroldis-chapman-just-a-pipe-dream-for-the-rangers/ It looks like fans were so impressed with Josh Hamilton's performance at last year's Home Run Derby they couldn't help but vote him onto the All Star team again this year, despite the fact that he's been pretty terrible in the few games he's actually played in this season. Hamilton ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/07/06/hamilton-to-start-all-star-game-despite-complete-lack-of-production/ The 14th overall pick in the 1st round of the 2009 MLB Draft went to the Texas Rangers, and they selected Matt Purke, a left-handed pitcher from Klein High School in Texas. Purke is 6'3" and weighs 170, so expect the trainers to get on him about building himself up ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/06/10/rangers-1st-round-pick-matt-purke/ Ranger slugger Josh Hamilton might be on the DL until the end of July according to reports on Tuesday morning. He has a torn abdominal muscle, which is probably not something we'd want him to play through. I've heard power hitters prefer to have a strong core. This injury stems ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/06/09/hamilton-might-be-out-until-late-july/ Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton will not go on the DL as expected at the end of this week. His strained rib cage muscle will probably keep him out of the lineup until early next week, but that's still about a week earlier than he'd be able to play if he ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/04/30/hamilton-will-likely-avoid-dl-play-next-week/ The Rangers were outhit by the Oakland Athletics by double and they didn't have an extra-base hit in the ballgame, but the 5 runs they managed to get across the plate were enough for a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night. The Rangers are now back to .500 at 10-10 and ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/04/29/rangers-beat-as-without-help-of-an-extra-base-hit/ The Rangers rallied for 3 runs in the 8th and 9th innings to edge out the Kansas City Royals by a score of 6 to 5 today. The winning run came on a Michael Young walk-off solo homer in the 9th. Ian Kinsler also had a home run for the ... http://damox.com/texas-rangers/2009/04/19/rangers-rally-for-win/