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Ranger Roundup - November 14, 2008

T.R. Sullivan wrote about free agency and Milton Bradley's status.

The Star-Telegram has their list of potential free agents the Rangers could target.

Lone Star Ball has a morning roundup and Friday afternoon video.

LoneStarDugout has a great piece on 2008 draftee Matt Thompson and their Winterball roundup for yesterday.

Baseball Time in Arlington gives their take on free agency. Their new site is up.

Ranger Roundup - November 13, 2008

Jim Reeves wrote about the old days concerning the conditioning camp for pitchers this week.

Lone Star Ball talks about the Kevin Gregg and Nick Swisher trades.

LoneStarDugout has their Winterball Roundup up for yesterday.

Scott Lucas gave his weekly Farm Report, including why the Rookie of the Year doesn't matter.

Baseball Time in Arlington talks about Ben Sheets and the Rangers.

Richard Durrett also wonders if the Rangers should go after Ben Sheets.

Anthony Andro broke the news that Josh Hamilton won a Silver Slugger. I wonder if that's as meaningless as the Gold Glove?

T.R. Sullivan also wrote about Josh Hamilton's Silver Slugger.

Ranger Roundup - November 12, 2008

It seems the only Ranger news is about the conditioning camp. Evan Grant, T.R. Sullivan, and Anthony Andro all wrote about it. Boring.

Mike Hindman had a short Q&A with Neftali Feliz. He doesn't know anything about Nolan Ryan (and who cares?). If he improves his secondary stuff and at holding baserunners, we could see him jump even higher on prospect lists everywhere.

Evan Grant writes about the 40-man roster. I'd add John Mayberry Jr., Jose Vallejo, and Omar Poveda. John Bannister got shelled today, so I don't see him going anywhere.

Lone Star Ball talks about all the links I just mentioned.

LoneStarDugout has their Winterball Roundup for yesterday up.

Baseball Time in Arlington put up a link dump last night.

T.R. Sullivan wrote about potential bullpen options in free agency.

Ranger Roundup - November 11, 2008

There's a lot to catch up on, so here we go:

If you want a quick run-down on all Ranger-related news as it came up, check out Lone Star Ball. It covers basically all the stories on the Rangers that come out through links and roundups.

LoneStarDugout has their winterball roundups up daily, and they just released their top 50 Ranger prospects today.

Evan Grant wrote on the Rangers' conditioning camp currently going on. I'm glad to see that we're moving in the right direction for stamina and endurance.

Here's Evan Grant's announcement that Hank Blalock will return. Blalock's option was a no-brainer after his September, so I don't think anyone was surprised that his club option was picked up.

If you want a headache, read Tom Cowlishaw's pitch to the Rangers to sign Manny Ramirez. We all know how much wasting money on big free agents is a big favorite around here.

Jim Reeves says "It's make-or-break time for Jon Daniels and the Texas Rangers." I didn't realize that this time is important, and all others were not.

The Star-Telegram blog has a lot of news on items such as the health of the Rangers, Jarrod Saltalamacchia's response to his comments about Boston, and the Rangers' decision not to chase Trevor Hoffman.

Baseball Time in Arlington has a lot of good stuff, as usual, and a very interesting Junichi Tazawa piece that caught my eye. By the way, they're moving to a new independent site soon, so that should be a plus.

Jamey Newberg talks about the possible Rangers-Red Sox trade coming up.

The DMN blog has been busy. Stuff on the conditioning camp, free agents, and more. Also a note on Mike Hindman's LH Starters 6-10.

T.R. Sullivan has a mailbag up.

Texas Rangers Trades has their Free Agent Special up.

Ranger Roundup - November 6, 2008

Baseball Time in Arlington talks about Michael Young's Gold Glove.

Evan Grant talked about the Rangers' focus on pitching at the GM meetings.

Jeff Wilson wrote about Ranger catchers.

The Tigers want Gerald Laird. Give us Armando Galarraga in return, and we'll call it even.

In a blog, Evan Grant introduced a Jeremy Bonderman scenario, along with other trade possibilities.

If you have time, check out Keith Law's chat. It has a lot a Ranger stuff hidden in the content.

T.R. Sullivan broke the news of Young's Gold Glove.

In another Evan Grant blog, he celebrates Young's Gold Glove while fans complain. Don't we have a right to complain about how stupid it is?

Lone Star Ball covers everything I just listed and more.

LoneStarDugout has their November 5 Winterball Roundup.

Scott Lucas has his Farm Report up. Most of it is updates on the various fall and winter ball leagues.

Ranger Roundup - November 5, 2008

There's a new Rangers Podcast in Arlington up. These things are great.

The Rangers are doing a conditioning camp for pitchers. Hopefully the timing of it means the pitchers have some recovery time before they start ramping up for the 2009 season.

Evan Grant wrote from the GM meetings yesterday. There isn't really much activity going on there. It seems most of the talk is meant to form a base for trade talks at the winter meetings in December.

The Marlins want Max Ramirez. It's a little funny that they want Ramirez over Saltalamacchia. Most teams looking for cheap, controllable catching want Salty from the Rangers rather than Ramirez. The Marlins reportedly don't want Gerald Laird due to his literal price.

Jeff Wilson wrote about Milton Bradley and Jim Colburn.

Here is Evan Grant's newsletter. It's filled with good stuff, so check it out.

Both Evan Grant and Jeff Wilson wrote about Michael Young winning a gold glove. Just because you field most of what is hit right to you doesn't mean you're a great fielder.

Lone Star Ball has discussed all the GM meetings news, Red Sox pitchers, and all the other Ranger news out there.

LoneStarDugout has news of Ranger minor league signings and yesterday's Winterball Roundup.

Baseball Time in Arlington wrote last night about Ranger news. It includes mentions of Florida, Milton Bradley, the Red Sox, and Bill James' good projection for Chris Davis.

Joe Siegler wrote about Mike Maddux & Coaching Stuff.

Ranger Roundup - November 3, 2008

Baseball Time in Arlington has news that the Rangers will pursue Brian Fuentes. I'm not a big fan of doing so, as it would cost us a good deal of money and our second round draft pick, and we've been drafting really well lately.

The DMN blog has notes that reporters are interested in which catchers the Rangers are willing to let go of and news that Mike Maddux is officially the Rangers' new pitching coach. In addition, Andy Hawkins will return as the bullpen coach, meaning our coaching staff is complete. Finally.

Here's Evan Grant's story about Mike Maddux coming to Arlington.

Lone Star Ball has been busy today talking about Mike Maddux, the duties of a GM, the Rangers' farm system, and Evan Grant's DMN blog.

Jamey Newberg gives his take on the hiring of Mike Maddux.

Here's Jeff Wilson's blog about the Mike Maddux hiring.

TR Sullivan's mailbag talks about the Rangers' bullpen, catching depth, and various players the Rangers could acquire this offseason.

LoneStarDugout has their winter league roundup for yesterday up.

Ranger Roundup - November 2, 2008

Baseball Time in Arlington talks about trade speculation. There's a lot of talk about Texas native Homer Bailey, and additional information on Mike Maddux and Taylor Teagarden as Texas' franchise catcher.

LoneStarDugout has winter league roundups for Friday and Saturday, where Max Ramirez homered in back-to-back games.

Evan Grant talks about Jon Daniels' plan to deal for pitching. I'm all giving Gerald Laird the boot in exchange for some pitching real soon.

Jim Reeves says Mike Maddux leads the pool of pitching coaches.

Lone Star Ball has a morning roundup, rumors of a Phil Hughes-Jarrod Saltalamacchia deal, and John Perotto's proclamation of Teagarden as the one catcher we'll definitely hang onto this offseason.

Ranger Roundup - November 1, 2008

Baseball Time in Arlington talks about all the rumors surrounding the Rangers.

The DMN blog talks about Mike Maddux. I really do expect Maddux to come to Arlington to find that trademark job that made people like Rick Peterson famous. With the talent coming up, Maddux could develop the pitching program that leads to Derek Holland, Neftali Feliz, and Michael Main becoming the next "Big 3."

Lone Star Ball gives a morning roundup on Ranger news. Scott Olsen, Kevin Gregg, Francisco Liriano, and so on.

LoneStarDugout has a winter league roundup for those Rangers playing winter ball.

Jamey Newberg gives all the relevant Ranger news in his latest report. Good stuff.

Archives: October 2008

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