john patterson Stories - Lone Star Ball
Thursday morning stuff
Outstanding start by Vicente Padilla last night. Evan Grant says it the best start Padilla has had since coming to Texas, and once again, Padilla succeeded when relying on his fastball. I was surprised Padilla was lifted when he was. He was only at 91 pitches, appeared to still be blowing and...
Tuesday a.m. things
Evan Grant reports that the Cubs have come talking to the Rangers again about Marlon Byrd, but Jon Daniels isn't budging on what he wants in return for Byrd. Grant says that Daniels wants Donald Veal, Sean Gallagher, or Jose Ceda, along with Matt Murton, for Byrd. That seems rather aggressive, to...
Rangers adding Patterson
T.R. Sullivan reports that the Rangers are going to sign John Patterson to a minor league deal. That's fine with me. He was good recently. If he gets back to his old self, the Rangers got themselves a good pitcher. If not, well, no big loss. I would guess that this means the AAA rotation...



