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Taylor Teagarden called up
Taylor Teagarden's contract has been purchased, per the S-T, and Kam Loe is being sent down to make room for him. Hank Blalock is also supposed to be activated today, and presumably, Joselo Diaz is being sent out to make room for him. If Diaz is DFA'd, the there's no need to make room on the 40...
Loe and Diaz up, Littleton and Feldman down
Per Richard Durrett, the Rangers have called up Kam Loe, purchased the contract of Joselo Diaz, and optioned Wes Littleton to AAA and Scott Feldman to AA. The Rangers' 40 man roster is now full, with the addition of Diaz, although I can't imagine he'll be occupying a spot for long. But we now...
Saturday morning things
Sigh. Gerald Laird is heading for the disabled list with a badly strained hamstring. This bums me out. I think most folks here know how I feel about Laird, who I think was jerked around a little by the organization earlier in his career. The whole baseball credo that you don't lose your...
Tuesday a.m. stuff
Off day yesterday means not a ton of Ranger news today. Evan Grant talks about David Murphy as a candidate for Rookie of the Year. Murphy faces stiff competition for A.L. ROY, and right now, he's 7th among A.L. rookies in VORP. Jacoby Ellsbury seems, right now, to be the clear-cut best choice...
Tejeda DFA'd
Robinson Tejeda was designated for assignment to make room for Kason Gabbard on the 25 man roster. I'd be surprised if Tejeda is claimed, and since he has been outrighted before, he has the right to become a free agent if he clears waivers this time. If the Rangers weren't going to give him any...
Okay
Back to .500. zywica is blogging tomorrow, and then Thursday is draft day. I'll go on record now and predict the Rangers take Christian Friedrich. I also think there will be at least two pitchers brought up for tomorrow's game. Murray is clearly headed to the d.l., given that the Rangers are...
Blalock has surgery, out at least 4 weeks
Busy Friday afternoon, Rangers news-wise... Per the DMN blog, Hank Blalock has had surgery on his wrist, and will be out a minimum of 4 weeks. Supposedly, when Franklyn German was DFA'd to make room for Kam Loe, the Rangers would have dropped Chris Shelton instead (because Blalock was expected to...
Gabbard down, Tejeda up, Nippert clears waivers
The DMN Rangers blog reports that Kason Gabbard has been optioned to AAA and Robinson Tejeda is returning to Texas. No word yet on if he's in the bullpen or taking Gabbard's rotation slot. Dustin Nippert has been activated from the disabled list, cleared waivers, and has been outrighted to...
On German
I'm surprised about how much complaining there is about Franklyn German being DFA'd today, given how much complaining there usually is when he's brought into the game. With the Rangers needing a fresh arm in the pen who can given them innings, after the wringer the pen has been through the past...
Tommy Hunter is pretty good
Terrific AA debut for Tommy Hunter today. Check out the box. 7 innings, 5 hits, 4 Ks, no walks, 1 run (on a homer). As has been discussed before, the Rangers seem to be fast-tracking him. I wouldn't expect to see him in Arlington this summer, because of the 40 man implications, but I'll be...
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