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Morning everybody.
The Rangers are going to play exhibition games against the Houston Astros at the Alamodome on March 28 and 29.
The deadline for Nelson Cruz to decide whether to accept or reject the qualifying offer made by the Rangers is coming up next week, and Anthony Andro writes that the team expects Cruz will reject the QO.
T.R. Sullivan has a piece about the Rangers' offseason that includes quotes from Jon Daniels, and talks about the team's focus being on improving the offense.
Richard Durrett has some notes on the Rangers not asking anyone to switch positions (yet), the team's budget, the coaching search, and the team's issues at first base.
Former Ranger coach Dom Chiti is expected to join the Baltimore Orioles as Buck Showalter's new bullpen coach.