First off:
A week from now, we'll have photos of Matt Harrison stretching in the Arizona sun. Can't wait.
As we near a week from pitchers and catchers reporting for Spring Training, Gil LeBreton writes that the Rangers are 20 starts and 450 at-bats from a DH-type away from being ready.
WFAA.com's Eddie Middlebrook has a profile on setup man turned rotation candidate Tanner Scheppers as he heads into the 2014 season.
The DFW expands on a report from the official site about Nick Tepesch having the inside track in the race to secure the No. 5 spot in the rotation should the Rangers keep the job in-house.
A few days ago, in an ESPN Insider article, Jim Bowden gave out his offseason awards and awarded Jon Daniels second place in the "Best Offseason: Big-Market GM" category behind Brian Cashman who gave $175 million to a guy he thinks is a No. 3 starter.
Kate Morrison has write-ups on AJM-favorite prospect Drew Robinson and on future Michael Wacha Chi-Chi "Don't Call Me Alex" Gonzalez.
MLB.com caught up with catching prospect Jorge Alfaro. Here's sexy video:
Finally, LSB friend Nick Pants (@nick_pants on Twitter) made this Olympics-related image that went kind of viral the other day:
#ALwest2014 pic.twitter.com/kmuleFczOb
— nick pants (@nick_pants) February 8, 2014
Here's a write-up about it on Yahoo!'s Big League Stew blog.
(Alternative joke: Yoenis Cespedes, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano, Jose Altuve)