Friday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, folks...

The Dodgers stomped the Rangers in Cactus League action yesterday.

Evan Grant has his “Takeaways” from yesterday’s game.

Some guy named Christopher Fittz has the game story for WFAA.com.

Stefan Stevenson says the versatility of players like Jurickson Profar and Ryan Rua gives Jeff Banister the option of rolling with a short bench to start the season.

A.J. Griffin may have nailed down a starting rotation spot for the start of the season. Doug Brocail says Griffin should be walking around “proud as a peacock.” Griffin says his command has improved from last year.

Yu Darvish is scrapping his experiment with a split-finger pitch.

Matt Fisher writes about the Rangers players who were on the teams that made the WBC finals.

Sam Dyson and Alex Claudio are in good shape after their WBC performances.

The bullpen as a whole has had a strong spring.

The Rangers are working with Andrew Faulkner on his delivery.

Stevenson has updates on Yu Darvish and several injured Rangers. He also has his “Surprise Five” from yesterday.

The Rangers’ website notes talk about James Loney, Darvish, Tyson Ross, and Brett Nicholas.