Posts Tagged ‘Texas Rangers’
Fantasy in Five: Third baseman rankings
After various weeks of analyzing each position in the infield, Fantasy in Five finally gets to the hot corner. While there are many obvious choices as who will be either at the top, it was difficult for me to choose the final two over certain others. 1. Miguel Cabrera- If this wasn’t obvious enough, you either must not follow professional …
by Giovanni Mio on March 20th, 2013 1 Comments »
Fantasy in Five: Second baseman rankings
We’re halfway done with the infield, as I will now give you my top five fantasy second baseman and projections for the 2013 season. If you haven’t checked out already, please view my projections for catchers and first baseman on SFC as well. 1. Robinson Cano- This was a prediction you would know (see what I did there?). There simply …
by Giovanni Mio on February 25th, 2013 4 Comments »
Fantasy in Five: Playoff assistance
It’s almost that time of year. The time where fantasy baseball playoffs start and the regular football season begins. In this issue of Fantasy in Five, I will give you five players to consider acquiring that’ll help you make that playoff push and eventually winning your league. 1. Pedro Ciriaco- At least the Boston Red Sox have someone they can …
by Giovanni Mio on August 29th, 2012 Leave a comment »
MLB midseason awards: American League
Matt Gordon makes his debut with a column about this American League midseason awards.
by Matt Gordon on July 9th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Fantastic Fantasy: Five players to avoid
Gio tells you which players to avoid.
by Giovanni Mio on April 4th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Yu Darvish signs with the Rangers
In the end, the Rangers spent over $100 million for the Japanese pitcher
by Derek Johnson on January 19th, 2012 1 Comments »
Breaking News: Rangers Win Rights to Yu Darvish
$51.7 million. That’s the bid the Texas Rangers made to win the rights to Japanese ace Yu Darvish. The Rangers’ bid was higher than that of the Red Sox’s bid in 2006 for Daisuke Matsuzaka. Having already lost C.J. Wilson to the Los Angeles Angels, the Rangers were looking to bolster their starting rotation. Texas GM Jon Daniels had expressed …
by Derek Johnson on December 20th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Report: C.J. Wilson agrees to deal with Angels
Joel Sherman is reporting that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have agreed to a deal with free agent pitcher C.J. Wilson. The contract is said to be a five-year deal. Wilson will leave the Rangers after seven successful seasons, in which he went 43-35 and struck out 637 batters. He also compiled a 3.60 ERA in that time period. …
by Jon Alba on December 8th, 2011 1 Comments »
Red October: St. Louis Cardinals, A Team of Destiny
“The Cardinals are down to their final strike.” The world heard it countless times on Thursday night. The members of the St. Louis squad knew it as well. It did not mean, however, that they had struck out. David Freese ensured that with a two-out, two-strike, two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6 that knotted things …
by Jon Alba on October 29th, 2011 Leave a comment »
MLB Trade Deadline Update: Mike Adams To Texas
Despite a false report from Ken Rosenthal, who claimed the Rangers had acquired Padres reliever Heath Bell, it is in fact Mike Adams who has been traded, says Jim Bowden. -The deal will send Robbie Erlin and Joe Wieland to San Diego in return for the stud set-up man. -The Rangers add Adams to a bullpen consisting of the newly-acquired …
by Jon Alba on July 31st, 2011 Leave a comment »