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Today in Rangers News…

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1. The Rangers have officially signed left handed reliever, Eddie Guardado to a 1 year minor league contract. The figures have been estimated at 1 million if he makes the team, up to 3 million in incentives. I think this is a good move for the squad to get a solid reliever in their on the heels of Benoit’s surgery, and he is also a very good mentor for the young guys. Eddie had this to say on a conference call earlier today:

“I know what I can do and I see myself in the seventh or eighth inning. But that’s not my decision. Whenever the skip calls down and the phone rings, I’ll get up and get ready to pitch. I’m there to help out the young guys too and hopefully get them better.”



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2. The Rangers announced that their weekday games will now be broadcast on 105.3 FM “The Fan” during the regular season, and they will be broadcasting 18 spring training games, 15 of them will be heard on “The Fan”. I am beginning to like “The Fan” more and more. I’m still a P1 at heart, but am starting to switch over to Ben and Skin more and more since they have Ranger talk quite a bit. Should be interesting during the season if they start their pregame show at 5:00 pm or so. We could get 7+ hours of good Ranger talk every game that is broadcast. Adam likes.
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3. Jason Parks over at BBTIA has a good write up about Justin Smoak. Parks says this about his hitting tools:

“As far as pure hitting tools go, there aren’t many minor leaguers that have the ability to hit a baseball like Smoak can. His hitting fundamentals are sound from both sides of the plate; he keeps his hands back, has a calm load, and a smooth path to the ball with excellent lift and bat plane. His swing from the left side is slightly more compact, but his superior strength creates enough bat speed to give him power from both sides of the plate.”


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4. Joe Sheehan over at Baseball Prospectus surprised everyone by stating that he thinks the Rangers will win the West. Really?! This kind of thing just makes me that much more excited for the season.

juiced (frisco): Gun to your head right now, who makes the AL playoffs as things stand?

Joe Sheehan: Yankees, Indians, Rangers, Red Sox. The AL West isn’t good.

He also had this to say:

Dan P. (Dallas, TX): Do the Rangers have enough to creep into the discussion with the Angels and As this year? (I personally think the Angels are more vulnerable than the conventional wisdom seems to hold.)

Joe Sheehan: I don’t think the Rangers are wired to succeed in 2009, nor should they be. That said, I also think this is a very weak Angels squad, the weakest in a while, lacking the BA and speed to make their walks-averse offense work, and with a defense that continues to slide. The AL West might not have one of the seven or eight best teams in the league. I know I’d take the Rays, Yankees, Red Sox and Indians over any of them, and maybe the Twins. Then you can argue theWhite Sox, Blue Jays and Tigers. So, yeah, I think all of the other three teams would have value in wagers. If that were legal.

And this…

David (NJ): I know you had a gun to your head but why Texas over Oakland? What tipped the scales in Texas’ favor? I think Oakland has quietly had a nice off season.

Joe Sheehan: Because I’m not sure what the A’s might do at any given point any longer. That’s not a criticism, just an observation.


Pretty good stuff for a Rangers fan. This is as much love on the front end of a season as we have seen in a long time. Yeah, one person, but what can you do.





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