Jon Daniels

Josh Lindblom never expected to start in the big leagues. He always viewed himself as a reliever at the highest level and didn't fully commit to starting. That changed this spring, though, when Lindblom didn't break camp with the Texas Rangers and the...

Ron Washington isn't second-guessing his decision to have Yu Darvish throw 130 pitches in Thursday's 10-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Texas Rangers manager felt Darvish was the best option to get through the heart of the Tigers' lineup in the...

Colby Lewis didn't throw a scheduled bullpen session, but did play catch Saturday as he is dealing with some soreness in his right triceps. Lewis isn't concerned about it, but might not make his next scheduled start Tuesday with Triple A Round Rock in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Cather A.J. Pierzynski, the ironman of current catchers, ended up on the disabled list Thursday for just the second time in his 14-year career. Pierzynski, 36, has been bothered by a...

Cather A.J. Pierzynski, the ironman of current catchers, ended up on the disabled list Thursday for just the second time in his 14-year career. Pierzynski, 36, has been bothered by a strained oblique muscle on his right side for nearly two weeks....

Lance Berkman said that he was flattered by the media's prodding about playing first base during the Texas Rangers' two-game interleague series at Miller Park, but even he knows that's not going to happen. There continues to be too much risk with his...

The Sports Xchange Rangers' Harrison has second operation on back Texas Rangers starting pitcher Matt Harrison had a second surgery on his back in eight days on Wednesday and now will miss at least three months. Harrison had surgery just over a week...

Yu Darvish arrived with more questions than answers when the Texas Rangers won the bidding rights and signed the Japanese right-hander before the 2012 season. Would he be as dominant in the United States as he was in Japan? Would he break the trend...

Like anybody in the big-league camp, Josh Lindblom wanted to pitch well enough to make the Texas Rangers' Opening Day roster. Lindblom was one of two pitchers the Rangers acquired for Michael Young this off-season, and was projected to be a right-handed...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH This is how good the Rangers bullpen has been this season. On Tuesday, even in suffering its first loss of the season, the bullpen was exceptional. Rookie Joe Ortiz suffered the loss,...

Texas Rangers pitchers can't seem to escape harm, even when they aren't actually with the club. The latest member of the pitching staff to be slowed is Joakim Soria, who suffered a strained pectoral muscle while rehabbing at extended spring training and...

PHILADELPHIA It makes for a delicious discussion how a couple of annual contenders, the Cardinals and Texas Rangers, could fill present needs and fortify future lineups by swapping, straight up, two of baseball's elite prospects. The notion...