Adrian (Perez) Beltre

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 7, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1998 (Age 19)   vs. ANA 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mariners/Rangers/RedSox 1998-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$80M (11-15) & 16 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 14.096, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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• 3/22 Billy-Ball.com: Nine to Know – Soriano, Farrell, Pujols, Gordon, Cano, AGon, Mayberry, Beltre, Beltran, Manush & more: From the Bill Chuck Files… Rafael Soriano keeps losing something off his fastball. In 2009, it was 93.4, in 2010 it was...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Chasing RibbiesI want to share three thoughts and one piece of trivia on the subject of runs batted in. Being one More......
• 3/21 Call to the Pen: Dominican Republic: The Right Team Became WBC Champ: The team representing the country that considers baseball to be its National Pastime won the 2013 World Baseball Classic and it’s...
• 3/20 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Third Base Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
• 3/20 MLB Injury News: Rangers rumors: Texas intends to keep Elvis Andrus: There has been speculation involving the Texas Ranger potentially trading shortstop Elvis Andrus. However, general manager Jon Daniels...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: 3rd overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013? Here is an idea of who to take and which players may be available: So you drew the third spot in your fantasy baseball draft and want to know who is likely to fall to you on draft day?  Here are...
• 3/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles: Carlos GonzalezLet me start this one on a bit of a personal note. My cousin is becoming a baseball fan, which More......
• 3/14 Call to the Pen: WBC: Jurickson Profar to Join Netherlands for Championship Round: After teetering back and forth about playing in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Jurickson Profar will finally take to the field...
• 3/13 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Texas Rangers ...
• 3/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Afternoon News And Notes: Jeter, Boesch, Cooper, Joba: A number of interesting notes on the Yankees today, mostly to do with shoring up another bat. Brennan Boesch, who the Tigers...
• 3/12 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Top Ten Third Basemen: Why trust David Wright to be a third-round pick when he can't hit line drives with the same frequency?See More Miguel Cabrera Adrian...
• 3/12 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Texas Rangers: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/11 We Talk Fantasy Sports: The Case For Hanley Ramirez: Hanley Ramirez is one of the more aggravating players in fantasy baseball. Players see his tantalizing ceiling, then heave exasperated...
• 3/9 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 20 Third Basemen: Coming off a historic season, Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera is clearly the top fantasy third baseman and arguably the top player...
• 3/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Further Investigation into the Lack of Quality Middle Infielders: Last weekend, I introduced the Gagne Threshold.  I used a variety of criteria to find good middle infielders over the past...
• 3/6 Nolan Writin': Is Acquiring Rick Porcello Really Worth It?: Per Adam Rubin, on Monday the Rangers “inquired” about Tigers RHP Rick Porcello, which, logically, was most likely...
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Red Sox, Ellsbury, Santana, Nationals: Here's a look at items out of the AL and NL East.. Jacoby Ellsbury insists that the Red Sox aren't evaluating him differently...
• 3/4 Nolan Writin': Darvish Throws Three Shutout Innings, Rangers Get Third Win Of Spring: As far as the heroes of the game — with one out in the 9th inning, Joey Butler reached on an infield single, scoring Jim...
• 3/4 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Base: Below are my third base rankings for 2013.Miguel Cabrera (BA, R, HR, RBI)  Adrian Beltre (BA, R, HR, RBI) David...
• 3/2 Roto Think Tank: CBS AL-Only Analyst Auction: And, in case you missed it, here is the American League link for the CBS auction (held Thursday). My write-up is over at Baseball...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Cano, Lohse, Nationals: On the latest edition of the Rosters & Rumblings podcast, MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith and Jason Mart.inez of MLB Depth Charts...
• 3/1 For Baseball Junkies: Mariners All-Time Team v.2012: Today we're taking a look at the Mariners All-Time team, version 2012.  Last year's inaugural team can be seen here.  ...
• 3/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: What Has Happened to the Hot Corner?: Barry made a comment about Middlebrooks’ wrist injury under our “What Position Should Xander Bogaerts Play?” post that...

• 2/28 Baseball News Source: 5 Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 Nolan Writin': My Theory of Why the Rangers Are the Envy of the Rest of the League: Let’s look at the happenings of the last couple of weeks. It started with Josh Hamilton’s ridiculous statements about Ranger...
• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 The Flagrant Fan: 2013 projections for Manny Machado are too conservative: The leap is way too large to consider that the Baltimore Orioles went 33-18 once Manny Machado made the leap to the Major Leagues...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics: The Longoria Window | Kansas City Royals: Tyler Drenon20122010-2012Average payroll of playoff teams $105,234,600.80$105,374,479.21Kansas City Royals payroll$60,916,225 $56,149,145Average...
• 2/27 mlbreports.com : Todd Helton Should Be Retiring After This Year – But With His Head Held High!: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February.27,  2013 By Jon Schifferle ( Rockies Correspondent – visit his own personal...
• 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Can Lance Berkman bounce back in 2013 with Texas Rangers?: As if blowing their division lead on the regular season’s final day wasn’t miserable enough, the Texas Rangers followed...
• 2/27 Obstructed View: 2013 Cubs Projections: Starlin Castro: Before we get to Starlin Castro's 2013 Cubs Projections, I wanted to talk a little bit about something else in regard to Castro....
• 2/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: February 25, 2013: Chris McBrien and the Fantasy Doctor are joined by Charlie Saponara, writer at “Fantasy Baseball 365” and “The Outside...
• 2/26 mlbreports.com : Ranking the Top 10 Hitters In The MLB Right Now: Part 2 (6-10): Like us on Facebook here Below is Part 2 of the Top 10 hitters in baseball. You can read Part 1 here. Tuesday February.26, 2013...
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic: In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility...
• 2/22 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 42: I’ve Got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates: We’re a little under-length in this week’s Crash Bag, but fear not! …actually, there’s no good reason...
• 2/22 Lasorda's Lair: Paco Rodriguez, Peter Moylan, and Alfredo Amezaga Will Not Parti**** in World Baseball Classic: Three Dodgers, who are vying for spots on the roster during this Spring Training camp, have decided to forgo the World Baseball...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Pitching could carry Texas Rangers to the promised land: The 2013 Texas Rangers are officially at their spring training home in Surprise, Ariz., getting set for what could be another...
• 2/19 Nolan Writin': Your 2013 Spring Training Guide To The Rangers, And Other Rules: I’ll be heading out to Surprise, AZ this weekend. I’ll be at the game with my best friend on Saturday and, maybe more...
• 2/19 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #6 Texas Rangers: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 2/19 Red Sox Maineiacs: Competition?: Is there a new theme forming within the Red Sox offseason plan? Is Ben Cherington stealing a page from Bill Belichick's playbook?...
• 2/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s All Thank Adrian Beltre For Straining His Calf: It’s not quite, you know, actually getting playing time at the position that we’re all terrified of him playing, but…...
• 2/19 Jays Journal: Moises Sierra To Join Dominican Team at WBC: The Toronto Blue Jays have had an on-again, off-again relationship with this year’s World Baseball Classic. At one point,...
• 2/19 MLB Injury News: Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre suffers strained calf: Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has decided against playing in the World Baseball Classic, as the slugger has sustained...
• 2/19 Nolan Writin': More Preseason Musings: – Apparently Josh Hamilton made some recent remarks about Dallas-Fort Worth not being a “true sports town,”...
• 2/18 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC news for Feb. 18, 2013: If you missed the news from earlier in the day, go here. For tonight’s news, go below the jump. From Rangers Camp: As rumored,...
• 2/18 Nolan Writin': Why The Rangers Shouldn’t Extend David Murphy: As I wrote yesterday, T.R. Sullivan has a piece up on the team website discussing the Rangers in “contract discussions”...
• 2/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: Lone Star State Edition: With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League...
• 2/15 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Olt & Profar: Yesterday Jon Daniels threw a wet blanket over the fire to quiet — but not completely extinguish — speculation of...
• 2/14 Motor City Bengals: The Mike Trout Effect: Guys that can do what Mike Trout did last year are a rarity at any position. Trout played in 139 games, but he ran the bases,...
• 2/12 Fire Brand of the American League: Ask Nick: Bridge Year Edition: In which Nick channels Theo Epstein c. 2010, champions Saltalamacchia based on one counting stat, and is jazzed to be at "The...
• 2/10 Redlegs Review: ESPN writer ranks Reds infield as best in the National League:   The Reds are often regarded as boasting one of the top defensive infields in Major League Baseball. And why not? They...
• 2/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Whitewater Drafting: The goal for every draft is to be as prepared as possible. For some, it’s memorizing the magazine when we’re in the bathroom....
• 2/8 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Nelson Cruz: Alas, we’ve reached the final day discussing the assumed starting lineup heading into the 2013 season. The starting rotation...
• 2/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Run Prevention Puzzle: For the purposes of this article, we’ll need to agree on something. It’s not exactly controversial, but asking for...
• 2/6 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: David Murphy: The starting rotation has been covered. A.J. Pierzynski, Mitch Moreland, Ian Kinsler, Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus have each...
• 2/5 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: David Freese deserves to get paid: The St. Louis Cardinals recently came to terms with left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to a one year contract which will...
• 2/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Third Basemen Rankings: The hot corner is one loaded with young, risky, talent.  Guys like Manny Machado, Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas...
• 2/4 WasWatching: Robinson Cano & Vladimir Guerrero: They are the only major league players since 1901, who born in the D.R., to have 4+ seasons where they were ages 24 to 29, with...
• 2/3 Lasorda's Lair: Hanley Ramirez Hasn’t Played Much Shortstop This Offseason: Hanley Ramirez will primarily be the designated hitter for the Leones del Escogido in the Caribbean Series, a seven-day tournament,...
• 2/2 The Flagrant Fan: Adrain Beltre - a product of his environment: Adrian Beltre will be heading into his Age 34 season with fifteen years already accumulated in his Major League Baseball career....

• 1/31 Through The Fence Baseball: Is Ian Kinsler really the new face of the Texas Rangers?: MLB Network recently voted Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler as the team’s new “face” of the franchise. Previously,...
• 1/29 mlbreports.com : Yu Darvish: What Needs To Be Done For An Encore In 2013: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday January 29th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Yu Darvish was up there with the most...
• 1/29 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Third Basemen: The third base position is as deep, from a fantasy standpoint, as it has been in years. It’s deep enough that if your league...
• 1/28 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top third basemen in baseball: by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer I made up this list by asking a couple of people to send me their top ten players...
• 1/25 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 38: The Great Satan: I’m kind of cheesed off. I have sat through a series of moves by Ruben Amaro that have driven me slowly to the verge of...
• 1/23 The Sports Provocateur: A.L. West Dream Lineup Powered by Angels and Rangers: The American League West Dream Lineup for 2013, not surprisingly, consists primarily of Texas Rangers and California. Angels....
• 1/22 Fire Brand of the American League: Blocked at the Top?Taking a look at the options available for the Red Sox as their top prospects advance to the majors....
• 1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/19 mlbreports.com : The Texas Rangers Payroll In 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.19th,  2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Reports Trade Correspondent): It is easy to...
• 1/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The WBC Might Actually Affect the Left Side of the Dodger Infield: I haven’t talked that much about the World Baseball Classic because I don’t really find it all that interesting, and...
• 1/18 BoSox Injection: Is Mike Napoli The Next Adrian Beltre?: If a right-handed power hitter is coming off a bad year and may have to sign a one year deal, the Red Sox are essentially the...
• 1/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Texas Rangers Hitting & Pitching Preview: Texas Rangers — Predicted Finish: Third Place, AL West The Texas Rangers are at a crossroads. They were the class of More...The...
• 1/16 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: # 5 – Oswaldo Arcia: Interested to see who could be patrolling your favorite team’s field in the next few years? You can read up on “Bright...
• 1/15 BoSox Injection: Does Boston Have Their Next Great Left Fielder In Their Midst?: As storied as the Green Monster itself that towers above left field at Fenway Park is a long line of Red Sox left-fielders that...
• 1/14 Nolan Writin': Texas’ Expected Lineup In 2013: It’s about the be the early morning of January 14th, still an excruciatingly long way from Spring Training, so I understand...
• 1/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre commits to WBC: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre said Friday, Jan. 11, that he is going to play for his native Dominican Republic in the upcoming...[+] World Baseball Classic. He played for the DR in 2006, but did not participate in 2009. 'The fans over there in our country, they take a lot of pride in what we do here,' Beltre said. 'Obviously, it's the biggest sport in our land.'
• 1/11 Nolan Writin': The Perception Of Ian Kinsler: I’m looking forward to the infusion of Ian Kinsler hate that I expect to flood in over the next week or so, based on his...
• 1/11 The Baseball Continuum: Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:30 PM of Jan. 11, 2013: Today’s World Baseball Classic news as of about 2:30 PM and a reminder that, as more WBC news continues to trickle in, keep...
• 1/11 WasWatching: Justin Upton Comps: Here’s one slice at it: Rk Player WAR/pos PA From To Age G R H HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG 1 Miguel Cabrera 17.1 3072 2003...
• 1/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Lance Berkman expected to hit third : Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said 1B Lance Berkman likely will hit third in the batting order this season. The first five...[+] spots in the batting order are expected to be 2B Ian Kinsler, SS Elvis Andrus, Berkman, 3B Adrian Beltre and OF Nelson Cruz.
• 1/7 The Baseball Haven: Faults in the Berkman Signing: When the Texas Rangers signed Lance Berkman to a one-year, $10 million deal (with a $12 million option for 2014, which vests at...
• 1/7 Call to the Pen: Rangers Still Looking to Add: This weekend, the Texas Rangers came to an agreement with free agent Lance Berkman on a one-year, $10 million contract that includes...
• 1/7 MLB Dirt: 2013 Texas Rangers Top 16 Prospects: Toolsy, middle infielders are thick as thieves in this system. Between Jurickson Profar (SS), Leury Garcia (SS), Luis Sardinas...
• 1/6 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 All Breakout Team (AL): C Jarrod Saltalamacchia In his age 27 season, Salty finally started to make good on the promise that made him a highly regarded...
• 1/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Berkman A Great Signing For The Rangers On All Levels (If He’s Healthy): Lance Berkman is a great signing with limited risk for the Rangers. Let’s take a look at why. He’s can still hit Berkman,...
• 1/4 The Baseball Continuum: Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 7:54 PM of Jan. 3, 2013: Today’s news: Miguel Montero of the Arizona Diamondbacks basically confirmed he was going to play for Venezuela in the WBC...
• 1/4 The Baseball Continuum: WBC 2013 Projections: Dominican Republic Version 2.1: It’s time for another round of projections for the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic roster. Those that...
• 1/3 The Baseball Continuum: Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 7:54 PM of Jan. 3, 2013: Today’s news: Miguel Montero of the Arizona Diamondbacks basically confirmed he was going to play for Venezuela in the WBC...
• 1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Salvador Perez and Large, Powerful HaunchesI was at Target Field, watching a game with my wife. We had fantastic seats and I could get a More......
• 1/1 The Baseball Continuum: WBC 2013 Projections: Dominican Republic Version 2.1: It’s time for another round of projections for the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic roster. Those that...

• 12/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Could The Rays Swoop In and Snatch Mike Napoli From The Red Sox?: We heard at the beginning of December that Mike Napoli and the Boston Red Sox had agreed to a 3-year, 39 million dollar contract....
• 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Contact Hitters: With power becoming harder to find, lots of teams are shifting towards a contact-oriented offense. They seek players who can hit...
• 12/26 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Best Baseball Players of 2012: Trout was baseball's bast player in 2012 (ESPN) 1. Mike Trout Unquestionably the most valuable player in baseball this...
• 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End of year countdown: Mike Trout atop best-player list in 2012: As the year winds down to its official close next Monday, we shift from season’s greetings to best-of list countdowns. Here’s...
• 12/26 Red Sox Maineiacs: Competition?: Is there a new theme forming within the Red Sox offseason plan? Is Ben Cherington stealing a page from Bill Belichick's playbook?...
• 12/23 Feelin' Kinda Blue: While unlikely, trading Andre Ethier to the Rangers could benefit Dodgers: While an Andre Ethier trade is pretty unlikely (gave it a 20 percent chance of happening in the latest episode of "Dugout Blues,"...
• 12/21 Southside Showdown: Texas Rangers Sign A.J. Pierzynski: It was already a done deal, in the minds of most. Maybe some nostalgia driven hope that A.J. Pierzynski would remain in Chicago...
• 12/19 Talkin Sox with Dan: Red Sox Quick Hits: Youkilis, Uehara, Drew: Kevin Youkilis inked a one-year pact with the New York Yankees for the upcoming season. Tom Brady’s brother-in-law will...
• 12/17 Nolan Writin': 2013 Lineup Construction: It’s no big secret: The Rangers offense is sure to look very different next year. There’s no more Josh Hamilton, no...
• 12/15 Behind the Plate: 2013 Third Baseman Rankings Does a Triple Crown and MVP guarantee Miguel Cabrera a first place spot in our rankings?   &nb [...] ...
• 12/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Luis Cruz isn't the answer at third base, but there are few alternatives: If only Adrian Beltre was a free agent this winter... Luis Cruz was a nice story. He really was. But a "nice story"...
• 12/15 Nolan Writin': “It’s Time” … To Blow Up the Rangers: and a little music to read along to   Last September during the Rangers’ historic collapse, I was one of the dwindling...
• 12/13 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Josh Hamilton Signs With the Halos: The Angels hope Josh Hamilton can help them reach the playoffs. (US Presswire)The Josh Hamilton sweepstakes are finally over,...
• 12/13 Nolan Writin': The Day Josh Hamilton Fled Texas: We were told Josh Hamilton was going to give the Rangers the final say. We were told he was to go out, find his market, then come...
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Texas Rangers Team Page: TEXAS RANGERSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Adrian Beltre (9)2. Yu Darvish (8)3. Joe Nathan (7.5)4....
• 12/10 Seedlings to Stars: Texas Willing to Deal Olt to Mets for Dickey: Finding themselves on the losing end of Zach Greinke’s free agent decision and unsure of which potentially available pitcher...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Third Basemen: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 12/9 mlbreports.com : Baseball Academies in the Dominican Republic: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 Sam Evans (Baseball Writer): In 2012, almost ten percent of all major league players were born in the...
• 12/9 Nolan Writin': Michael Young is No Longer a Texas Ranger: As Sarah wrote a little bit earlier, today’s move to trade Michael Young is sure to be met like most other polarizing situations:...
• 12/8 Baseball Jerks: Michael Young Approves Trade from Texas, Heads to Philadelphia: It took a couple of days of debating, but Michael Young has finally accepted a trade that will send him to the Philadelphia Phillies...
• 12/8 My Pinstripes: Report: Texas Ships Young To Philly: Michael Young got tired of being shifted around the Texas Rangers' infield the last few years and having to check if...
• 12/7 Crashburn Alley: On Scoring Runs, Preventing Runs, and Perception: The Phillies traded for center fielder Ben Revere yesterday. It was met with mixed reactions, and was surprisingly not split along...
• 12/6 Phillies Nation: Trading For Young is a Bad Move: When I hear the name Michael Young, it takes me back to summers in high school. There wasn’t a huge blogging community at...
• 12/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Injuries Should Not Be A Concern With Ellsbury: In 2011, when Jose Reyes was approaching free agency with the Mets, the biggest argument against giving him a long-term contract...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Mike Olt Drawing Trade Interest: Mike Olt is a name to watch this week at the Winter Meetings, according to Jon Morosi of FOX Sports, who tweets that at least...
• 12/2 WasWatching: The Greatest Fielding 3B Of All-Time Is…: First, start with this list - Rk Player Rfield From To Age G 1 Brooks Robinson 292 1955 1977 18-40 2896 2 Adrian Beltre 187 1998...

• 11/30 Rising Apple: Was Signing Wright To Historic Contract Really A Smart Move?: With the recent news of the Mets and David Wright agreeing to terms on a 8-year, $138 million contract extension — after Wright’s...
• 11/29 Lasorda's Lair: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS:: Is Juan Uribe GONE! Make no mistake, none of us like Juan Uribe, not even a little bit. And in a world where money is no object,...
• 11/29 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: Robinson Cano: Robinson Cano is by far the best player on the New York Yankees. In my opinion, this is seen with the eyes and on the stat sheet....
• 11/29 Swingin' A's: Pat Neshek and the A’s See Eye to Eye: As we approach the month of December many arbitration eligible players might begin to sweat a little bit as the deadline for teams...
• 11/28 Nolan Writin': Expect the Unexpected: I’ve had a couple running dialogues with Rangers’ fans since the season ended. Sometimes we talk about what we think...
• 11/27 Blog Red Machine: Is It Time to Make “The Move”?: The 2013 season beckons and and I have fought tirelessly to avoid a certain truth that Walt Jocketty must face.  You may be surprised to...
• 11/20 MLB Dirt: Texas Rangers Offseason Eight Ball: The Rangers are probably seeking a catcher or two, an outfielder and adding pitching both starters and bullpen help. Guaranteed...
• 11/17 Nolan Writin': Moving Ian Kinsler Off Second Base Would Be A Mistake: Each spring when Texas commences with its home slate, the game is played in the early afternoon. The sun imposingly illuminates...
• 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Texas Rangers: The Rangers will seek a catcher, pursue outfielders and add pitching in the coming months. Guaranteed Contracts Ian Kinsler,...
• 11/16 Halo Hangout: Settling For Second: An Unfortunate Mike Trout Story: It was inevitable, really. Progress is being made. Sabermetrics, for the most part, is not quickly and immediately being dismissed...
• 11/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): Cone crowns Jays division favorites: Apparently we're moving from hot stove season to prematurely bullish prediction season in record time this year. Speaking to reporters...
• 11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more: Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/15 Baseball News Source: Tigers Miguel Cabrera adds MVP Award to Triple Crown: Cabrera – first Triple Crown winner since 1967 added an  AL MVP award The Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera added the 2012...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields’ First Complete Game: Rays fans remember James Shield’s dazzling 2011 season when he pitched 11 complete games. His handiwork that year earned him...
• 11/14 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL MVP: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/13 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Third Basemen: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 11/13 For Baseball Junkies: MLB Free Agency - Predicting Josh Hamilton: Today, I'm taking a look at Josh Hamilton's free agency campaign.  I'll take a look at his body of work and try to gauge...
• 11/13 BoSox Injection: Buttoned Up At Third Base: Let The Contingency Planning Begin: Conor Duffy and Patrick Cavanaugh have taken a close look at third base over the past few days, from prospective backups/prospects...
• 11/12 Baseball Ruminations: The Texas Rangers’ Happy Quandry: The Texas Rangers are in an interesting position headed into the 2013 season. Not many teams have all-star players at both shortstop...
• 11/12 Behind the Plate: Top Prospects in Baseball 30-21: Aidan FlynnReds prospec [...] ...
• 11/12 Crashburn Alley: Veterans Day: What would a Phillies off-season be if they weren’t constantly linked to old, expensive free agents? MLB Trade Rumors, citing...
• 11/12 Call to the Pen: Rangers Trying to Fix What Isn’t Yet Broken: The Texas Rangers won consecutive American League pennants in 2010 & 2011. In 2012, they were probably the best team in the...
• 11/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Aramis and the Composition of Cano: Over the past few weeks, a bunch of stuff has been on my mind, and occasionally I'll try to document it somewhere, so that I won't...
• 11/9 Nolan Writin': Projecting the Rangers 2013 opening day roster: Here is an early prediction of what could be the Texas Rangers 2013 opening day roster: Starting lineup: Ian Kinsler, 2B Michael...
• 11/9 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: The Right 25: In the midst of football season a po**** phrase we’ve heard from our friends on the other side of the Truman Sports Complex...
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Two teammates in mix for AL MVP: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre and OF Josh Hamilton are two of five American League Most Valuable Player Award finalists named...[+] Wednesday, Nov. 7. The winner will be announced Nov. 15.
• 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 AL Awards Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season, we decided to nominate Jose Bautista for this award. This was a safe bet, not a gut feeling...
• 11/7 The Baseball Haven: 10 Players to Watch in 2013: Whether they are rookies, players who may have had a surprising second half in 2012, or a feeling, here are players you will want...
• 11/7 WasWatching: Was Al Rosen In 1953 The Best Season Ever For A 3B?: You tell me - Rk Player WAR/pos Year Age Tm G PA R 2B 3B HR RBI SO BA OBP SLG 1 Al Rosen 9.8 1953 29 CLE 155 688 115 27 5 43 145...
• 11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Alex Gordon Wins Second Gold Glove: Tonight the gold glove winners are being announced in each league.  During an hour long program on ESPN2, winners in both leagues...
• 11/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Mike Napoli A Reasonable Option for the Rays?: The Rays desperately need bats. A pitching staff that was one of the best baseball has even seen went to waste as the Rays could...
• 11/5 Nolan Writin': Updates from the Dominican Winter League: I just wanted to take some time and share some updates that have come out of the Dominican Winter League news mill this past week....
• 11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles:...
• 11/3 Chicken Friars: Everth Cabrera signs with Super Agent Scott Boras: Everth Cabrera is in for a hefty payday in 2013. First the Padres shortstop qualifies as a Super Two, then he goes and hires super...
• 11/2 Nolan Writin': Rangers Interested in David Ortiz, and Other News: In an attempt to quench the appetite of a starving Rangers fan base in desperate need of some good news, or, rather, any news...
• 11/2 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Starting Rotation: The Tigers are going to have an interesting conundrum this offseason. After a shaky start, Anibal Sanchez was outstanding in...
• 11/2 Call to the Pen: Gold Glovers Always Underappreciated: It is so much more difficult to build a re**** as a great fielder than it is as a great hitter. The big boppers and their stats...
• 11/2 Baseball Reality Tour: 2010 - 2012 All Defensive Teams: Last time around, we looked at the 2012 All Defensive Teams when ranking players by various defensive statistics, such as Fielding...
• 11/1 Nolan Writin': Why Mike Trout Deserves To Be MVP: Amidst one of the more talked about MVP races of the last decade, I decided to pose a poll to the other three members of the NW...

• 10/31 Tyler's Think Tank: Gold Glove Review: I don't put much stock in Gold Glove awards (Fielding Bible Awards are where it's at). Too often they seem to go to flashy players...
• 10/31 Baseball Jerks: 2012 Gold Glove Winners, No Mike Trout?: Your 2012 Gold Glove winners have been officially announced. This year nine players received the award for the first time, the...
• 10/31 Climbing Tal's Hill: Gold Glove Winners Announced: The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Baseball awards have begun to mean less and less to me over the years. From all-star...
• 10/31 Fire Brand of the American League: Random musingsHunter Golden ponders life, Lackey, losers, and luscious Japanese pitchers....
• 10/31 Yankees Fans Unite: 2012 Fielding Awards: Last night the Gold Glove awards were announced, and our very own Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano were named to the American League...
• 10/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | AL Gold Gloves announced: Baltimore Orioles C Matt Wieters (second), New York Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira (fifth), Yankees 2B Robinson Cano (second), Texas...[+] Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (fourth), Orioles SS J.J. Hardy (first), Kansas City Royals OF Alex Gordon (second), Orioles OF Adam L. Jones (second), Oakland Athletics OF Josh Reddick (first) and Chicago White Sox SP Jake Peavy (first) and Tampa Bay Rays SP Jeremy Hellickson (first), who were co-winners, were named Gold Glove Award winners.
• 10/31 Baseball News Source: 2012 Gold Glove Award Winners – McCutchen, Headley, Reddick Among First-Time Selections: Josh Reddick was among nine first time Gold Glove winners The 2012 Gold Glove winners from the National League and American League...
• 10/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Gold Glove Winners: ALC - Matt Wieters (2nd award)1B - Mark Teixeira (5)2B - Robinson Cano (2)3B - Adrian Beltre (4)SS - J.J. Hardy (1)LF...
• 10/30 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams: The 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Teams for each league came out on Tuesday night and while the Boston Red Sox had two nominees...
• 10/30 StanGraphs: 2012 AL West Review: 2012 AL West Predicted Standings 1. Texas Rangers 2. Los Angeles Angels 3. Oakland Athletics 4. Seattle Mariners 2012 AL West...
• 10/30 Swingin' A's: Two A’s Up For Rawlings Gold Glove Awards: For a number of years, many A’s fans looked to the announcement of the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards with great anti**** hoping...
• 10/30 Nolan Writin': Rangers offseason moves, part two: Trade Targets: Baseball season is officially over. Now us fans will drift into the lull that takes place between the end of October and middle...
• 10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the AL MVP race: In a little more than two weeks the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will choose the American League MVP race....
• 10/25 District On Deck: Ryan Zimmerman Undergoes Successful Shoulder Surgery: Ryan Zimmerman was playing hurt through most of the 2012 season, and got off to a slow start. The fact that his best period of...
• 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | No surgery for Adrian Beltre: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdominal) isn't expected to undergo surgery to fix an abdominal injury that bugged him at the...[+] end of this season. 'Adrian is feeling well and not reporting any issues,' assistant general manager Thad Levine said. 'We have complete confidence in our medical staff, and they're not recommending surgery.'
• 10/25 WasWatching: Batters With 11+ Total Bases In A Post-Season Game: It’s a small list - Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt PA R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BOP Pos. Summary 1 Albert Pujols...
• 10/25 Nolan Writin': Perception and Priorities: One of the symptoms of being a successful franchise is possessing the ability to be highly selective when filling the holes within...
• 10/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 9 Players who give you a complete Fantasy Baseball Lineup Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/18 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Stan Musial (MVP): Today, we present to you our 2012 Stan Musial Ballots.The Stan Musial Award is the BBA equivalent of the  MLB MVP Award....
• 10/18 Nolan Writin': Thursday Morning Rumblings: Are you tired of the Cardinals winning? And how about that whole Alex Rodriguez potentially getting traded to the Marlins stuff?...
• 10/18 Phillies Nation: A-Rod Not a Fit in Philly: As he’s busy being benched in the ALCS and reportedly handing out his phone number to hot female patrons in-game, Alex Rodriguez‘s...
• 10/17 The Beanball: Alberto Callaspo is Pleasantly Solid: Teams generally expect massive offensive production out of their corner infielders, including third base. While that’s usually...
• 10/16 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Third Base: Tuesday October 16th, 2012 Peter Stein:  Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
• 10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot: It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 The Baseball Page: MLB: Scalding-hot hitters like Cano will try to carry their clubs in October:   Robinson Cano #24 of the New York Yankees hits a two run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning...
• 10/6 Birds Watcher: Summer’s not over just yet for ‘dem O’s: A lot of people aren’t fond of the new playoff system whereby the two wild card teams play in an automatic game seven in...
• 10/6 Lasorda's Lair: The Pop Fly Heard Round the World: Today the first ever one-game Wild Card playoffs were held, and what a wild show it was. The National League Wild Card game between...
• 10/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Bye Bye, JacobyIt's time to trade Jacoby Ellsbury...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot: AL MVP Mike Trout Miguel Cabrera Josh Hamilton Robinson Cano Justin Verlander Adrian Beltre Prince Fielder Albert...
• 10/5 WasWatching: Is Ben Zobrist The Best Player In Baseball Over Last 4 Years?: According to the leaders in WAR, over the last four seasons combined, he is: Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA OPS Pos Tm 1 Ben...
• 10/4 StanGraphs: 2012 MLB Playoff Preview: Once again, like a tender moment of bittersweet deja vu, the Major League Baseball playoffs are upon. The postseason seems to...
• 10/4 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL MVP Vote : 1. Mike Trout - .326/.399/.564, 30 HR, 49 SB, .422 wOBA, 175 wRC+, 10.4 fWAR, 10.7 rWAR2. Miguel Cabrera - .330/.393/.606,...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Decision coming on Adrian Beltre: The Texas Rangers will decide Friday, Oct. 5, if 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) will play third base in the Wild Card game against...[+] the Baltimore Orioles that same day.
• 10/4 High Heat Stats: Omar Vizquel and the experience factor: The 2011 card image on the left identifies Omar Vizquel as a third baseman. Vizquel, though, wrapped up his 24-year career this...
• 10/4 Call to the Pen: Scott Rolen’s Hall of Fame Case: Going into his age-30 season in 2005, Scott Rolen was coming off his best year to date and still in his prime. He had already...
• 10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless?: If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: Crooked Numbers: The Rangers and Athletics are playing a wild game. It looked like Texas was going to dominate as shoddy Oakland defense helped...
• 10/1 mlbreports.com : MLB: Final Fantasy MMXXII: Monday October 1st, 2012 Peter Stein:  Although the past week may have marked the end of your fantasy season, in many of the...
• 10/1 MLB Injury News: Rangers Injury News: Adrian Beltre, Mike Olt: Adrian Beltre had to be lifted in the seventh inning after apparently tweaking his shoulder.  He was replaced...
• 10/1 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (93-66) @ Oakland Athletics (91-68): After a very up and down home stand, the Rangers travel to finish out the regular season in Oakland. They are one win away from...
• 10/1 PaulLebowitz.com: The David Wright Contract Non-Story: By now, most “experts” and observers predicted that the Mets: A) would have lost 100+ games; B) in bankruptcy court and ready...
• 10/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre exits early: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) left the second game of a doubleheader Sunday, Sept. 30 with a strained left shoulder....[+]

• 9/30 Baseball News Source: Detroit’s Cabrera Still in Position for Triple Crown: Cabrera remains in contention for first Triple Crown since Yastrzemski in 1967 Miguel Cabrera was hitless in three at-bats in...
• 9/30 Nolan Writin': In Fear and Faith: Life is getting scary for Rangers fans. They can’t handle the 2.5-game lead with 5 left to play. They can’t handle...
• 9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre reaches century mark in RBIs: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit his 36th home run of the season against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Friday, Sept. 28,...[+] giving him at least 100 RBIs for the third consecutive season.
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/28 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown watch (overall and post-All Star break): AL Batting Average RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .326 2 Joe Mauer .323 3 Mike Trout .320 4 Derek Jeter .318 5 Adrian...
• 9/27 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown Watch: Today, we not only look at where Miguel Cabrera stands, but how each of Miggy’s competitors in each category...
• 9/27 Nolan Writin': Game 156: The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three: After two nights of truly deflating losses, the Rangers came back with a roar to seal win #92 and split the series with Oakland,...
• 9/27 MLB Injury News: Rangers Injury News: Yu Darvish: The Texas Rangers lost again to the Oakland Athletics last night and saw their lead in the American League West cut...
• 9/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rangers Game 153: Why does Tyson Ross have to touch a baseball for the A’s? Care of Ross’ “pitching” the A’s fall...
• 9/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Eric Gagne throws former teammates under the PED bus in his biography: Man, remember when Eric Gagne was a thing? It was great. Seeing him trot in from the bullpen with "Welcome to the Jungle"...
• 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The 40-homer club: Minus his homers, Curtis Granderson is hitting .171 The 40-homer club is pleased to welcome it’s newest members:  Curtis...
• 9/25 MLB Injury News: Durability Another Reason the San Diego Padres Should Value Chase Headley: The San Diego Padres have managed to extend five key players since the end of last season; Cameron Maybin, Nick...
• 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Watch: Batting Average Miguel Cabrera's 2012 season RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .331 2 Mike Trout .323 3 Derek Jeter .322 4 Joe...
• 9/25 Swingin' A's: As Usual, Bad Things Happen In Arlington as Beltre Burns A’s: It was a game that the A’s were in a position to win, but the Texas Rangers had other ideas.  For the second time on this...
• 9/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout versus Miguel Cabrera (again), even more Mike Trout and, Right now, it’s about trust. With the A’s losing...
• 9/25 Nolan Writin': Game 153: Beltre Battles Gut to Help Rangers Win: Let’s get the not so fun stuff out of the way first… Derek Holland tossed an unimpressive three innings Monday night....
• 9/24 Nolan Writin': On The Road, Rangers Edition: In a series which would best be described as the equivalent to a bird crapping all over your clean new T-shirt, the Rangers (luckily)...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre back in actionTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdominal) returned to the starting lineup Saturday, Sept. 22, against the Seattle Mariners....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdominal) returned to the starting lineup Saturday, Sept. 22, against the Seattle Mariners.
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre's pain connected to past surgery?: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdominal) said Saturday, Sept. 22, that doctors believe his abdominal pain is caused by scar...[+] tissue from an appendix surgery and follow-up procedure 12 years ago.
• 9/22 MLB Injury News: Texas Rangers Injury News: Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli: The Texas Rangers have a comfortable four game lead in the American League West over the Oakland Athletics.  However,...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre could be available SaturdayTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) is expected to be available against the Seattle Mariners Saturday, Sept. 22....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) is expected to be available against the Seattle Mariners Saturday, Sept. 22.
• 9/22 SoDo Mojo: Postseason Contenders: Your 2012 Seattle Mariners?: Newsflash: The Mariners are not going to run away with the AL West this season. Their bid for wild cards #1 and #2 has been denied....
• 9/21 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (89-60) @ Seattle Mariners (70-80): The Texas Rangers now have a magic number of 10 to clinch the AL West. With Oakland coming up next, this series against Seattle...
• 9/21 Baseball Analytics: McCutchen joins the 30-homer club; Pirates join the sub-.500 club: You can't say enough about Andrew McCutchen's season for the fading Pirates: McCutchen has indeed been a hitting star at .339...
• 9/21 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: The AL Postseason Watch: Adrian Beltre hit a tiebreaking two-run 9th inning homer off Angels closer closer Ernesto Frieri as the Rangers...
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre not in lineupTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) is not in the lineup Friday, Sept. 21....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) is not in the lineup Friday, Sept. 21.
• 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: Adrian Beltre is the Rangers' best player: Not only has Adrian Beltre been the best player for the Texas Rangers this season, he is one of the best players in...
• 9/21 MLB Injury News: Adrian Beltre Returns In Big Way: While Josh Hamilton wasn’t in the Texas Rangers’ lineup Thursday night in their finale against the Los Angeles...
• 9/21 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton Leaves Team Due to Sinus Infection: Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton has been dealing with a sinus issue that has, at times, caused blurred vision. As a result,...
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: Ernesto Frieri Serves Up Another Loss: Ernesto Frieri has sunk the Angels battleship. Entering the top of the ninth inning in a 1-1 game against the Rangers, Frieri...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout is the AL MVP — and it’s only kinda close: First of all, let me be clear: I intend no disrespect to Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre or even Yoenis Cespedes...
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre to be examined: Despite hitting a home run Thursday, Sept. 20, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdominal) looked to be in discomfort with intestinal...[+] issues, and he'll be examined by a gastrointestinal specialist Friday, Sept. 21. He is hoping to rejoin the team in Seattle this weekend.
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre in starting lineupTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) has been added to the starting lineup Thursday, Sept. 20, as the designated hitter....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) has been added to the starting lineup Thursday, Sept. 20, as the designated hitter.
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre to take BP: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) was scheduled to take batting practice Thursday, Sept. 20. He said all the tests he has...[+] taken on his intestinal issues have come back negative.
• 9/20 Baseball Analytics: 30-homer hitters: Last night, Alfonso Soriano and Adam Jones became the 15th and 16th players this season to hit 30 homers. ...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre outTexas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (sinuses) and 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) are not in the lineup Thursday, Sept. 20....[+] Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (sinuses) and 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) are not in the lineup Thursday, Sept. 20.
• 9/20 Nolan Writin': Game 148: Supporting Cast Comes Through For Rangers: There is a scene in Major League II when Charlie Sheen’s character Rick Vaughn comes home to his apartment after the game....
• 9/19 Nolan Writin': Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre Out Of Wednesday’s Game: Albert Pujols will be back for the Los Angeles Angels tonight, but the Rangers will be missing two of their biggest offensive...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Hopeful Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre will return soon: The Texas Rangers are hoping that OF Josh Hamilton (sinuses) and 3B Adrian Beltre (abdomen) can return to the lineup Thursday,...[+] Sept. 20, but they are not optimistic. Beltre's intestinal issues are not related to his previous intestinal issue that required surgery and threatened his career.
• 9/19 Baseball Analytics: Miguel Cabrera’s race for the Triple Crown: Prior to the start of the season, if you had to pick one player who had the best chance to win the Triple Crown, many pundits...
• 9/19 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Shouldn’t Need Triple Crown to be MVP: Midway through August in 2011, Miguel Cabrera and Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon were standing around the batting...
• 9/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Derek Jeter And The AL MVP: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) At this point it’s getting hard to find a positive adjective...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre not in lineup: Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (sinuses) and 3B Adrian Beltre (intestinal) are both out of the lineup Wednesday, Sept. 19. Hamilton...[+] is getting his vision checked, while Beltre is dealing with an intestinal problem.
• 9/19 Full Spectrum Baseball: Random, Possibly Intriguing, Mostly Useless Information: Yeah, I'm a baseball nerd and I wholeheartedly admit and accept this. One of the things I love about baseball is that there are...
• 9/18 The Baseball Page: Ellsbury shows his impact in Boston’s 5-2 win over Rays: Chances are, Jacoby Ellsbury will not sign a long-term extension with...
• 9/17 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agents Who Cost Teams Draft Picks: In some instances the decision to make a player a qualifying offer is not so much a choice as a formality. Is there any doubt...
• 9/15 mlbreports.com : Pedro Alvarez: Finally Meeting The Hype in Pittsburgh: Saturday September 15th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Pedro Alvarez is starting to turn the corner. Taking the next step. But, early...
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: The Guys Hardly Anyone Talks About: Hey, a non-Phillies column. Whaddaya know? I was perusing highlights on MLB.com and happened upon this home run hit by Josh Willingham...
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 19: How to Name Your Keg: It’s getting cold again, which excites me to no end. I love the change in weather, as would anyone who sweats as much as...
• 9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton returns: Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (knee) is back in the lineup and is starting in center field Friday, Sept. 14. 3B Adrian Beltre...[+] (shoulder) remains as the designated hitter.
• 9/14 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Ninth Inning Comeback Helps Tribe Avoid Sweep; Indians 5, Rangers 4: By Christian Petrila The Indians rallied in the ninth to overcome sloppy errors and stun the Texas Rangers to avoid the sweep...
• 9/14 WahoosOnFirst: Ninth-Inning Rally Lifts Tribe Over Rangers, 5-4: Zach McAllister threw a gem and the Tribe’s bats came out for a ninth-inning comeback Thursday night as Cleveland won a...
• 9/14 Nolan Writin': Game 143: Well, That Was Unexpected: When Joe Nathan took over in the ninth inning, it seemed to be as good as won. Then, something weird happened. Nathan failed to...
• 9/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #143: Cleveland Indians (59-84) at Texas Rangers (85-57): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians once again fell short when Adrian Beltre helped give the Rangers a lead they would...
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre now in lineup: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) talked his way into the lineup as the designated hitter Thursday, Sept. 13, after originally...[+] being left off the lineup card.
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre, Josh Hamilton out: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) and OF Josh Hamilton (knee) are not playing Thursday, Sept. 13. Both are sitting for...[+] precautionary reasons.
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre has inflammation: Updating a previous report, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre's (shoulder) MRI exam showed only inflammation and no structural damage....[+]
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Good news for Adrian Beltre: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) received good news in his MRI exam Thursday, Sept. 13, but it's unknown if he'll be...[+] able to play.
• 9/13 MLB Injury News: Rangers Players Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre, Mike Olt Injured: The Texas Rangers lost 73 home runs worth of power and a top prospect in one night.  Last night, Josh Hamilton,...
• 9/13 High Heat Stats: Is Darwin Barney baseball’s best defensive infielder?: Quick – who’s the best defensive 2nd baseman in baseball? Chase Utley? Robinson Cano? Dustin Pedroia? All fine second...
• 9/13 Baseball Analytics: Salty is “Just shy”: Jarrod Saltalamacchia homers against the Yanks last night. Photo by Bill Chuck   This is my Jarrod Saltalamacchia and...
• 9/13 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre Injured in Rangers Win:   Adrian Beltre delivered a two-run homer against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night, but he couldn’t complete...
• 9/13 WahoosOnFirst: The Non-Reactionary Case for Firing Manny Acta: The Cleveland Indians have been playing miserable baseball for two months straight. They’re 15-43 since the All-Star Break,...
• 9/13 BoSox Injection: David Ortiz Wants To Be With Red Sox Next Year, But They Must Compete For Postseason: Aside from the obvious need of upgrading their starting pitching, the Red Sox will have some roster decisions to make this off...
• 9/13 Nolan Writin': Game 142: Banged up Rangers win 85th: Though the Rangers never lost the early lead, Wednesday provided a pretty up and down game as Texas (85-57) defeated the Cleveland...
• 9/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Beltre, Hamilton Power Rangers Over Tribe; Rangers 5, Indians 2: By Ryan Hohman Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in the first inning and his team never looked back as the Texas Rangers beat...
• 9/12 Tyler's Think Tank: Harper Heating Up Again: After a protracted midseason slump, Bryce Harper is swinging a hot bat (CNN) In the Washington Nationals' 5-3 win over the...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre to have precautionary MRI: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (shoulder) left the game Wednesday, Sept. 12, against the Cleveland Indians after four innings...[+] due to a strained left shoulder. He is scheduled to have a precautionary MRI, with the results likely to be known Thursday, Sept. 13.
• 9/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Harrison Silences Tribe Bats While Defense Goes Wild; Rangers 6, Indians 4: By Evan Matsumoto Tuesday night marked the first game of the last series that Cleveland will play outside of the A.L. Central,...
• 9/12 WahoosOnFirst: Unearned Runs Sink Ubaldo, Tribe in 6-4 Rangers Win: The Indians showed some good fight, but it wasn’t enough to undo the damage caused by a Russ Canzler error Tuesday night...
• 9/11 High Heat Stats: Let youth be served: 2012 makes a mark: Earlier this month, Rangers’ second baseman Jurickson Profar (an early finalist for the All-Name team) made his major league...
• 9/10 Baseball Reality Tour: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances: Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances.Anyone...
• 9/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top Home Run Hitters In The Past 28 Days: With both real and fantasy teams making a push for the playoffs, the long ball can easily make the difference in crucial games....
• 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
• 9/8 Baseball Analytics: Derek Jeter has another three hit game: The Yankee captain's season On a recent radio appearance, I was asked if I was surprised at the season that Derek Jeter is...
• 9/8 Tyler's Think Tank: Reynolds Red Hot: Mark Reynolds is locked in at the plate (ESPN) Look out, New York Yankees.  The Orioles are hot on your trail, and (with...
• 9/7 High Heat Stats: Thursday game snippets: @Orioles 10, Yankees 6: It took just 4 pitches to erase all the momentum of New York’s 5-run, game-tying 8th. David Robertson meant...
• 9/7 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck's Friday Nine to Know - with a lot of Beltre: Positive thoughts and best wishes to Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy who is alert after having surgery for a skull...
• 9/7 Nolan Writin': Game 137: Rangers Work Overtime To Win Series With Royals: It didn’t start very well, with the Rangers falling behind 3-0 early, but the bats showed up led by Josh Hamilton‘s...
• 9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre in rare company: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre became only the fourth player in history to have back-to-back seasons of 30 homers or more at 32...[+] years of age or older Thursday, Sept. 6. He joins only Harmon Killebrew, Mike Schmidt and New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez.
• 9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre on tear at plateTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre has 11 home runs and 21 runs batted in over his last 15 games....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre has 11 home runs and 21 runs batted in over his last 15 games.
• 9/6 Baseball News Source: Rangers Adrian Beltre Redefining Hot Streak: Adrian Beltre is establishing himself as an MVP candidate Adrian Beltre is redefining the meaning of a hot streak. Over the...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Beltre’s Belts: Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the fourth inning to tie the Royals at three. Beltre...
• 9/6 Roto Think Tank: September Call-Ups (and Call Backs): American League: 0 0 1 1700 9696 Roto Think Tank 80 22 11374 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
• 9/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot: R.A. Dickey, New York Mets’ AceFor this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not, I feel inclined to do a “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” theme....
• 9/4 Nolan Writin': Game 134: Rangers Roll, Reach New High-Water Mark: Now that we’re in the final month of the season, it doesn’t take fantastic leaps of hyperbole to create storylines....
• 9/3 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: September 2012: Monday, September.3/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer):   To say that this year has been a good year for baseball is an...
• 9/3 WahoosOnFirst: Rangers Rough Up Zach McAllister, Beat Cleveland 8-3: The Rangers lit up Zach McAllister in the middle innings and Derek Holland had a strong outing as Texas beat the Tribe 8-3 Sunday...
• 9/2 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Price Rebounds for Tampa Bay to Win 17th Game: Price Throttles Jays Tampa Bay 9 – Toronto 4 – The on-again, off-again, offense for the Tampa Bay Rays, pounded...
• 9/2 Baseball News Source: MLB’s Top Prospects Seeing Action in the Show: Summoned from Double-A Frisco on Saturday, 19-year-old Jurickson Profar launched a home run in his first Major League at-bat Sunday...
• 9/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Big Day For Profar In Debut: Despite being just 19-years-old, it seems like all of baseball has been talking about Texas Rangers top prospect...
• 9/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Four Home Runs Scalp Tribe in Series Finale; Rangers 8, Indians 3: By Mike Brandyberry Fans have asked for minor league call ups all season, begging for new life and a spark to the team. Sunday,...
• 9/2 Nolan Writin': Game 133: Rangers Play “Jurickson Says” In Finale: Wow. What a debut for Jurickson Profar. He became the first Rangers player ever to homer in his first Major League at bat. It...
• 9/2 Baseball News Source: Rangers’ Profar Hits Home Run in First Career At-Bat: Profar  became the second youngest player to homer in his first career at-bat This is the season of the young phenom in Major...
• 9/2 Call to the Pen: Texas Rangers Notes: Jurickson Profar Debuts: After calling up top prospect Jurickson Profar on the first day rosters expanded to 40, the Texas Rangers wasted little time in...
• 9/2 WahoosOnFirst: Big First Inning Snaps Streak, Propels Tribe to 4-3 Win: After a dismal month of August, the Indians got September started off on a winning note, scratching together four runs in the...
• 9/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Tigers beat White Sox to close AL Central Gap: Chicago 1  - Detroit 5 - Max Scherzer pitched eight solid innings striking out nine and allowing just four hits to lead the...
• 9/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Solid Start and Early Spark Paces Tribe to Win; Indians 4, Rangers 3: By Mike Brandyberry The Indians are undefeated in September. It’s cliché and corny, but when you go 5-24 in the month of August,...
• 9/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #133: Texas Rangers (78-53) at Cleveland Indians (55-77): By Mike Brandyberry Friday night the Indians weren’t able to slow down Adrian Beltre and the Texas Rangers, en route to a 5-3...
• 9/1 BoSox Injection: “Ben & Larry” rediscover 1921 recipe for tea…very “interesting”: “May your life be interesting,” is believed to be an ancient curse in China. “I think the next season and the season after...
• 9/1 Baseball Analytics: Adrian Beltre’s august (adjective) August (noun): Adrian Beltre and the Texas Rangers had a great August. Last night Beltre had four hits and two runs scored in the Ranger’s...

• 8/31 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Shut Down Yankees: Baltimore 6 – New York 1 –   Miguel Gonzalez pitched seven shutout innings and struck out nine as the Baltimore...
• 8/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe’s Awful August Finally Limps to an End; Rangers 5, Indians 1: By Steve Eby The sky is blue.  Water is wet.  The Indians lost a baseball game.  All is normal in Cleveland. With the 5-3...
• 8/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #132: Texas Rangers (77-53) at Cleveland Indians (55-76): By Mike Brandyberry The Texas Rangers lead in the American League West Division has dwindled to four games over the Oakland Athletics...
• 8/31 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers: Getting outscored 30-11 over four games by the Oakland Athletics seems like an impossibility, but in this season of firsts and...
• 8/30 Baseball Musings: Fame and Beltre: James Gentile makes a case for Adrian Beltre‘s future induction into the Hall of Fame, based in large part on his defense....
• 8/29 Nolan Writin': Baseball, and the Rays: At its material essence, baseball is simply a game of probability. A two-run lead in the 9th inning is better than just one,...
• 8/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: Free Chase Headley!: In baseball, and I guess life itself, it's always fun to play the "What if.." game. What kind of gaudy numbers would Miguel Cabrera...
• 8/29 MLB Dirt: For Your Consideration: Adrian Beltre: Last week, Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers, was a regular fixture on ESPN SportsCenter, becoming the only major league player...
• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27: Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his...
• 8/28 Call to the Pen: Adrian Beltre At The Top Of His Game: The way Adrian Beltre has been playing lately, he has eclipsed Josh Hamilton in po**** And that’s not an easy thing to do...
• 8/28 mlbreports.com : Beltre and Hamilton Need to Carry the Rangers for a 3rd Straight WS Appearance: Tuesday, August.28/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): It is Adrian Beltre Awareness Week! What is that exactly?  I have...
• 8/28 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Red Sox, Lance Armstrong, Snooki:   The hottest topics for the week of August 26, 2012 … Coast to coast: In the wake of the Boston-LA mega trade, it’s...
• 8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre scorching hotTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is hitting .447 with six home runs, five doubles and 16 RBIs in 12 games since Aug. 16....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is hitting .447 with six home runs, five doubles and 16 RBIs in 12 games since Aug. 16.
• 8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre with good nightTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBI Monday, Aug. 27....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBI Monday, Aug. 27.
• 8/26 Full Spectrum Baseball: 3 Up and 3 Down – August 26 It was an interesting week and made it easy for a couple of downs for me....
• 8/26 Baseball News Source: Arizona, Texas – Potential Trade Partners with Upton, Andrus: Would D-Backs Trade Upton for Andrus Barring the unlikely scenario of signing Josh Hamilton to a long-term extension, the Texas...
• 8/26 Nolan Writin': Adrian Beltre Is Still Underappreciated: When Adrian Beltre signed with the Seattle Mariners, big things were expected from him. There were rumblings, though, about how...
• 8/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre hits for cycle Friday: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle Friday, Aug. 24, against the Minnesota Twins. It was the second time in his career...[+] he has accomplished the feat.
• 8/25 Baseball Analytics: Adrian Beltre's Cycle: With the most violent swing this side of Bryce Harper, Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre takes cuts so hard that he'll occasionally...
• 8/25 Call to the Pen: West Coast Bias; The League’s Best Players Aren’t Just in the East Now: Since baseball originated, it was an east coast game.  In the 1800′s when the game first gained traction with the American...
• 8/24 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Tommy the hunted:   There’s no doubt that Tommy Hunter had no urge to give up eight runs over three innings pitched in last night’s...
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Beltre Cycle: Adrian Beltre hits the first pitch he sees in the bottom of the seventh the other way for a single, and Beltre records a cycle....
• 8/24 Nolan Writin': Lost And Found: The Story of Rangers Hitting and Pitching: After taking 2 of 3 against Baltimore to start this most recent home stand, the Rangers bats again put on a show, piling 10 runs...
• 8/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Jeter could earn an extra $2 mil in 2014 with recent performance: As part of Derek Jeter‘s current contract, he has a 2014 player option that is worth at least $8 million and can increase...
• 8/23 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Rays 5, Royals 3 / @White Sox 2, Yankees 1: I went to a coronation, and a pennant race broke out! Tampa’s surge has shaved...
• 8/23 Nolan Writin': Game 123: Rangers Mash Orioles To Take Series: Adrian Beltre hit three home runs in consecutive at bats and Mitch Moreland hit his first career grand slam to help the Rangers...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre hits three outTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit three homers and drove in five runs Wednesday, Aug. 22....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit three homers and drove in five runs Wednesday, Aug. 22.
• 8/22 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers crush Orioles behind Beltre’s three home run night: Baltimore 3 – Texas 12 - Adrian Beltre hit three home runs, two of them in a nine run fourth inning for the Rangers and...
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Tighter AL: Chris Sale struck out 13 Yankees and Phil Hughes lost a quality start as Chicago beats New York 2-1, sweeping the Yankees. With...
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Beltre Belts: Adrian Beltre hit three home runs so far as the Texas Rangers lead the Orioles 11-3 in the bottom of the seventh. Two of Beltre’s...
• 8/20 Baseball News Source: Top Five Third Base Prospects In Baseball: Though he has not remotely made the same impact on his team as Manny Machado has with the Baltimore Orioles, Mike Olt provides...
• 8/19 Nolan Writin': Game 120: Rangers Win Rubber Match & Series Up North: Today’s rubber match pitted Matt Harrison against Henderson Alvarez. It was also a chance for the offense to get clicking...
• 8/18 Nolan Writin': Game 119: Rangers Cruz Past Toronto to Win Game 2: Blue Jays starter Carlos Villanueva had a pretty strong hold on the Rangers offense on Saturday. He breezed through four innings,...
• 8/17 Nolan Writin': Game 117: Rangers Lost in Blue Jay Way: After a much needed win the day before in New York, the Rangers have dropped game one of a three game series to the Toronto Blue...
• 8/17 WasWatching: A.L. Batting Leaders: Here they are, as of this morning. Can Derek Jeter win the batting title this year?  Or, is it between Trout and Cabrera? Rk...
• 8/17 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks drop series finale to Rangers despite rally: Despite a five-run rally being wasted in the series finale with the Texas Rangers yesterday afternoon, the New York Yankees wake...
• 8/16 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers Rally to Beat Yankees And Avoid Sweep: Texas 10 – New York 6 – The Texas Rangers rallied from a 5-4 deficit to beat the New York Yankees, and avoid a four...
• 8/16 Nolan Writin': Game 116: Beltre flashes leather, Rangers win in The Bronx: Through five innings, Rangers’ starter Derek Holland resembled the Derek Holland that shut down the Tigers on Saturday,...
• 8/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES HAVE THEIR EYE ON THE PRIZE: It was another championship fight between the two best teams in baseball. The game was delayed one hour and forty-five...
• 8/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees Beat Josh Hamilton, 3-2: This is the kind of game you want the Yankees to win; a close, no room for error type of contest. And to do it against the Texas...
• 8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre in midst of a slump: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is batting .216 with two home runs and six RBIs in his last 25 games entering play Wednesday, Aug....[+] 15. He still leads the team with a .301 batting average.
• 8/14 Nolan Writin': Game 114: Rangers can’t solve Kuroda: On Tuesday night, despite 6.1 shut out innings by Matt Harrison, the Rangers (67-48) dropped their eighth straight game at Yankee...
• 8/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Phelps, Lowe, Swisher pulverize Rangers: I, like most of the Yankee fans in my Twitter timeline, apparently, did not have high hopes going into tonight's game. Don't...
• 8/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Putting Freese on Lockdown: If I told you that David Freese has been just as productive and valuable as Adrian Beltre this season, would you believe me? ...
• 8/13 Baseball News Source: Which Top Prospects will Join Machado, Olt in the Majors?: His team in the midst of a pennant race and desperately needing more production out of the third base spot, Orioles general manager...
• 8/11 The Captain's Blog: Opposite Field Attracting Home Runs for Yankees: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) The Yankees have been no stranger to the long ball...
• 8/9 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/8: After falling 6-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series this afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game set...
• 8/8 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton – Rangers Face Tough Decision: Should the Texas Rangers commit nine or 10 years and at least $200 million to Josh Hamilton when his current deal expires at the...
• 8/8 Baseball Musings: Guts, Heart, Determination, Just not Enough: The Red Sox showed a lot of guts, heart, and determination Wednesday afternoon, coming back from deficits of 3-0, 6-3, and 9-5...
• 8/8 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/8: After falling 6-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series this afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game set...
• 8/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/7: After taking the first game 9-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
• 8/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/6: After losing three-of-four to the Minnesota Twins, the Boston Red Sox will close out their 10-game homestand starting tonight...
• 8/7 Yanks Go Yard: The Yankees and the month of August: So clearly, it’s been noted that the New York Yankees have had somewhat of an unusual trend of losing games lately. Since...
• 8/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/7: After taking the first game 9-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
• 8/6 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/6: After losing three-of-four to the Minnesota Twins, the Boston Red Sox will close out their 10-game homestand starting tonight...
• 8/6 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Texas RangersThe Advanced Scout eats copious amounts of bad food to ease the pain of the weekend and analyzes the Texas Rangers...
• 8/5 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball Trends Since the All Star Break: Here is a look at some of the more interesting stats since the All Star...
• 8/3 Nolan Writin': Of New Acquisitions, The Angels Series, And More: So in my last article, I wrote about how Zach Greinke was a lock to be on the Rangers. And, almost simultaneously as I had posted...
• 8/3 Mastersball.com: Can Olt Provide a Jolt?: As I sat down to write my AL Column last night, my intention was to lead off with my take on the surprising promotion of slugging...
• 8/2 Baseball Musings: Olt Bagwell: I notice Mike Olt is playing first base for the Rangers in his first major league game. Olt is a top prospect for Texas as a third...
• 8/2 Baseball News Source: Mike Olt Gets Called Up by Rangers from AA Frisco: When the Texas Rangers were looking to add starting pitchers at the trade deadline, they made it clear that Rangers top-tier prospects...
• 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Mike Olt could be used everywhere: The Texas Rangers recalled 3B Mike Olt mainly to fortify their bench, but he can also play first base, right field and spell 3B...[+] Adrian Beltre at third base occasionally. The team said Olt recently has made adjustments to cut down on his strikeouts. 'He's never going to be a slap-hitter,' general manager Jon Daniels said. 'That's not his game, but like a lot of guys with power, strikeouts are going to be part of his game. He's going to continue to make adjustments and learn. Understanding that, we felt he was someone who could help the club.'
• 8/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Rangers Held Olt, Now Promote Him: Throughout the trade deadline discussions with the Brewers, Cubs, Marlins, and any other tires the Rangers were kicking...
• 8/1 Obstructed View: New Cub Christian Villanueva: The main piece aquired in the Ryan Dempster trade was 21 year old Christian Villanueva. Villanueva was signed as an international...
• 8/1 Nolan Writin': Game 102: Peace Amongst the Dutch Tulips: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 8/1 Obstructed View: Cubs acquired 2 of top 10 prospects moved at the deadline: According to Baseball America, the Cubs acquired 2 of the top 10 prospects moved at or near the trade deadline.  3. Arodys...

• 7/31 StanGraphs: Trade: Rangers Win the Ryan Dempster Sweepstakes: Has any one player had more rumors circulating around him than Ryan Dempster? The 35-year-old starting pitcher is finally actually...
• 7/30 Crashburn Alley: Stop Saying That or I’ll Hit You In the Face With a Fish: This is going to make me sound naive, but I dream of a well-reasoned, thoughtful internet. The internet of baseball is an interesting...
• 7/30 Call to the Pen: Did Rangers Commit Error on Greinke Trade?: You do not have to look far to understand the amount of pressure that currently sits on the shoulders of the Texas Rangers. The...
• 7/29 Nolan Writin': Game 100: That’s the Way I Need It: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 7/28 Baseball News Source: Rangers Reluctant to Deal Profar or Olt for Starting Pitcher: Knowing that their chief American League West rival, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, significantly improved their rotation...
• 7/28 Nolan Writin': Game 99: This Sucks Right Now: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 7/27 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/26: All that separated Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox from possibly winning last night was one wild pitch. But ultimately...
• 7/26 Nolan Writin': Game 97: Lovin’ the Oven: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 7/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/26: All that separated Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox from possibly winning last night was one wild pitch. But ultimately...
• 7/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/25: After squeaking out a 2-1 win last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series in the rubber game of a three-game set...
• 7/25 mlbreports.com : The Rangers Should Sacrifice Some of Their Prospects to Win This Year: Wednesday July 25th, 2012 Sam Evans: The Texas Rangers are currently 57-39, which gives them the second-best record in baseball...
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/24: After being spanked last night 9-1, the Boston Red Sox look to put an end to their four-game losing streak in the middle game...
• 7/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre leaves game after HBP to head: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (head) left the game Tuesday, July 24, against the Boston Red Sox after being hit in the head by...[+] a pitch.
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/24: After being spanked last night 9-1, the Boston Red Sox look to put an end to their four-game losing streak in the middle game...
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 7/23: After being swept by the Toronto Blue Jays over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox take to the road for a six-game, seven day road...
• 7/23 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Texas RangersThe Advanced Scout tries to avoid drinking that tasty-looking hemlock and analyzes the Texas Rangers...
• 7/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Hispanics who must heat up this summer:   It’s now deep into summer and a time for fans to rejoice. At baseball parks across the country, it’s a favorite...
• 7/23 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 7/23: After being swept by the Toronto Blue Jays over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox take to the road for a six-game, seven day road...
• 7/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: How good are the Texas Rangers?: The Yankees have had the best record in baseball for most of the Summer. That kind of performance will get you acknowledged as...
• 7/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Mike Olt: Let’s shake the Magic 8 Ball and ask it if Mike Olt will get the call up. Of course, the question “Will Mike Oltget...
• 7/22 mlbreports.com : Mike Olt is One of the Best Hitting Prospects in the Minors: Sunday July 22nd, 2012 Sam Evans:  Rangers’ prospect Mike Olt is seemingly blocked in Texas. However, with his MLB-ready...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Paying for a Trade: Mike Napoli hit two home runs against the Angels through the first three innings Saturday afternoon. That brings his total to...
• 7/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Rangers @ A’s Game 90: Bartolo Colon has been talked about recently as the A’s are surprising potential contenders in the wild card picture in...
• 7/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: More Buying and Selling: Recently, I answered an Ask Nash about buying and selling and there was so much more I wanted to say that I needed to dedicate...
• 7/18 Nolan Writin': Game 90: Keep This Thing a’Rollin’: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a few plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 7/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Rangers @ A’s Game 90: Bartolo Colon has been talked about recently as the A’s are surprising potential contenders in the wild card picture in...
• 7/16 Science Witness: Mariners shutout for 11th time this season in 4-0 loss to Rangers: SEATTLE – Eric Wedge was convinced that Sunday had a different feel, even if the result was the 11th time this season his...
• 7/14 The Baseball Page: MLB 2012: Bryce Harper Greatest Thing to Happen to Baseball's First Half: Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals has quickly become one of...
• 7/14 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Datz No Way To Run The Bases: It’s two A.M. and I’m still stewing over the Mariners 3-2 loss to the Rangers tonight to start the second half of...
• 7/14 Jays Journal: Jays Lock Up Edwin Encarncacion: As most of you already know, the Jays have locked up Edwin Encarnacion, a.k.a. El Toro, for the next 3, possibly 4, years. The...
• 7/13 Nolan Writin': Potential Midseason Transactions – Cole Hamels and Zack Greinke: In recent weeks, the deteriorating health of Rangers’ starters (Feliz, Colby, Holland, and Ogando) has engendered speculation...
• 7/11 Diamond Ring: Making a case out of it: The All Star game is coming up in less than 2 weeks.  We know for sure that the Royals will have at least 1 player on the...
• 7/10 Operation Shutdown: Gameday - 2012 All Star Game: American League vs National League8:00 PM ETTV: FOXKauffman Stadium - Kansas City, MOStarting Pitchers American - Justin...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/10 Yankees Fans Unite: All-Star Game Lineups: Lineup vs. National League: Derek Jeter SS Robinson Cano 2B Josh Hamilton LF Jose Bautista RF Prince Fielder 1B Adrian Beltre...
• 7/10 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins 2012 Midterm Report Card: It’s the All Star Break, which means the 2012 season is more than halfway done. We’re far enough along that nobody...
• 7/10 i70baseball.com: 2012 All Star Lineups: The 2012 All-Star Game managers, Tony La Russa and Ron Washington of the Texas Rangers, have announced their starting lineups...
• 7/10 60ft6in.com: Where Do All-Stars Come From?: NOTE: This article is based on the ORIGINAL all-star rosters, before the rosters were altered due to injury. Where do all-stars...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/9 For Baseball Junkies: MLB All Star Game -: When it comes to All-Star Games in professional sports, I believe that Major League Baseball sets the bar.  It might not...
• 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | American League lineup announced: New York Yankees SS Derek Jeter will bat leadoff for the American League in the 2012 All-Star Game. He will be followed by Yankees...[+] 2B Robinson Cano, Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton, Toronto Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista, Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder, Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, Rangers C Mike Napoli and Yankees OF Curtis Granderson. Tigers SP Justin Verlander will be the starting pitcher for the team.
• 7/9 Nolan Writin': Game 86: A Little More Magic: The Rangers just reached the unofficial half-way point of the season in the most dramatic fashion. For the second night in a row,...
• 7/8 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers need to rid themselves of Juan Uribe as soon as possible: It's no secret I've been against the Juan Uribe deal since he signed with the team two winters ago. I'm not usually in the...
• 7/8 Nolan Writin': Game 85: Get One Anyway You Can: Derek Holland went on the disabled list exactly one month ago, but he returned to the rotation tonight and did everything he could...
• 7/7 BoSox Injection: 2012 All-Stars vs. 1962 All-Stars–Close Call:   Are the 2012 All-Stars as good as the 1962 All-Stars?  My memories of 63 years say “no,” but let’s look...
• 7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Poll: Should fans be allowed to vote for MLB All-Star starters?: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was left out of the Major League Baseball All-Star game starting lineup by the fans,...
• 7/6 MLB Dirt: American League Position All-Star Starters: The other day I revealed my starting position players for the National League and today I give you my American League starters....
• 7/5 Nolan Writin': Game 83: Smells Like Funk: It’s been a rough couple of days watching Ranger baseball and it was up to Matt Harrison to turn things around this afternoon....
• 7/5 Nolan Writin': Game 82: Rangers Get Youk’d: On July 4th, 2010, I went to The Ballpark to watch Scott Feldman face off against the Chicago White Sox. Back then we were still...
• 7/5 i70baseball.com: Country Breakfast is being served at the 2012 All-Star GameSurprised Billy Butler is going to the All-Star Game? I was, at first....
• 7/4 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: July 2012: Wednesday July.4, 2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Lead Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-We are going to...
• 7/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s 2012 All-Star Game ballot: I completely understand what the All-Star game is all about.  It’s set up for the fans, by the fans, but the definition...
• 7/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Know Thine Enemy II: Know Thine Crackerjacks: I know Clave wrote about the importance of knowing your competition a while back, but I want to reiterate that, with a slight...
• 7/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams: Starters   Starters Pos Name Team   Pos Name Team C Buster ...
• 7/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Rangers Interested in Zack Greinke and Cole Hamels: The Texas Rangers are still looking to bolster their pitching it would seem.  According to Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, the...
• 7/2 The Friarhood: Rosters for the 83rd All Star Game Announced: We are nine days away from the Summer Classic in Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City and baseball fans have spoken to the tune of...
• 7/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Send club record seven to All-Star Game: The Texas Rangers will send a franchise record seven players to the All-Star Game in Kansas City. C Mike Napoli, 3B Adrian Beltre...[+] and OF Josh Hamilton will be starters for the American League, while SP Matt Harrison, RP Joe Nathan, SS Elvis Andrus and 2B Ian Kinsler will serve as reserved.
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: Yankees, Rangers, Giants Well Represented in All-Star Game: The starting lineups were announced for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game today.  With the announcement, the Yankees and Rangers found...
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Starting Lineups: The starters have been announced.  It’s time to debate who is deserving and who is not.  The debates will rage on further...
• 7/1 Nolan Writin': Thoughts On Martin Perez And AL All-Star Rosters Announced: I didn’t get a chance to watch last night’s game live. The mix of real life and moving doesn’t lend itself to...
• 7/1 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams: Starters   Starters Pos Name Team   Pos Name Team C Buster ...
• 7/1 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 1: Kudos to Elizabethton’s Niko Goodrum for hitting for the cycle. The top player charts are for the month of June. Top stories...

• 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: All-Star Credential Check with Mike Moustakas: The Major League Baseball All-Star teams will be announced tomorrow at 1 p.m., and speculation is swirling about who will represent...
• 6/29 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 AL All- Star Roster: The MLB All-Star break is fast approaching signaling the end of the first half and the All-Star game. Like it or not the All-Star...
• 6/29 Nolan Writin': Game 77: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/28 i70baseball.com: Royals All-Star Update: With less than two weeks until the All-Star game, the Kansas City Royals have many players deserving of a spot on the roster....
• 6/28 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Dominate Baltimore Orioles To Win Third Straight: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Baltimore Orioles 1 The Los Angeles Angels remain ultra-hot, as they crushed the Baltimore...
• 6/28 Nolan Writin': Game 76: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/27 Baseball Analytics: My All Star Starters: AL 3B: While voting for the All-Star game ends tomorrow, I will still be producing these articles to discuss who I believe should have...
• 6/27 Brotherly Glove: Chase Utley Returns: It’s hard to provide real thought-provoking analysis when I’m smiling this wide and holding back from running around...
• 6/27 Nolan Writin': Game 75: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre on a tearTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is 22-for-44 in his last 12 games....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is 22-for-44 in his last 12 games.
• 6/26 Nolan Writin': Game 74: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/26 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB AL All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/25: The final update for the 2012 MLB AL All-Star balloting came out on Monday and unless a major miracle happens before voting ends...
• 6/25 Red Sox Maineiacs: Red Sox All-Star Prospectus Update: (Updated 6/23) 34 players will make the AL All-Star team to be played July 10th in Kansas City. The 9 Starters and the...
• 6/25 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB AL All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/25: The final update for the 2012 MLB AL All-Star balloting came out on Monday and unless a major miracle happens before voting ends...
• 6/24 Call to the Pen: MLB Recaps: Jim Thome walks off: Philadelphia Phillies 7, Tampa Bay Rays 6 Veteran, future Hall of Fame slugger Jim Thome smashed the 13th walk-off home run of...
• 6/23 Nolan Writin': Game 71: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre on fire lately: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run Friday, June 22, against the Colorado Rockies. He is 14-for-29...[+] (.483) with three homers and 10 RBIs over his past eight games.
• 6/21 Redbird Rants: Justin’s All Star Predictions:   With only about two weeks to go until the MLB announces it’s preliminary All Star Game rosters, the races for the...
• 6/21 Chicken Friars: Injury Hooks Bass, Padres Swept By Texas: Anthony Bass had one of his best starts of the year, but shoulder inflammation ended his day prematurely. Bass rolled through...
• 6/20 Red Sox Maineiacs: The Market for Kevin Youkilis: I have chosen June 15th for this article on a possible landing place for the oft-rumored trade candidate, Kevin Youkilis....
• 6/20 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/18: The totals for the 2012 MLB American League All-Star Ballot came out on Monday and things aren't looking good for the Boston Red...
• 6/19 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/18: The totals for the 2012 MLB American League All-Star Ballot came out on Monday and things aren't looking good for the Boston Red...
• 6/18 mlbreports.com : Stat of the Week: Will Extra Base Hits Help Punch Tickets to BBHOF?: Monday June.18/2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-  Extra base hits kind...
• 6/17 FanSided: Game 67: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
• 6/13 FanSided: MLB Game Recaps: Bryce Harper Helps Washington Nationals Over Toronto Blue Jays...AgainINTERLEAGUE (AL STADIUMS) Washington Nationals 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2...
• 6/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 American League All-Star Voting: Who Should be in the AL Starting Lineup?: Monday June 11, 2012 DEDRICK HENDRIX:  The mid-season classic is almost here ladies and gentleman.  As a baseball fan you have...
• 6/11 The Rays Today: Go Vote For The All Star Game: Posted in UncategorizedNobody wants to see an all Rangers All Star Game, Evan Longoria is ranked 3rd for third basemen and B.J....
• 6/6 The Baseball Page: The All Ex-Red Sox Team:   With the trade season about to be upon us combined with the fact that the Red Sox have a good amount of current contributors...
• 6/6 The Baseball Page: The All Ex-Red Sox Team:  With the trade season about to be upon us combined with the fact...
• 6/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Colorado Hot Corner: You may not have heard of Nolan Arenado, but we’ve written a little about him before. Here’s what we said at the time:...
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre not getting it done lately: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is hitless over his past 10 at-bats with six strikeouts in the past three games after his 0-for-4...[+] performance Monday, June 4, against the Oakland Athletics.
• 6/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rangers @ A’s Game 55: A struggling A’s team gets the unfair task of now having to battle the division leading Rangers. Scott Feldman is on the...
• 6/4 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: June 2012: Monday June.4, 2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-We are going to bring you...
• 6/3 High Heat Stats: Saturday selections: A few notes on Saturday’s games. Orioles 2, @Rays 1: For the first time since last Saturday, the O’s managed to ferry...
• 6/1 Roto Think Tank: Valuation to Date: A.L. Hitters: Today I conclude my series on valuation to date for Rotisserie League, mono league scoring formats with American League hitters.Top...

• 5/31 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Reflections The Morning after the Massacre in Texas: Hello Mariners Nation, I suppose after yesterday’s post on fan apathy including my own it was inevitable that King Neptune...
• 5/30 Crashburn Alley: Ruben Amaro’s Greatest Hits: I got into a discussion over the weekend with a friend who was shocked that I can’t recognize every song on my iTunes. This...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Injury updates: Texas Rangers SP Derek Holland (illness) said he's much improved from a stomach illness that plagued him during his last start,...[+] and he said it won't be a problem when he faces the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, May 30. 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) continues to improve from a hamstring injury and only has some issues while running the bases. RP Alexi Ogando (hand) is OK two days after being hit by a line drive on his right hand.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre, Mitch Moreland productive at plate: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre and 1B Mitch Moreland each went 3-for-5 with two RBIs against the Toronto Blue Jays Friday, May...[+] 26.
• 5/26 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Nelson Cruz leads Texas Rangers over Toronto Blue Jays: Texas Rangers 14, Toronto Blue Jays 3 Led by a monster 8-RBI performance from slugger Nelson Cruz, the Texas Rangers blew out...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre heating up: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is hitting .333 on the six-game road trip and had three multi-hit games, and he appears to be running...[+] better on the bases after dealing with an injured hamstring.
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: Slamming Texas: Alex Liddi hit a grand slam and Kevin Millwood pitched six shutout innings as the Mariners take two out of three from the Rangers,...
• 5/22 SoDo Mojo: Baseball Players Aren’t Comedians… Except When They Are: The Mariners won last night. The Mariners beat a playoff bound team. The Mariners were entertaining last night. But not as entertaining...
• 5/22 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Tom Phoebus: The 12th man on the All-Time Bluefield-to-the-Bigs Team pitching staff is Tom Phoebus. Adorned with an impressive unibrow, this...
• 5/22 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: That’s Why They Call it a Game: Tonight while watching the Mariners defeat the Texas Rangers 6-1, I was reminded why I have played and loved the game of baseball...
• 5/21 El Maquino: Three Points To Address After The Sweep: Stick with me through tonight’s column.  It will be tough, but there’s some serious stuff that needs to be touched...
• 5/18 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 2: Battleship and Chooch: MLB suspended Bob Davidson, the umpire who picked a fight with Charlie Manuel so he could throw him out of the game on Tuesday,...
• 5/17 High Heat Stats: Third Basemen and Career Confluences: Later this season, Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre and Chipper Jones could all pass the 2000 mark for career games at third base. Actually,...
• 5/17 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Seattle Mariners: Now that we’ve gotten the more recent expansion teams out of the way, we’re finally to our first team with at least...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Taking One on the Chen: Bruce Chen allows one run on a Nelson Cruz homer, and the Royals pen strikes out four in 2 1/3 innings as the Royals get a big...
• 5/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Josh Hamilton's Big Night: On Tuesday night, Josh Hamilton accomplished something only 15 other major league players have ever done, a feat nobody...
• 5/10 Full Spectrum Baseball: Will The Rangers Go Ham?Reportedly, the Rangers declare great interest in signing Josh Hamilton to a contract extension....
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre returns: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) is returning to the lineup for the first time in a week Monday, May 7, by serving as...[+] the designated hitter. Beltre was dealing with a strained left hamstring. Two MRI exams have shown no structural damage.
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre being cautious: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) will be cautious in handling his hamstring injury so that he doesn't aggravate the...[+] injury. 'I'm just trying not to go crazy running,' Beltre said. 'I'm going to be limping, for sure. I'm going to protect it. I have to be smart and not try to stretch a single into a double or try to score on a close play or anything like that. For now, I'll go station to station and hopefully get better.'
• 5/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo Mail Bag: Red Sox Nation Has Some Terrible Ideas EditionLet's just say that I'm glad none of these people work for the Red Sox......
• 5/6 High Heat Stats: Video rewind: Saturday game notes: – I’ve lost a few baseballs in the bushes, but never like this. Adrian Beltre as a pinch-hitter is 4 for 13 with...
• 5/6 WahoosOnFirst: Beltre’s Blast Leads Rangers Past Tribe, 5-2: The 21,307 in attendance at Progressive Field Saturday night marked the largest crowd since Opening Day, but the fans’ energy...
• 5/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Beltre Blasts Rangers By Tribe; Rangers 5, Indians 2: By Mike Brandyberry The Tribe was able to waste an outstanding pitching effort by the Rangers Derek Holland, but the bullpen...
• 5/5 FanSided: Game 27: Beltre's Blast Hamstrings IndiansUsually we do a little something with the moments that mattered. In this game, the moment that mattered was that ...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre swats game-winning HR: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) was not in the starting lineup Saturday, May 5, against the Cleveland Indians. However,...[+] he made a pinch-hitting appearance in the top of the 11th and swatted a three-run homer.
• 5/5 Baseball Musings: Beltre in a Pinch: Adrian Beltre can’t play a whole game at the moment, but his 11th inning pinch hit home run gave the Rangers a 5-2 win over...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre appears a pinch hitter: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) appeared as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning Friday, May 4, against the Cleveland...[+] Indians. He flied out in his only at-bat of the game.
• 5/4 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers @ Cleveland Indians: With injuries hitting Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre, and … [visit site to read more]Series Preview: Texas Rangers @ Cleveland...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre undergoes MRI: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) underwent an MRI exam on his left hamstring, which didn't show a new injury. He will...[+] need at least one more day before returning.
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton returns, Adrian Beltre sitting: Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (back) is back in the starting lineup Friday, May 4, while 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) remains...[+] out.
• 5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Longoria, Sandoval lead third base blues for fantasy owners: Wow, it has been a tough year for third basemen. It is already one of the scarcest positions to begin with; then toss in a barrage...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre to return Friday: Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (back) and 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) are both expected to return to the lineup Friday, May 4....[+]
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre dealing with hamstring issues: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) has dealt with hamstring issues so far this year, and the team is being cautious with...[+] him while playing on turf against the Toronto Blue Jays. Beltre is likely available to pinch hit.
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Two out again: Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (back) and 3B Adrian Beltre (legs) are out of the lineup again Wednesday, May 2. C Mike Napoli...[+] (migraine) is in the lineup.
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre sittingTexas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (back) and 3B Adrian Beltre (legs) are both out of the lineup Tuesday, May 1....[+] Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (back) and 3B Adrian Beltre (legs) are both out of the lineup Tuesday, May 1.
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre could sit todayTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (legs) could sit Tuesday, May 1, due to leg soreness....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (legs) could sit Tuesday, May 1, due to leg soreness.

• 4/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers' third-best hitter, A.J. Ellis, bats eighth: A.J. Ellis While Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts is (rightfully) starting the "A.J. Ellis All-Star campaign," I'm thinking...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Texas Tee-Off: Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre combined for four hits and five RBI as the Rangers drubbed the Rays 7-2. One of Beltre’s...
• 4/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers bats and arms off to hot start: After reaching the World Series two straight years, the Texas Rangers look like the early favorite to get there again from the...
• 4/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Are these the last weeks of Phil Hughes as starting pitcher?: Last night, Phil Hughes didn’t make it out of the third inning. He got to two outs in the inning, but just couldn’t...
• 4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hughes struggles again as Yankees lose rubber match to Rangers: Phil Hughes had a somewhat decent outing in his last start against the Twins, and had a chance to make a statement about his...
• 4/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game 18: Duel at Ranger’s Ballpark: The narrative in tonight’s game will surround two pitchers who could, at the end of their careers, be crowned the greatest...
• 4/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre returnsTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) is back in the lineup starting at third base Tuesday, April 24....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) is back in the lineup starting at third base Tuesday, April 24.
• 4/24 Call to the Pen: Adrian Beltre Day-to-Day with Mild Hamstring Strain: The Texas Rangers and their fans received good news yesterday when an MRI revealed only a mild strain in the left hamstring of...
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre undergoes MRI: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre's (hamstring) MRI exam revealed no damage to his hamstring, and he could return Monday, April 23....[+]
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre takes BP: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) took batting practice Monday, April 23, and he could return to the lineup against the...[+] New York Yankees.
• 4/23 NY Baseball Digest: Andy Pettitte, Michael Pineda, and the Latest on the Yanks Rotation: The setback to Michael Pineda this past weekend where he was shut down after only 15 pitches on Saturday, along with the recent...
• 4/22 FanSided: Series By The Numbers: Rangers @ Tigers: Another series, another series win and the Texas Rangers are quickly becoming every baseball expert's dream. They are, quite simply,...
• 4/22 Baseball Musings: Don’t Walk: Colby Lewis continued his one-man campaign to eliminate the walk as he issued none to the Tigers Sunday afternoon in the Rangers...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre suffers strained left hamstring: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) left the first game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers Saturday, April 21,...[+] because of a strained left hamstring. He suffered the injury after pulling into second base with a double in the top of the second inning. He was replaced in the game by INF Alberto Gonzalez. Beltre is listed as day-to-day.
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre could miss four games: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) said his hamstring injury does not feel as painful as the...[+] one that caused him to be placed on the disabled list last year. He hopes to miss only four games.
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Beltre Hamstrung: Adrian Beltre pulled a hamstring in game one of the double header against the Tigers. He’s day to day, although he missed...
• 4/19 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/18: After being spanked last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avenge the loss in the second game of a two-game set against the...
• 4/19 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/18: Things started off looking good for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Jon Lester got himself out of a mini-jam in the 1st...
• 4/18 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/18: After being spanked last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avenge the loss in the second game of a two-game set against the...
• 4/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/18: Things started off looking good for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Jon Lester got himself out of a mini-jam in the 1st...
• 4/17 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Texas Rangers: Photo: Samara Pearlstein The two-time American League champion Texas Rangers visit Fenway Park for a short two-game series. For...
• 4/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/17: After taking three-of-four from the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox welcome the two-time defending American League champions...
• 4/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Is it 2010 all over again for the Red Sox?: Superstardom. Jacoby Ellsbury had always been an elite steals maven, once swiping 50 bags and 70 bags in back-to-back seasons....
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre reaches 1,000 runs scoredTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre reached 1,000 career runs scored in the game Saturday, April 14, against the Minnesota Twins....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre reached 1,000 career runs scored in the game Saturday, April 14, against the Minnesota Twins.
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre gets partial rest: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre served as the designated hitter Saturday, April 14, against the Minnesota Twins. He finished 3-for-4...[+] with a single, two doubles and two RBIs.
• 4/14 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes: The Jacoby Ellsbury Injury: Losing Ellsbury is a huge blow to the Red Sox and fantasy owners. (US Presswire)The 2012 season has already had a handful of...
• 4/5 RantSports.com: Texas Rangers Projection: the Hitters:   Every year, it is fun to create projections for our favorite teams, and for me that is the Texas Rangers. Spring Training...
• 4/5 NY Baseball Digest: Season Preview: 2012 Mets Not Measured in Wins & Losses: When you look at the 2012 Mets’ roster you can’t logically predict anything more than 75-77 wins. That best case scenario...
• 4/3 Mastersball.com: Impressions From the Facilitator: This past weekend I had the pleasure of facilitating live drafts for the NFBC in New York. This was my third year in a row running...

• 3/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers:Texas Rangers Here is a look at some of their team to see who you could keep as a finding keeper....
• 3/30 High Heat Stats: Youngest Batter vs Pitcher Matchups: The last player to appear in a major league game before his 19th birthday was Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod debuted for the Mariners...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Guillermo Moscoso or Phil Humber? A Year Later: The A’s fans may remember that the A’s had Phil Humber last offseason. He was designated for assignment when the A’s...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/21 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 1 - Texas Rangers: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/18 The Baseball Page: Texas Rangers Season PreviewTexas Rangers Season Preview...
• 3/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo Mailbag: My Eyes are Bleeding: Oh, what a glorious day!  It’s time for another Cafardo mailbag, and this one is pretty epic.  We have a confirmed troll,...
• 3/14 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only Third Base Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only Third Base Rankings...
• 3/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: DOs And DONTs: Texas RangersIn this edition of DO’s And DON’Ts, we will be taking a look at the AL Champion Texas Rangers....
• 3/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Offensive Baseball Season of the 2000s: I got the idea from ESPN's March Madness-style "Greatest Season Ever" bracket that used online voting to determine the greatest...
• 3/13 MLB Dirt: 2012 Texas Rangers Top 16 Prospects: Arguably, no team has done better internationally than the Texas Rangers. On top of throwing big money at international prospects,...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: I Got 99 Problems But Third Base Ain’t One: I never really understood what Jay-Z’s 99 problems were. If anything, he has it all! Money, fame, Beyonce, great clothes,...
• 3/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Health Key To Success: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 3/10 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Third Base PreviewThird base is arguably the deepest position in fantasy baseball in 2012. It will get even deeper two weeks into......
• 3/10 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw Pitches Three Innings in Shutout Against Rangers:     Mar 9, 2012; Surprise, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Dodgers 9 16 1 Rangers 0 7 0 WP-Kershaw (1-0)...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Resting Adrian Beltre: The Texas Rangers are taking measures to rest 3B Adrian Beltre as much as possible this spring. 'He's an everyday guy,' manager...[+] Ron Washington said. 'When he's swinging the bat, you're not going to think about giving him a break. That's something we think about, but it's a fight trying to get him out of the lineup.'
• 3/9 Brotherly Glove: Don’t Count Polanco Out: Since mid-May 2011 it was a foregone conclusion that the Phillies would need to find a new third baseman for the 2013 season....
• 3/8 Release Points: The Long Term Outlook for Starling Marte: Pittsburgh Pirate prospect Starling Marte is making waves very early this spring.  The 23-year-old center fielder is hitting...
• 3/7 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 fantasy baseball spring preview: My draft board: There are thousands of websites posting their top -300 player rankings for everyone to hoot and holler over … blah, blah,...
• 3/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers spring opener rekindles Katy Perry Syndrome: There’s an old adage that says if you love something, set it free, and if it’s meant to be it will come back to you. If that...
• 3/7 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Lineup Under Construction: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Keeper Emails: This week I’m going to show you some keeper emails I recently received, plus my responses.  Then I’ll going to add...
• 3/6 Tyler's Think Tank: 10 Stats You Probably Didn't Know: AL West: -Adrian Beltre missed nearly 40 games last season but still managed to blast 32 home runs and drive in 105 runners, both of which...
• 3/6 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Third Base: While first base is understandably being touted as a stacked position in the American League this year, third base has quietly...
• 3/1 Junkball: KNEE-JERK REACTION: DOWN GOES SIZEMORE: There are special moments for thoughtful reflection about new developments with the Oakland A’s … and then there are moments...

• 2/29 Junkball: KNEE-JERK REACTION: DOWN GOES SIZEMORE: There are special moments for thoughtful reflection about new developments with the Oakland A’s … and then there are moments...
• 2/28 NY Baseball Digest: Wright’s Future Is in His Hands: More than a week ago, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson finished his long drive down to Port St. Lucie, FL for spring training....
• 2/28 Baseball Musings: Objective PMR, Third Baseman: The series on objective probabilistic model of range (PMR) continues by looking at third basemen. I’ll show teams as a whole...
• 2/27 SoDo Mojo: Solutions…: Why have you forsaken me? Add your own caption to the featured photo in the comments!   The first official game of Spring...
• 2/27 NY Baseball Digest: Nats Set a Bar for Wright that Mets Might Not Be Able to Reach: The Ryan Zimmerman contract extension sent shock waves throughout baseball. Anytime a player is awarded a deal north of $100...
• 2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals, Zimmerman Agree To Extension: 9:19am: The team option for an additional year is worth $24MM, tweets Mark Zuckerman of NatsInsider.com. 9:13am: Zimmerman's...
• 2/20 Bus League Baseball: Homer at the Bat: 20 Years Later: Well Mr. Burns has done it The power plant had won it With Roger Clemens clucking all the while Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness...
• 2/19 NY Baseball Digest: Is a Divorce Between Wright and the Mets Inevitable?: “I think that his future is independent of club performance,” Alderson said of Wright at the Mets’ spring-training complex...
• 2/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should enter the Jorge Soler sweepstakes: While some thought Frank McCourt's final present to Dodger fans could have been to sign Prince Fielder to a mega deal (and the...
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Last Year's Best Roster Additions: The final days of December are just a bit past the midpoint of baseball's hot stove season. Many big purchases have...
• 2/17 The Biz of Baseball: TV Deals in MLB Bringing In Bigger Money, Just Some More Than Others: A couple weeks back, my Baseball Prospectus article How the AL West Has Become the AL East, looked at how the lucrative television...
• 2/15 The Daily Catch: A Cesped-y Rebuild?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Athletics Nation Written by: Nico News that the A’s have signed Yoenis Cespedes...
• 2/13 SFPandaBlog: Anyone else watch MLB Networks Top 10 Right Now on Sunday 2/12?: MLB Network on it’s show Top 10 Right Now (Third Basemen) had Pablo Sandoval ranked #7 by the Shredder?!?! Only 7th! At...
• 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL third basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy analysis...
• 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL third basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy analysis...
• 2/9 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 AL West Preview – Sleepers and ProspectsDespite having just four teams, there are plenty of big-name players in the AL-West. Albert Pujols joins names like Josh......
• 2/7 SoDo Mojo: A Quick Look At 2012 Defense: So as you know I’ve had a lot about defense on the mind lately. Talking a lot about gathering fly ball data and that whole...
• 2/5 SoDo Mojo: The Third Base Job: First off the subject title should indirectly tell you I’m been back on my Leverage kick. And if it didn’t I told...

• 1/31 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Third Edition (21-30): Fantasy championships aren’t won in the first three rounds, but they are lost there. Over the first two rounds we have done...
• 1/29 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: AL West: Our review of Baseball Prospectus’ 2011 PECOTA projections continues with the hits and misses of the American League West,...
• 1/28 Talkin Sox with Dan: Oswalt May be Heading to St. Louis: According to Mark Polishuk of mlbtraderumors.com, free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt will likely be toeing the rubber for the Cardinals...
• 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: The Hot Stove is Still Burning in Boston: Even though the hot stove has turned luke warm around the rest of the league, it’s still piping hot in Boston.  To keep...
• 1/25 Fire Brand of the American League: A Look at the Red Sox’s Most Recent Moves: The last few days have been pretty busy here in Red Sox Nation.  Ben Cherington and his front office compatriots are slowly but...
• 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agents Who Cost Draft Picks: The Tigers committed $214MM to sign Prince Fielder yesterday afternoon, but that's not all they gave up -- the Brewers will...
• 1/19 Nolan Writin': What Prince Fielder Means For Mike Olt:   Now that Yu Darvish is officially a Texas Ranger, the next free agent that many Rangers fans would like to be the next new...
• 1/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Rangers will still sign Prince Fielder. Here’s why.: 1. They can afford it. This is not the same franchise whose former owner was driven to bankruptcy by A-Rod's first outlandish...
• 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Checking In On The Offseason’s Multiyear Deals: So far this offseason, 33 players have signed multiyear deals. Albert Pujols’ megacontract is worth 100 times as much as Laynce...
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre says he is over last year's injuries: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, who dealt with multiple injuries last season -- including a bruised left knee in the postseason...[+] -- said he is healthy and ready to go when spring training begins next month. 'I feel good,' Beltre said. 'It's always good. Right now I'm good.'
• 1/18 Talkin Sox with Dan: Yankees Assume Upper Hand: By now, it is no secret that the Yankees’ front office put together quite a nice Friday evening. Jesus Montero and Hector...
• 1/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: What Just Happened Here?: I’ve actually had posts regarding several of these issues that came to a head today. Back in October, I wrote about Guillermo...
• 1/14 Nolan Writin': Adding Fielder And Keeping Moreland:   Prince Fielder could make the Texas Rangers line up deadly not just through his own ability but through what having him...
• 1/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Yu Darvish, Ryan Madson, Mitch Moreland:   With just nine days left until the January 18th deadline, the Texas Rangers have very little room for error when it comes...
• 1/9 Fire Brand of the American League: The Lament of the Top Dog: This guest post was written by David Schubert of Sabeanmetrics and Curse of Benitez, blogs about the San Francisco Giants....
• 1/4 Crashburn Alley: The Video Game Phillies: I’m a little bit of a sports video game loser, not because I’m bad at them (I’m not) or because spending as...

• 12/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: A creative way of handling the Yankees’ payroll problem: Much digital ink has been spilled about the Yankees’ 2014 payroll, and their possible goal of getting below the $189 million...
• 12/28 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 21: Yu Darvish: Prospect A-Z returned to the Rays’ shortstop position yesterday with a look at former first overall pick Tim Beckham. He...
• 12/27 Fragile Freddy's: Random Stuff: After the Christmas break (hope Santa was good to you and yours) just a few random thoughts of no particular import;- I am amused...
• 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: The Mystery Team Position By Position: It's been a puzzling winter. Some have speculated that the big winners have been the Miami Marlins or the Los Angeles Angels of...
• 12/15 High Heat Stats: Brian Jordan: The Gold Gloves' biggest snub?: Since 1961, here are the outfield leaders in WAR Runs-Fielding:RkPlayerRfieldFromToAgeGPosTm1Andruw Jones2431996201119-342102*89/D73ATL-LAD-TEX-CHW-NYY2Barry...
• 12/15 Boston Globe: The Red Sox have choices for a closer: By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff If you read Ben Cherington's comments from earlier today, obviously he's comfortable with the idea...
• 12/14 High Heat Stats: Nick Swisher & Nyjer Morgan like hitting when it's hot @NickSwisher @TheRealTPlush: Among players with at least 60 plate appearances in 2011 in games with a game-time temperature of at least 85 degrees, check out...
• 12/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Brewers Buy New Left Side of Infield: In 2011. Milawaukee managed to come within two wins of a World Series berth despite playing a massive black hole  in...
• 12/9 Roto Think Tank: 2011 A.L. Third Basemen: Throughout this position-by-position recap of last year's best players by position, I have been strongly advocating on...
• 12/8 SoDo Mojo: Mariners And The Ghost Of Free Agents Past: So after a discussion on twitter the other night, which started out with Colin O’Keefe of Proball NW asking a legtimate...
• 12/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Dear Santa: Some people feel that baseball’s winter meetings are an overblown festivity, but I couldn’t disagree more.  For a...
• 12/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Santo vs Rice and the Hall of Fame in Full Context: This is a reply to the numerous comments on my prior posting about Jim Rice and Ron Santo. Brooks Robinson, if he had the same...
• 12/6 High Heat Stats: The 3 players with at least 8 superior offensive and defensive seasons: Since 1901, there are 25 players who have at least 8 seasons with 40+ Rbat, or Batting Runs. These are the cream of the crop offensive...
• 12/6 Tyler's Think Tank: Santo's Spot Safe in Cooperstown: Yesterday, longtime borderline Cooperstown candidate Ron Santo was elected to baseball's hall of fame by the Veteran's Committee...
• 12/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Difference Between Ron Santo and Jim Rice is…?: Ron Santo‘s and Jim Rice‘s numbers are almost identical, so are the stat people who loathe Rice going crazy with their...
• 12/5 AndyPatton.net: Congratulations to Ron Santo: It has been a while since I’ve posted a Hall of Fame blog, but I’ve had lots of blogs started that I have not had...

• 11/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Melky Cabrera not the answer in San Francisco: The San Francisco Giants need to add offense during the offseason, and  big names were being thrown around like Prince Fielder...
• 11/25 SoDo Mojo: Black Friday Linkage: Even half way around the world they are still having black friday sales at the NEX (Naval Exchange) here on camp. If that’s...
• 11/22 i70baseball.com: Game 6 Story: How I Almost Missed History: Dad Duties, Frustration Almost Cost Me A Glimpse Of The Historic Comeback. Tell your story and win a copy of the World Series...
• 11/21 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL MVP Award: It's been a long time since a starting pitcher had won the American League MVP Award, 1986 to be exact. But that changed on...
• 11/21 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL MVP Award: It's been a long time since a starting pitcher had won the American League MVP Award, 1986 to be exact. But that changed on...
• 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Wins AL MVP: Justin Verlander won the American League MVP award, according to the Baseball Writers Association of America.  Verlander took...
• 11/20 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Rangers, Pujols, Fielder, Nunez: Earlier this week, it was reported that in addition to the Cardinals and Marlins, there's a third team in on Albert Pujols. ...
• 11/19 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Rangers, Lachemann, Mariners: Four years ago today, the Angels traded Orlando Cabrera to the White Sox for Jon Garland. The right-hander pitched to a 4.90...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go: The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Why Pujols Should Stay: Free agency started today, and baseball's top-heavy class is loaded with elite talent this winter, boasting big names such as...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally Again, One Win Away: Mike Napoli comes through for Texas Game 5 of the World Series served as a microcosm for the series itself; another low-scoring,...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Texas Hold 'Em; Rangers Even Series: Derek Holland was dealing last night After a night where the bats finally sprang to life and thumped out hit after hit,...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Offenses Explode, Cards win Slugfest: After a pair of pitching duels in St. Louis, several baseball pundits (myself included) believed there was a good chance...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Redbirds Draw First Blood: Game 1 of the 2011 World Series is in the books, and St. Louis is one step closer to winning its second title in six seasons. ...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 Comeback Player of the Year Candidates: Jacoby Ellsbury and Lance Berkman were just named 2011's Comeback Players of the Year, and each selection was a no-brainer. ...
• 11/14 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Texas Rangers: 96-66, 1st place, 10 GA (won ALDS 3-1 over Tampa Bay, won ALCS 4-2 over Detroit, lost World Series 4-3 to St. Louis)Fragile Freddy’s...
• 11/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers Close to Signing Matt Kemp (Updated): Update, 11:22am PT: SI’s Jon Heyman reports that the Dodgers and Kemp are in agreement, pending a physical, and that Kemp...
• 11/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Interested in Sizemore?:   The newest rumor with the A’s looking to replenish their depleted outfield comes from Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated who...
• 11/12 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Express Interest In Grady Sizemore: The Rockies have expressed interest in free agent outfielder Grady Sizemore, reports Troy Renck of The Denver Post. The team...
• 11/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Sizemore, A's, Phillies, CBA: On a day when Jonathan Papelbon switched teams and the Miami Marlins were officially born, the biggest and best news was unquestionably...
• 11/8 Swingin' A's: A Fan’s Guide To Surviving An A’s Offseason 2011-12 Edition: What's an A's fan to do this winter? House has a few answers to your winter ailments (Photo Credit: Universal/NBC) For...
• 11/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Free at last: The top free agents:   With the baseball season officially over, it’s time for teams to immediately start working on building rosters for next...
• 11/7 Chicken Fried Baseball: Ron Washington’s Game 7 Speech Leaked: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 11/5 All of Baseball: Will the Angels rush in where fools dare not tread?: Albert Pujols is one of the best hitters to ever play baseball. And it has been reported he wants to …Continue reading »...
• 11/4 El Maquino: BOB FORSCH DIES AT 61: > Bob Forsch died today at 61 years, only days after he threw out the first pitch in the World Series, which he saw his Cardinals...
• 11/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Why Pujols Should Stay: Free agency started today, and baseball's top-heavy class is loaded with elite talent this winter, boasting big names such as...
• 11/3 Swingin' A's: A’s Spending On Hold?: Show Me The Money: The A's are putting their spending on hold until a stadium decision is made (Photo Credit: www.jimvesting.com)...
• 11/3 For Baseball Junkies: MLB Silver Slugger Awards Announced: The 2011 Silver Slugger awards were announced yesterday on the MLB Network in a much less "glamorous" awards production (than...
• 11/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Filling in the gaps, Ben Cherrington searches for a new right fielder in Boston: The dust from a tumultuous 2011 season in Boston has begun to settle. Now, new GM Ben Cherrington will be tasked with erasing...
• 11/3 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Texas Rangers: The two-time defending American League champions will focus on acquiring pitching this offseason. Guaranteed Contracts Adrian...
• 11/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | AL Silver Sluggers announced: The American League 2012 Silver Slugger Award winners were announced Wednesday, Nov. 2. The winners included Boston Red Sox 1B...[+] Adrian Gonzalez, New York Yankees 2B Robinson Cano, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, Cleveland Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera, New York Yankees OF Curtis Granderson, Toronto Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista, Boston Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury, Detroit Tigers C Alex Avila and Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz.
• 11/3 That Thrill: Cross-Sport Power Rankings: I got this idea from ESPN, but they don't do a very good job. Cross-Sport Power Rankings are essentially a list that ranks players...
• 11/3 BoSox Injection: Beltre’s Gold Glove a Painful Reminder for Red Sox:     When the Gold Glove awards were presented on Tuesday night, it was bittersweet to see Adrian Beltre take home the hardware...
• 11/3 Nolan Writin': Adrian Beltre Wins 2011 Gold Glove Award: On Tuesday, it was announced that with just 11 errors on the season and a fielding average of .965 third baseman Adrian Beltre...
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Sizemore, Mariners, Reds: Congratulations to this year’s Silver Slugger winners. Here are the latest links from around MLB... Agent Joe Urbon told...
• 11/2 Halo Hangout: Aybar First Angel Shortstop to Win Gold Glove Since ’67: Los Angeles's Erick Aybar was named the AL's Gold Glove winner at shortstop for 2011. It's Aybar's first award...
• 11/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams: As a fan of the Boston Red Sox, we haven't really had any feel good moments since late August. But that changed on Tuesday night...
• 11/2 For Baseball Junkies: The Envelope, Please: Gold Glove Winners Announced: Your 2011 Gold Glove winners are:ALC - Matt Wieters1B - Adrian Gonzalez2B - Dustin PedroiaSS - Erick Aybar3B - Adrian BeltreLF...
• 11/2 Baseball Analytics: FA Wilson Would Miss His Infield D in Texas: Now that CC Sabathia has reworked his contract with the Yankees, C.J. Wilson is the best remaining starter (non-Yu Darvish division)...
• 11/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams: As a fan of the Boston Red Sox, we haven't really had any feel good moments since late August. But that changed on Tuesday night...
• 11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Moyer, Darvish, Yankees, Tigers: Congratulations to the 2011 Gold Glove winners. Here are some notes from around MLB... Brandon Phillips ($250K), Adrian...
• 11/1 MLB Dirt: My American League Gold Glove Winners: ESPN will be televising the Gold Glove Award show tonight at 10pm EST. I think it is a cool way to present an award but only if...
• 11/1 Fire Brand of the American League: Is Sizemore a Fit for in Boston?: The natural answer to that question would be, “If healthy, Sizemore is a great fit on any club.” Michael Silverman...

• 10/30 Fire Brand of the American League: 2011 Player Review: Kevin Youkilis: As we look toward the 2012 Boston Red Sox a lot of questions surround the future of third baseman Kevin Youkilis. 2011 was...
• 10/29 The Captain's Blog: Time for MLB to Play by Its Rules: Lost in the excitement, and chaos, of Thursday’s game six were two plays that major league baseball needs to seriously address...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Lancing the Rangers: Lance Lynn pitches an easy 1-2-3 eighth, striking out Adrian Beltre to end the inning. The Cardinals are three outs away from...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Quiet Third: Chris Carpenter hits Adrian Beltre with two out, but that’s the only offense Texas gets in the top of the third. The game...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Seven Underway: Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers leads off against Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals and lines a 1-0 pitch into left for a single....
• 10/28 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 6: Do You Believe In Miracles?: In what might very well go down in history as one of the greatest games ever played in the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 10/28 Fragile Freddy's: World Series - Game Six Recap: TEX – 110 110 300 20 – 9 – 15 – 2STL – 200 101 012 21 – 10 – 13 – 3 Thank you Cardinals and thank you Rangers...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: Matt Takes a Holliday: Matt Holliday injured his hand while getting picked off, and comes out of the game in the top of the seventh. Meanwhile, Adrian...
• 10/26 Through The Fence Baseball: These prospects could make it to the majors before their 20th birthday: Mike Trout did it this year, Madison Bumgarner did it in 2009 and Justin Upton in 2007. Those are the last three players to have...
• 10/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally Again, One Win Away: Mike Napoli comes through for TexasGame 5 of the World Series served as a microcosm for the series itself; another low-scoring,...
• 10/25 Fragile Freddy's: Thoughts on a Busy Day: It has been a newsworthy day around the Boston Red Sox today, let’s look at the two big items;Item: Ben Cherington formally...
• 10/25 Jays Journal: Rangers win thriller in Texas, Canada advances to Pan Am Finals: It seemed, after Game 4, that this year’s World Series couldn’t get any better. But then tonight’s Game 5 happened,...
• 10/25 C70 At The Bat: Winter Is Coming: I started Monday off with a dead battery in my car.  I ended Monday with a dead battery in my team.After Game 3, Cardinal...
• 10/25 El Maquino: CARDS BLUNDER THROUGH GAME FIVE: > An absolutely embarrassing performance by the Cardinals in Game Five makes the next two games in Busch Stadium literal...
• 10/25 Baseball Musings: Rangers Take the Series Lead: The Texas Rangers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 and take a 3-2 lead in the World Series. The teams head back to St. Louis,...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Don’t Ask Dotel: Octavio Dotel comes in to relieve Chris Carpenter in the bottom of the eighth, and immediately gives up a double to Michael Young....
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Elvis Jeter: Yadier Molina leads off the top of the eighth with a ground ball in the shortstop hole. Elvis Andrus tries to be Derek Jeter and...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Beltre Belts: Adrian Beltre goes to a knee and launches a ball into the rightfield stands with two out in the bottom of the sixth. The solo...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Five Underway: Rafael Furcal of the Cardinals lines out to Adrian Beltre of the Rangers as C.J. Wilson gets the first out of game five. Furcal...
• 10/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Texas Hold 'Em; Rangers Even Series: Derek Holland was dealing last nightAfter a night where the bats finally sprang to life and thumped out hit after hit, the...
• 10/23 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Former Dodgers in the World Series: As I watching Game 4 of the World Series between the Cardinals and Rangers, I can't help but notice the number of key players...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: The Cardinals are scheduled to send Nick Punto, Rafael Furcal, and Allen Craig to the plate. If they can get on, Albert Pujols...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Andrus Hits: Elvis Andrus knocks out a one-out single in the bottom of the first for the first hit of game four. He’s hitting .308 in...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Four Underway: Rafael Furcal of the Cardinals leads off against Texas left-hander Derek Holland. Update: Furcal smashes a line-drive, but Adrian...
• 10/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Offenses Explode, Cards win Slugfest: After a pair of pitching duels in St. Louis, several baseball pundits (myself included) believed there was a good chance...
• 10/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Buy Low, Sell High: Why Moscoso Shouldn’t Be in Oakland in 2012:   Any even semi-regular reader of this blog knows that I had no love for Guillermo Moscoso this year. Actually, that isn’t...
• 10/23 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Pujols ties MLB greats with three-homer performance: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols had a performance for the ages on Saturday night, hitting three home runs against...
• 10/23 B-R Blog: Albert Pujols’ not very good 3-HR game: Albert Pujols went 5-for-6 last night with 3 homers and 6 RBI. Not bad for a guy who some thought was washed up. It was a great...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Bad Fan: With Adrian Beltre on second after leading off the bottom of the seventh with a double, Nelson Cruz hits a fly ball deep to leftfield....
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Texas Singles: Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton single to start the bottom of the fifth for the Rangers as the hits keep on coming since the top...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Young Guns: Michael Young gets a run back for Texas, leading off the bottom of the fourth with a home run the opposite way. That cuts the...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Texas Threat: Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz walks with one out in the bottom of the second. That gives Mike Napoli the chance to do some damage...
• 10/22 All of Baseball: So how good was Theo Epstein?: He was hailed as a boy wonder. Theo Epstein was 28 when he took the Red Sox general manager position …Continue reading »...
• 10/22 i70baseball.com: Game 3: Feeling Out The GravityGame Three...must win might be an exaggeration. ...
• 10/21 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 2: Deja Voodoo: A tense, scoreless affair turned into a desperate, late-inning bullpen rush, with the Texas Rangers scraping just enough runs...
• 10/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Red Sox need to restore fan faith: Despite a decade of athletic dominance, Boston fans have been rudely reminded of the feelings of betrayal that preceded that decade....
• 10/21 El Maquino: MEDIA DROPS PRO-TONY FACADE: > BREAKING: The general media is criticizing Tony LaRussa.  And for the thousandth time, they are incorrect again. In Game...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Beltre Hits: Adrian Beltre singles with two out in the top of the seventh. That’s the third hit for the Rangers and only the fifth of...
• 10/20 El Maquino: GAME TWO PREGAME LINKS: > Sure, you may have been one of the radicals that thought the Cards would make the playoff cut even 10 1/2 games out of the...
• 10/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Redbirds Draw First Blood: Game 1 of the 2011 World Series is in the books, and St. Louis is one step closer to winning its second title in six seasons. ...
• 10/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Top hitting prospects making their case at the Arizona Fall League: The ball is jumping off the bats in Arizona this year. With most pitchers working on specific aspects of their game, mixed with...
• 10/20 Chicken Fried Baseball: Game One Storylines: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: World Series Game 1 Post-Mortem:   World Series Swag Bob Gibson, Bruce Sutter, and Adam Wainwright have always commanded attention while on the pitcher’s...
• 10/19 Fragile Freddy's: World Series Game One Recap: TEX – 000 020 000 – 2 – 6 – 0STL – 000 201 00x – 3 – 6 – 0 Game one goes to the Cardinals who use six pitchers...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: Lance Berkman singles leading off the bottom of the eighth, but is stranded at third. The Cardinals take a 3-2 lead to the top...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Napoli Goes Deep: With one out after a lead-off single by Adrian Beltre in the top of the fifth, Mike Napoli goes deep to tie the game at two. Mike...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: The Double Returns: Adrian Beltre doubles with one out in the top of the second for Texas. That’s the first extra-base hit of the series. Both...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Cardinals First: St. Louis also gets their first batter on as Rafael Furcal draws a walk against C.J. Wilson to start the bottom of the first....
• 10/19 i70baseball.com: Rangers Bring Back Cardinal MemoriesThere are a few Rangers that will remind Cardinal fans of a few things....
• 10/19 Fragile Freddy's: World Series Preview: After a long and dramatic baseball season the World Series is finally upon us.  Let’s look at five issues that may prove...
• 10/19 Through The Fence Baseball: World Series: The great Nelson Cruz conundrum:   Nelson Cruz was unbelievable in the American League Championship Series. While he was nowhere to be found during the American...
• 10/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Go, Rangers: Is it even really a question that Dodger fans ought to be rooting for Texas in the World Series, which starts with Game 1 tonight?...
• 10/18 Philly Phanatics: World Series preview: Cardinals-Rangers: The Major League Baseball season is not over. The “other” team in red from the National League – the one that...
• 10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: A Texas title would be a parting shot for Angels: It was obvious from the start of the 2011 season that the Texas Rangers were doing everything right while the Los Angeles Angels...
• 10/18 PaulLebowitz.com: World Series Preview—Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals: Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals — Keys for the Rangers: Knock the Cardinals starters out early, hit the bullpen; maintain...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: GM Candidate: A.J. Preller: MLBTR’s list of general manager candidates introduced 20 people who were identified by their peers as potential Major League...
• 10/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Rangers vs. Cardinals: Who do you love?:   After a 162-game season and two rounds of playoffs, we finally have our World Series teams: the Rangers of Texas and the...
• 10/17 Chicken Fried Baseball: World Series Preview: A Few Things to Watch: “They’re one of those teams that definitely is not a joke.” – Cardinals RHP Edwin Jackson when asked...
• 10/16 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Rangers, Rockies, A's: The Rangers advanced to their second consecutive World Series last night. Today, Buster Olney of ESPN.com breaks down some of...
• 10/15 Baseball Musings: Bad Penny: Brad Penny makes his first appearance in the 2011 post-season, and Adrian Beltre immediately hits a double off the wall in left....
• 10/14 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 Comeback Player of the Year Candidates: Jacoby Ellsbury and Lance Berkman were just named 2011's Comeback Players of the Year, and each selection was a no-brainer. ...
• 10/14 Fragile Freddy's: Baseball is Awesome: OK, so the title is a bit juvenile but seriously, baseball really is awesome.  If the frustration of the ending of the...
• 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Baseball Gods Smile Upon The Tigers: In a game 5 that saw a lot of guts and grit from the Tigers, it may have been the baseball Gods smiling down on the Tigers and...
• 10/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Beltran Or Swisher?: The Carlos Beltran free agent maneuverings could have domino affects all over baseball, but especially with the Yankees and Red...
• 10/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers using dramatics for another ALCS win:   The Texas Rangers continue to surprise and continue to do the improbable. Just when you think the momentum had shifted...
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: The Tigers collect a single, but erase that runner on a double play as they fail to score in the bottom of the eighth. Phil Coke...
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: More Verlander Pitches: Coming out to chants of MVP, Justin Verlander strikes out Adrian Beltre to start the eighth, but gives up a single to Nike Napoli....
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: ALCS Game Five: Justin Verlander leads the Tigers onto the field as game five of the ALCS is about to get underway. Ian Kinsler will lead-off...
• 10/12 Baseball Musings: Just Joshing: Josh Hamilton pulls the first pitch of the top of the eleventh down the rightfield line for a double, and the Rangers have the...
• 10/12 The Beanball: Alberto Callaspo is Pleasantly Solid: Teams generally expect massive offensive production out of their corner infielders, including third base. While that’s usually...
• 10/12 60ft6in.com: Fister Pounds Rangers in Game Three: Doug Fister threw an impressive Game Three for the Detroit Tigers last night in the ALCS. He beat the Rangers by allowing just...
• 10/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Lose Game: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/12 B-R Blog: Matt Kemp’s huge team margin in WAR: Matt Kemp registered a WAR of 10.0 this season. Among his teammates, the next highest WAR for non-pitchers was 1.8 from Jamey...
• 10/11 Nolan Writin': ALCS Game 3 Lineups: Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers: Here is your starting lineup for your Texas Rangers: 2B Ian Kinsler SS Elvis Andrus CF Josh Hamilton 1B Michael Young 3B Adrian...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: Jose Valverde comes on to pitch the ninth inning with the Tigers holding a 5-2 lead over the Rangers. Josh Hamilton leads off....
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: ALCS Game Three Underway: Ian Kinsler pulls the first pitch from Doug Fister through the shortstop hole for a single to start game three of the ALCS. Update:...
• 10/11 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap for Monday October 10th:   Tuesday October 11, 2011     Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports):  Monday was a fun day of baseball.  These two...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Rangers in the Eleventh: Michael Young leads off the bottom of the eleventh inning with a single to left. The Tigers and Rangers remain tied at three....
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Bottom of the Ninth: Adrian Beltre just misses a home run as he hits a double off the wall in left-center. He’s 2 for 4 on the day, both doubles....
• 10/10 Chicken Fried Baseball: Underdog Tigers?: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Story of a Season: Alex Rodriguez: Click here for the other installments Click here for a stats refresher if you need it. The story of 2011 for Alex Rodriguez...
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: Verlander a Bit Wild: Justin Verlander walks Ian Kinsler to start the bottom of the first, and the Rangers have their first base runner of the series....
• 10/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Quick Look at the Final Four: Just a few weeks ago, it was a widely believed that baseball's Final Four would include the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and a team...
• 10/8 PaulLebowitz.com: ALCS Preview: Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers: Detroit Tigers (95-67; 1st place, AL Central; defeated New York Yankees in ALDS 3 games to 2) vs Texas Rangers (96-66; 1st place,...
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: ALCS Preview, Tigers Versus Rangers: The Detroit Tigers take on the Texas Rangers starting Saturday (tonight) in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers finished 96-66, first...
• 10/7 Fire Brand of the American League: A Few Thoughts on Dice-K: Matthew Kory of Over the Monster posed a very interesting, albeit incredibly unpo**** question yesterday:  Should the Red Sox...
• 10/7 Marlin Maniac: Marlins Snarkbox: Pujols’s big bat and Guillen’s big mouth: With the offseason underway for the Marlins, it seems that MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro has returned to his classic inbox pieces...
• 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Angels, Prado, Giants: Six years ago today, the White Sox beat the Red Sox by the score of 5-3 in Game Three of the ALDS. The ChiSox swept the ALDS in...
• 10/6 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | Texas Will Go As Far As Their Arms Will Take Them: When the media and baseball experts talk about the Texas Rangers, they tend to focus on the Rangers’ deep lineup. And who can...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go: The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the...
• 10/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Angels, Buehrle, Zambrano: At least one division series per league is going to a full five games this year, with the first elimination game taking place...
• 10/5 22gigantes.com: Villalona drops lawsuit, rejoins Giants organization: According to The Associated Press, former Giants first base prospect Angel Villalona is now back to “current” status...
• 10/5 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Beltre, Wilson, Orioles: The Rangers’ front office has recovered from some blunders (trading Adrian Gonzalez, for example) to become a group known for...
• 10/5 Chicken Fried Baseball: Raising the Bar: If the Rangers had to issue a one-line mission statement, it would probably be “Build a winning tradition in Texas”. While...
• 10/5 B-R Blog: Random thoughts: Just a few random thoughts to put out there: I rarely think all that much about race in baseball, but my gut says that it's good...
• 10/4 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | Beltre Powers Texas Back To ALCS: Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre was just 1-11 entering Tuesday afternoon’s ALDS Game 4 match with the Tampa Bay Rays, but...
• 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Manager, Beltre, Scutaro: The Cubs have asked the Red Sox for permission to interview GM Theo Epstein, whose contract expires after the 2012 season. Here...
• 10/4 Nolan Writin': Kinsler, Beltre Home Runs Win ALDS Game 4 for Texas Rangers to Advance to ALCS: Ian Kinsler started Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field off right by hitting a lead-off homer today....
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Three Home Run Games in the Playoffs: SportsDayDFW prints the list of three-home run games in the playoffs. Adrian Beltre is the first to accomplish the feat in the...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Bottom of the Ninth: The Rays are coming up in the bottom of the ninth trailing the Rangers 4-2. Kelly Shoppach, Sean Rodriguez and Casey Kotchman...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Belt Three: Adrian Beltre hits his third home run of the game, another solo shot to put the Rangers up 4-2 over the Rays in the top of the...
• 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: How The Rangers Acquired Their Newest Additions : The Rangers have advanced to the American League Championship Series for the second consecutive October, yet their roster is considerably...
• 10/4 B-R Blog: Beltre belts Rays out of first round: There's a 6th member of the Postseason 3-HR-Game fraternity. Adrian Beltre connected in the top of the 7th off Matt Moore for...
• 10/4 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Monday October 3rd: Tuesday October 4, 2011     April Whitzman (Blue Jays Writer – MLB reports):  With the National League taking the night...
• 10/4 Baseball Reality Tour: Contact and Power in the Postseason: There are four playoff games today, which should be great fun to follow. In anti**** of the excitement, we thought it would be...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Known for their Solos: Adrian Beltre hits his second and the Rangers’ third solo home run of the game. This time Adrian goes to the opposite field,...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Leading Off Deep: For the second inning in a row, the Rangers start with a solo home run. This time, Adrian Beltre takes Jeremy **** deep for a...
• 10/3 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | For Napoli, The Price Was Right: The pitcher is tall and lean, fluid and precise; a baseball magazine cover boy. The batter is average looking, the guy next door...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: Napoli Knocks: Mike Napoli breaks up David Price‘s shutout in the top of the seventh as he follows an Adrian Beltre single with a home...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA AL MVP: Curtis Granderson wins the IBWAA AL MVP. I’m a bit disappointed in the vote, as I had Justin Verlander at the top of my...
• 10/3 Chicken Fried Baseball: Beast Mode vs. The Claw and Antlers: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2011 MLB Awards ballot: The 2011 Major League Baseball season has come to a close and the Dodgers are not playoff-bound for the second consecutive year....
• 10/2 Bay City Ball: My postseason rooting order: The Giants aren’t playing October baseball, and that stinks, but that won’t stop me from watching. The postseason...

• 9/30 The Golden Sombrero: ALDS Rangers vs. Rays Open Thread: We’re Ready for Moore: Matt Moore 1-0, 9.1 IP, 14.46 K/9, 2.89 ERA, 2.17 FIP, 1.85 xFIP, 0.4 fWAR Tampa Bay Rays: Sean Rodriguez, SS B.J. Upton, CF Evan...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Shoppach Spree: Kelly Shoppach hits his second home run of the game in the top of the fifth, and it’s another tape-measure shot. This one...
• 9/30 Neurotic Sports Fan: ALDS Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers: In past years, the Wild Card races has been boring: the Yanks win their respective divisions and the Sawx win the Wild Card, many...
• 9/30 Baseball Analytics: Can Texas Stand the heat vs. Matt Moore?: The Tampa Bay Rays will give the ball to rookie Matt Moore against the Rangers' prolific offense tonight. The 22-year-old...
• 9/30 Bronx Baseball Daily: A Quick Look at the AL MVP Possibilities: For about a month now Yankees fans have been chanting ‘MVP, MVP’ during most of Curtis Granderson‘s at bats...
• 9/29 mlbreports.com : Game 162 and Beyond – Can MLB Top That?: September 29, 2011 Rob Bland (Baseball Writer – MLB reports): In order to write all of this, I needed to step away from...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: ALDS Preview, Rays Versus Rangers: The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers meet for the second consecutive season in the ALDS. The Rangers finished 96-66, first in...
• 9/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The greatest night in baseball history, plus some Dodgers' tidbits: Tonight just proved what a fantastic game the sport of baseball is. While the Dodgers (as a team) were playing for nothing (finishing...
• 9/28 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Beltre, Napoli, Dodgers: Both the Angels (86 vs. 80) and Dodgers (81 vs. 80) have already improved on last year's win totals with one game to play. Here's...
• 9/27 Baseball Musings: And Then There Were Four: The Rangers defeated the Angels 4-3 Monday night, eliminating LAnaheim from playoff contention. Dan Haren pitched well, walking...
• 9/26 Chicken Fried Baseball: Season Series Recap: Red Sox: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 9/26 B-R Blog: Recapping Sunday 9/25/11: SOX WIN!!! (a game … at last): -- Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 (2nd game): The ominous words from Michael Kay -- "Scott Proctor has not pitched well for the Yankees"...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Rangers Down to One: The Rangers clinch a tie for the AL West as they defeat the Mariners 5-3. Texas drove in their five runs with three home runs,...
• 9/23 Chicken Fried Baseball: Season Series Recap: Yankees: There is a good chance that the Rangers will play the Yankees again this season, so I thought I’d take a look at the season...
• 9/23 B-R Blog: Finally 40 homers means something again: It appears than only two players--Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson--will hit 40 home runs this season. Two other players--Albert...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Ranking the top pitchers in Los Angeles Dodgers history: Throughout the history of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise, pitching comes to mind first before hitting. The Dodgers have obviously...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Josh Hamilton’s hot bat and who is not a fan of Derek Holland: The Texas Rangers are still very much in a battle for the top spot in the AL West. They are trying desperately to repeat as division...
• 9/21 Baseball Musings: The Races in the West: Clayton Kershaw ended the Giants winning streak as he held San Francisco to one run in 7 1/3 innings as the Dodgers win a squeaker...
• 9/20 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: We haven't handed out any hardware since August 1st, when Justin Upton, Clayton Kershaw, Hideki Matsui, and Justin Verlander won...
• 9/18 SoDo Mojo: Sunday Seattle Sports Put Up Goose Egg: via vivalavidro Before heading back to school in the autumn, I decided to take a short vacation.  Everyone needs to take time...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Beltre Barrage: Adrian Beltre belted another home run as the Rangers win a pitching duel with the Mariners 3-0. For Beltre, the home run was his...
• 9/17 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners win one for Dave Niehaus: I stopped by to see my old friend Dave Niehaus tonight out in Right Field before settling in to watch the Mariners beat the Texas...
• 9/17 B-R Blog: Recapping AL pennant-race games of Friday 9/16/11: [For the Detroit clincher, see here and here.] -- In a crackling Friday night game that seemed a "must-win" for both sides --...
• 9/16 B-R Blog: Quick recap for Thursday 9/15/11: Rays win, but will they run out of time?: -- Evan Longoria kick-started Tampa's assault on Fenway with a 2-out, 3-run HR in the 3rd. A couple weeks ago, the Mets' outstanding...
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: The Adrian and Alexi Show: Alexi Ogando threw 52 pitches in the first two innings and forty over the next four as he got back on track, recording a short...
• 9/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Ranking the top pitchers in Los Angeles Dodgers history: Throughout the history of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise, pitching comes to mind first before hitting. The Dodgers have obviously...
• 9/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Josh Hamilton’s hot bat and who is not a fan of Derek Holland: The Texas Rangers are still very much in a battle for the top spot in the AL West. They are trying desperately to repeat as division...
• 9/15 MLBTradeRumors: Jacoby Ellsbury’s Arbitration Case: A year ago, Jacoby Ellsbury had nearly as many trips to the disabled list (three) as he did extra base hits (four), which tells...
• 9/14 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (72-73) vs. Texas (84-64):   By Matt Van Wormer Last night Justin Masterson gave up three home runs to the Texas Rangers as they took down the Indians...
• 9/14 Baseball Reality Tour: Power Without Strikeouts: Often times, when discussing baseball or evaluating the performance of players, we talk about rate stats and insightful...
• 9/14 B-R Blog: Recapping Tuesday 9/13/11: No margin for error: On a night when both wild-card leaders won, each pursuer blew a lead in the bottom of the 7th with an ace on the hill and 2 outs...
• 9/14 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Suitors For Aramis Ramirez: Aramis Ramirez is looking for a multiyear deal this offseason and it sounds like he’s prepared to test the market if the Cubs...
• 9/13 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Close to Attendance Record: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 9/12 B-R Blog: Recap for Sunday 9/11/11: Seventeen days and three races left!: -- Rays 9, Red Sox 1 (wild-card gap down to 3 in the loss column): With Jon Lester on the hill, Boston was banking on the adage...
• 9/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rangers Game 146:   5:16PM CDT: Anthony Recker flies out to center field and the A’s are officially eliminated from the playoffs. The...
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Wilson Wins: C.J. Wilson earns a short shutout as he stops the Athletics for eight innings in the 8-1 Texas victory over Oakland. Wilson held...
• 9/10 SoDo Mojo: Royals Score Field Goal, But Touchdown And PAT Enough For Mariners Victory:   No citation needed: I took this one! With football season in full effect, it’s hard to focus on baseball.  I mean,...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Where The Market For Pujols & Fielder Stands: With three weeks to go in the regular season, it’s clear that Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder will be the most tempting free...
• 9/7 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective for 9/6/11: I hope everyone enjoyed his or her holiday weekend as much as I did.  Lots of exciting things happening over Labor Day weekend,...
• 9/4 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/4: After coming back for a win yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look to win again in the rubber game of a three-game set with the...
• 9/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/3: After falling out of first place in the loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to the business of winning in the...
• 9/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Down, but not Out (Yet): September is here, which means we have less than one month of baseball left to play.  Rosters recently expanded from 25 to...
• 9/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/3: After falling out of first place in the loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to the business of winning in the...
• 9/2 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/2: After falling last night, the Boston Red Sox will finish up their homestand with hopes of keeping their lead in the AL East....
• 9/2 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/2: After falling last night, the Boston Red Sox will finish up their homestand with hopes of keeping their lead in the AL East....
• 9/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rangers Take Series Finale: The only thing hotter than Jeff Niemann the last couple months has been the Texas weather. Sorry, Texans, but after Thursday,...

• 8/31 The Beanball: They Get to (Almost) Everything: “How on earth did HE get to THAT?” It’s a question most, if not all, baseball fans have wondered (or screamed)....
• 8/29 SoDo Mojo: Building A Ballclub With Bill Bavasi: Part III: Bill Bavasi is sitting on the edge of a linen-lined bed.  The dark room is illuminated by his cigarette.  He sits in the darkness,...
• 8/29 El Maquino: MAYBE BERKMAN ISN’T SO BAD…: > Well well well C.J. Wilson.  Earlier this year, you were ripping Lance Berkman, now you want him on your team. Lance said...
• 8/29 Fire Brand of the American League: Adrian Gonzalez Still Learning Fenway: When the Red Sox added Adrian Gonzalez this offseason I made a small disclaimer that his output would be similar to Adrian Beltre...
• 8/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: It’s Time To Move On From Casey Blake: Hey, I like Casey Blake. Despite the regrettable circumstances of his arrival, his lousy 2010, and the fact that his inability...
• 8/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Back to school means it’s time for a Dodgers quiz: It’s that time of the year again! It’s the dog days of summer where grumpy children all across the county (and grumpy teachers,...
• 8/18 B-R Blog: Random recap for Wednesday: Stanton a HR champ at 21?: -- Mike Stanton homered for the 4th straight game and is 2nd in the NL with 29 HRs, one behind Albert Pujols. The youngest modern...
• 8/15 NY Baseball Digest: Evaluating Eric Chavez, Beating Tampa at Their Own Game, Jason Marquis and Mets Starters: Eric Chavez has been a great story (.293/1/15) off the bench for the Yankees. Art Stapleton of The Record informs us that Chavez...
• 8/15 MLBTradeRumors: What Lies Ahead For The Boras Corporation: The Boras Corporation regained the top spot last offseason with big deals for Jayson Werth, Adrian Beltre, Carlos Gonzalez,...
• 8/11 SoDo Mojo: Dispelling The Myth That The Rangers Are Good On Offense: Watching this last series between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers, I couldn’t help but come away unimpressed...
• 8/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Mets Can’t Get Too Clever With Reyes: This is not turning into an “all Jose Reyes, all the time” deal, but there’s much to talk about with the Mets...
• 8/8 Tyler's Think Tank: Michael Young Gets 2,000th Career Hit: Last night, a typical 102 degree summer night in Arlington, Texas, Michael Young notched his 2,000th career hit against the Cleveland...
• 8/5 Baseball Analytics: Alls not too Wells with Vernon: When the Angels acquired Vernon Wells from the Blue Jays they had two goals: one, to move the then disappointing Mike Napoli and...
• 8/4 Tyler's Think Tank: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Jacoby Ellsbury: Jacoby Ellsbury burst onto the scene as a 24 year-old September call-up back in 2007.  Coco Crisp was marred in the midst...
• 8/4 SoDo Mojo: Building A Contender:     I’ve been contemplating how to approach this topic for some time. Are the Seattle Mariners on the right path...
• 8/1 MLBTradeRumors: Hisashi Iwakuma Hires Sosnick-Cobbe Sports: Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma hired Paul Cobbe of Sosnick-Cobbe Sports as his new agent several months ago, reports ESPN's...

• 7/29 COSFBA: The SABR Spotlight: Andrew McCutchen: Let's quickly recap out SABR Spotlight players so far...Since Jair Jurrjens was featured in the Spotlight's debut article, he's...
• 7/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA: Mailbox: Thanks for all of your submissions, folks. Please keep them coming; we’ll certainly address each e-mail as quickly as...
• 7/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers a good fit for Carlos Beltran?: With just a few days remaining until the trade deadline, Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, CEO Nolan Ryan and the remainder...
• 7/26 Dropped Strike Three: Dropped Strike Three's AL All-Star Picks!: With the All-Star Game just a few short weeks away and voting wrapping up in about 10 days, let the roster controversy begin!...
• 7/26 COSFBA: The SABR Spotlight: What a Relief: I'm sorry. I take full responsibility for Adrian Beltre's injury. The power of the Spotlight is a difficult one to control,...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Feeling Left Out: The Rangers destroyed the Twins Monday night 20-6. They scored at least three runs in each of the first five innings, leading...
• 7/25 MLB Dirt: Why Has No One Inquired on Niemann?: With all the trade rumors circling through the majors I am incredibly surprised by the lack of interest in Tampa Bay Rays starter...
• 7/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers not out of Carlos Beltran race … yet: Carlos Beltran, according to ESPN’s Jayson Stark, apparently told the New York Mets he only wants to be traded to one of seven...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: 4 BoSox hitters on pace for 6 Wins Above Replacement: Through Saturday 7/23, Red Sox hold 4 of the AL's top 5 spots in Wins Above Replacement* for position players: #2 - Dustin Pedroia,...
• 7/24 Call to the Pen: Adrian Beltre Placed on Disabled List: The Texas Rangers have placed All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre on the disabled list with a right hamstring strain. …...
• 7/24 Nolan Writin': Michael Young’s Walk-Off Hit Wins the Game for Rangers 5-4 over Blue Jays: Chris Davis took Adrian Beltre’s place at third on Saturday night after Beltre strained his left hamstring running to third...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: Most 3+ RBI games in 2011: Here are the leaders, through Thursday, for most 2011 games with at least 3 RBI: Rk Player #Matching 1 Mark Teixeira 11 Ind. Games...
• 7/23 Nolan Writin': Adrian Beltre to DL; Chris Davis Recalled: Well, it looks as though thanks to Adrian Beltre’s hamstring injury from last night’s game will get us more time with Chris...
• 7/23 B-R Blog: Friday notes, part deux: Postgame edition for July 22: -- Jets 17, Raiders 7: The starting pitcher must go down, and he must go down hard: Trevor Cahill set a career high with 10...
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hall, Beltran, Barmes, Cubs: The trade deadline is just over a week away, so let's round up the latest from the baseball corner of the internet... MLB...
• 7/22 COSFBA: The SABR Spotlight: Adrian Beltre: Yesterday, @RedSox tweeted "Gonzo went 4-5 w/ a run in 4-0 win over the O's. This season, he has 4 games w/ 4 hits - most...
• 7/21 Nolan Writin': Angels Halt Rangers Winning Streak with 9-8 Victory – Brief Recap: The Rangers started last night’s defeat off with a run in the first (Josh Hamilton scored on a double by Adrian Beltre), but...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Deep in the Heat of Texas: The Rangers 3-4 hitters, Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre, each doubled and homered Tuesday night as the Rangers took the first...
• 7/16 B-R Blog: Stanton’s power: With a pair of home runs off Carlos Zambrano Saturday at Wrigley Field, Mike Stanton now has 42 HRs in his first 188 career games...
• 7/13 Brotherly Glove: All Star Game Reactions: With a 5-1 victory over the American League, the National League secured home field advantage for the 2011 World Series. The outcome...
• 7/13 Nolan Writin': American League Loses All-Star Game 5 to 1: Who knows how different the World Series would have been last year, if the American League had won home-field advantage. Unfortunately...
• 7/12 Yankees Daily: Fielder’s HR propels NL to consecutive All-Star wins: PHOENIX (AP) — Pitching, speed and a little bit of power. The National League is back on top in the All-Star game, using...
• 7/12 Nolan Writin': 2011 MLB All-Star Game Preview – Midsummer Classic (7:00 pm CT): Tonight, the 82nd MLB All-Star Game will take place in Phoenix at Chase Field as the National League are favored by most online...
• 7/12 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 MLB All-Star Game Delight: After breaking a decade long drought with a win last year, the National League looks to make it two in a row over the American...
• 7/12 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 MLB All-Star Game Delight: After breaking a decade long drought with a win last year, the National League looks to make it two in a row over the American...
• 7/12 For Baseball Junkies: All-Time Mariners Team: The Seattle Mariners came into the American League in 1977 as an expansion team along with the Blue Jays. In their 33 year history,...
• 7/12 Nolan Writin': Rangers All Star Profile: Michael Young: “At one point I would have rather been a Rockie than a Ranger…I thought I was going to be in Colorado. But I drove to spring...
• 7/12 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB announces All-Star lineup: Through The Fence Baseball has announced the first All-Star lineup voting courtesy of fans and TTFB writers. For the past month,...
• 7/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Big move not likely for Angels: With the Angels very much alive in the AL Pennant race, the Anaheim air is abuzz with talk of a big move. Frankly, though, it...
• 7/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rangers Game 92:     4:29PM CDT: Pinch-hitter Hideki Matsui grounds out to end the game. Sweep is complete. A’s fall to twelve...
• 7/12 Fungoes.net: AL parity as of July 7 greatest since 1993: As Major League Baseball rounds second base on the basepaths of the season, the standings reflect some of the usual sights, like...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ Games Of aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5: Fooling around with Play Index, I asked it show me players with the most games where: aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5...
• 7/6 The Pesky Pole: Drafting a Dynasty: The MLB draft is tonight and the importance of it continues to grow. The strength of this draft is pitching and the franchise...
• 7/4 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 All Star Selections & Reaction: The official lineups, reserves, and pitchers were named yesterday for the 2011 All Star Game. As most fans tend to do, we'll second...
• 7/4 MLB Dirt: The Hot Corner All-Stars: The All-Star rosters have officially been announced but that is not stopping me from completing my own All-Star roster because,...
• 7/4 mlbreports.com : Final Rosters are Announced: 2011 MLB All-Star Game Vote Totals and Time for the Final Vote: Monday, July 4, 2011     MLB reports:   The day has finally arrived.  After weeks of voting in stadiums and on-line, the...
• 7/3 Nolan Writin': 2011 All-Star Game: Rangers’ Hamilton Starts; Players Pick Beltre and Young: Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will get the start in the outfield for the American League in the 2011 All-Star Game held...
• 7/3 mlbreports.com : Scott Boras: The Contracts. The Clients. Who’s to Blame?: Sunday July 3, 2011     MLB reports:   The man behind the billion dollar smile, Scott Boras is a big business.  The Boras...
• 7/3 Fire Brand of the American League: The 2011 Version of Jacoby Ellsbury: photo © 2011 WEBN-TV | more info (via: Wylio) Did you know that, despite sitting atop the Red Sox offensive juggernaut, Jacoby...

• 6/30 11th and Washington: My All-Star ballot: I like to look at the All-Star Game as a yearly event, an annual summertime look at the best players in the game that year. I'm...
• 6/29 Fire Brand of the American League: The Great 2011 Expansion Draft: Boston Red Sox: With all of the talk of radical realignment, teams shifting leagues, and abolishing divisions, the guys at the Platoon Advantage...
• 6/27 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - Fans Doing An All-Star Job: In 1957, seven Cincinnati Reds players had been voted to start in the All-Star game. Commissioner Ford Frick responded by taking...
• 6/25 Nolan Writin': New York Mets (37-39) at Texas Rangers (41-36) Game 2 of 3 Preview (3:10pm CT): The Texas Rangers had an amazing night with starting pitcher Matt Harrison then the bullpen (Darren Oliver and Mark Lowe) in addition...
• 6/24 Cut Four: American League All Stars: The Major League Baseball All Star game is set to take place on Tuesday, July 12th, just over two weeks away. Online voting for...
• 6/24 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Fear Failure, Mascot Violence, Savings Runs: Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus had a great piece on ESPN yesterday. It’s part of their Insider program, so if you are...
• 6/22 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - Ellsbury The Front-Runner For Comeback POY: This time last year Jacoby Ellsbury was absolutely miserable. He couldn’t stay healthy, the media speculated that the team...
• 6/21 Nolan Writin': Houston Astros (27-47) at Texas Rangers (39-35) Preview Game 2 (7:05 pm CT): My prediction yesterday was pretty close and the Rangers won at home 8-3. You can plainly see that the Rangers perform much better...
• 6/21 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers Take Game One of the Silver Boot Rivalry: The Rangers picked up three runs in the first inning and three runs in the second inning and never looked back. They went on to...
• 6/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers: Derek Holland bounces back from rough outing: The Texas Rangers, fresh off a road trip that saw them lose six of nine games, came back to their home ballpark in Arlington,...
• 6/19 Yanks Go Yard: JB’s American League All-Star Picks: With the All-Star Game coming in less a little less than a month here are my picks for the American League All-Star team. I followed...
• 6/18 Baseball Musings: Tip Top: It took nearly six hours due to a rain delay and extra innings, but Texas squeaked by the Braves 5-4 in ten innings. One-two hitters...
• 6/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Willingham to Philadelphia Rumors Don’t Go Away:   There’s been a lot of talk about the Phillies’ need for a good hitting outfielder, preferably a right-fielder,...
• 6/17 B-R Blog: 100+ Career “Runs” From Fielding: Nothing fancy about this list - it's those with 100+ career "Fielding Runs" aka Rfield. Rk Player Rfield From To Age G PA AB R...
• 6/17 B-R Blog: Yo, Adrian!: Here's a quick rundown of players with the given first name of Adrian (sometimes properly spelled Adrián): There are two active...
• 6/16 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Drafting a Dynasty: The MLB draft is tonight and the importance of it continues to grow. The strength of this draft is pitching and the franchise...
• 6/16 Baseball Musings: Gardner Harvests a Win: Brett Gardner singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Yankees defeated the Rangers 3-2. Cory Wade...
• 6/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Youk’s AVG Understates his Production: I just wanted to make a quick note today about Kevin Youkilis. His big three-run home run last night helped Josh Beckett capture...
• 6/16 Stealing First Base: Yankees vs. Rangers Game 67 -2011: Starting Lineups Texas Rangers Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Josh Hamilton LF Michael Young DH Adrian Beltre 3B Mitch Moreland...
• 6/15 Stealing First Base: Yankees vs. Rangers Game 66 -2011: Yankees add right-hander Cory Wade to roster. Wade will wear No. 53. He hasn’t pitched in big leagues since ’09. Yanks...
• 6/14 Stealing First Base: Yankees vs. Indians Game 65 -2011: Alexi Ogando, RHP 7-0, 2.10 ERA Ogando is is trying to become only the third Rangers pitcher to win his first eight decisions...
• 6/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rangers III: The Yankees and Rangers meet for the third and final time of the 2011 season tonight, squaring off for a three-game set in the...
• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/12 B-R Blog: Sunday Supplement: Recapping Games of June 12: An arbitrary and capricious roundup of today's MLB action: Francisco Liriano's bid for a 2nd no-hitter was ended in the 8th by...
• 6/12 Baseball Musings: Beltre Breaks it Up: Francisco Liriano falls behind Adrian Beltre 3-1, and Adrian lines the next pitch to center for the first Texas hit of the day...
• 6/11 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers (36-29) at Minnesota Twins (24-39) Preview Game 3: C.J. Wilson ( Michael Young and Adrian Beltre, too) helped the Rangers last night to pick up their very first win at Target Field...
• 6/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers can finally put the Detroit Tigers in their rearview mirror: If you don’t think the Texas Rangers aren’t thrilled to be wrapping up a three game series with the Detroit Tigers,...
• 6/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp In Position To Set Dodger Records: After yesterday‘s two homer, six RBI outburst, Matt Kemp is currently on pace for an absolutely ridiculous season. No, really;...

• 5/31 WasWatching: A-Rod Least “Clutch” 3B In Majors This Year?: See the numbers below – which are this season to date: Rk Player Clutch Year Age Tm Lg G PA 1 Daniel Descalso 1.5 2011 24...
• 5/31 B-R Blog: “Clutch” Since 1996: A list for discussion purposes: It's all active players with at least 1,000 games played between 1996 and 2011 (to date). And,...
• 5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre launches team-leading 11th HR: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 2-for-4 with his team-high 11th home run Saturday, May 28, against the Kansas City Royals....[+] He finished with three RBIs, giving him 41 on the season, which also leads the squad and is second in the American League.
• 5/27 B-R Blog: 8 or More Total Bases in Consecutive Games, since 2006: Carl Crawford became the 2nd hitter this year with consecutive games of at least 8 total bases, joining (no surprise) Jose Bautista....
• 5/24 Nolan Writin': Cruz/Hamilton Return with a Vengeance – Complete Game Shutout for Ogando: What a spectacular night for the Rangers. Nelson Cruz and Josh Hamilton both found their way back to Arlington, and Alexi Ogando...
• 5/17 Nolan Writin': Colby Lewis Earns Complete Game Shutout: Rangers win 4-0: Last night the Chicago White Sox were dominated by Colby Lewis. Lewis who has struggled this year, improved his record to 4 and...
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre leads team in RBIs: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit his 10th home run of the season Sunday, May 15, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim....[+] His homer was the fifth of the season in his second at-bat of the game against a pitcher. He now has 33 RBIs to lead the team.
• 5/11 Nolan Writin': Rainy Tuesday Night Baseball in Arlington: The rain didn’t keep the boys inside for long, and certainly didn’t affect your Rangers at all. If you recall yesterday’s...
• 5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Shuffle lineup: Texas Rangers OF Julio Borbon has been moved to the top of the lineup Tuesday, May 10, while SS Elvis Andrus is bumped down to...[+] second and 3B Adrian Beltre is batting sixth. 'I just decided last night and I'm going to come in and throw a different lineup out there and see how they react,' explained manager Ron Washington, who also has 2B Ian Kinsler batting third and 1B Michael Young in the cleanup spot.
• 5/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 31: Yankees 12, Rangers 5: The Yankees ended a disappointing road trip Sunday afternoon, but they did it with a bang.  While things looked bad early,...
• 5/7 Nolan Writin': Yankees 4, Rangers 1: Short Frustrated Recap: This was a tough one to watch tonight, I have to keep reminding myself that this a long season. The Rangers offense couldn’t...
• 5/5 Nolan Writin': Rangers Win in Seattle: Temporarily Prevent Sky from Falling: On an outstanding night for DFW sports C.J. Wilson showed up to the ballpark ready to work. Avoiding a Chicken Little scenario...
• 5/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Neftali Feliz, Have You Met Michael Young?: Rangers closer Neftali Feliz, currently on the disabled list with a sore shoulder, has stated his desire to be a closer for the...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Chris Davis playing third: Texas Rangers 1B Chris Davis is starting at third base Monday, May 2, with 3B Adrian Beltre serving as the designated hitter....[+] 3B Michael Young is playing second base while 2B Ian Kinsler rests and C Taylor Teagarden is starting over C Yorvit Torrealba.

• 4/30 B-R Blog: All-Dominican Team: The Dominican Republic has given us many great ballplayers over the years, far more than you might expect from a nation of its...
• 4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Better Prince Fielder Than Prince Albert. Seriously.: There’s a great bar called the Mucky Duck in San Francisco where fans gather to watch the Giants.  These are fans who, by...
• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre now up to seven homers: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, his seventh of the season, two runs scored, two walks and an...[+] RBI Sunday, April 24, against the Kansas City Royals. Beltre has four home runs and 11 RBIs over the past seven games.
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre belts his sixth homer: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, two runs scored and two RBIs Friday, April 22, against the...[+] Kansas City Royals. Beltre was 0-for-7 over his past two games.
• 4/19 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR Now Updated: 2011 Wins Above Replacement data is now live on the site and will be updated daily throughout the season. This includes the league...
• 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre stays hot: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre homered for the second straight night Monday, April 18, and drove in three runs, The Associated...[+] Press reports. He has four homers during a nine-game hitting streak.
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre drives in fourTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre had two hits and four RBIs Sunday, April 17, The Associated Press reports....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre had two hits and four RBIs Sunday, April 17, The Associated Press reports.
• 4/16 The Captain's Blog: Not Bad for Starters: Garcia Throws Six Shutout Innings, Wins Yankee Debut: Yesterday, the Yankees died by the double play. Today, it gave them new life. In a scenario eerily reminiscent of last Tuesday’s...
• 4/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 12: Rangers 5, Yankees 3: For the second night in a row, the Yankees had a young pitcher on the mound who put them in hole early.  Once again, the...
• 4/13 B-R Blog: Single Season HR Records: Have you ever looked at the single season HR records in terms of pre-1987, post-2003 and during the period 1987 through 2003?...
• 4/12 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes - Josh Hamilton's Broken Arm: MVP Hamilton could be sidelined up to two months. (Getty)One of the most significant injuries of the young 2011 baseball season...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre comes alive in second game: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre broke out of his season-long slump in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday, April 9, against...[+] the Baltimore Orioles. Beltre went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs scored and three RBIs, raising his batting average from .107 to .182 as a result.
• 4/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre continues to scuffle: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre was hitless in four at-bats in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, April 9, against the...[+] Baltimore Orioles, dropping his season average to .107 (3-for-28).
• 4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Nelson Cruz, Adrian Beltre won't flip spots: Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said OF Nelson Cruz and 3B Adrian Beltre won't be flipped in the lineup, with Cruz hitting...[+] well to begin the year in the No. 6 spot, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. 'My lineup works the way it is,' Washington said. 'I'm not fixing something that's not broken.'
• 4/6 The Sporting Hippeaux: Opening Statements: The season is but a week old.  It's best not to overreact to half a dozen games.  As things stand, the Royals, Orioles,...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre slumpingTexas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is 0-for-13 since hitting a grand slam Saturday, April 2, according to The Associated Press....[+] Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is 0-for-13 since hitting a grand slam Saturday, April 2, according to The Associated Press.
• 4/4 B-R Blog: Is it better to got 1-for-4 with a homer or 4-for-4 with 4 singles?: Loyal reader BSK posed the question in the title on an earlier thread, and I decided to research it. In 2010 alone, there were...
• 4/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre hits grand slam Saturday: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre went 1-for-5 with a grand slam against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, April 2, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 4/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Opening Day lineup announced: The Texas Rangers' Opening Day lineup will have 2B Ian Kinsler leading off, followed by SS Elvis Andrus, OF Josh Hamilton, 3B...[+] Adrian Beltre, 3B Michael Young, OF Nelson Cruz, C Mike Napoli, C Yorvit Torrealba and OF Julio Borbon, according to The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham. Napoli is serving as the first baseman and Young is the designated hitter.

• 3/30 The Captain's Blog: 2011 Season Preview and Predictions: Another season is upon us, and so too is the time for predictions. Listed below are my forecasts for the regular season standings...
• 3/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre ejected in Sunday's game: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre was ejected from a Cactus League game Sunday, March 27, for shouting from the dugout about a call,...[+] reports Evan Grant, of The Dallas Morning News.
• 3/24 B-R Blog: The 20 most productive players of 2010: Here's one way of finding the most productive players (hitters edition) of 2010. I found the guys with the highest ratio of WAR...
• 3/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre feeling good: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre said he is seeing the ball great after just two spring games, according to ESPNDallas.com's Tim...[+] McMahon. 'I can't say that it's exactly where I want it to be, but it's better than I thought it was going to be,' said Beltre, who is 3-for-6 after being sidelined most of the spring with a calf strain. 'I'm seeing the ball good. I guess I'm on the right track, but I probably need to see more breaking balls to get my timing down.'
• 3/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre launches first spring HR: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre wenet 2-for-3 with his first spring home run Wednesday, March 16, in just his second Cactus League...[+] game.
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre feels no pain: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) felt no pain in his calf while running at full speed Monday, March 14, in the team's spring...[+] game, according to ESPNDallas.com's Tim McMahon. Beltre will have the day off Tuesday, March 15, and will then be on a schedule of playing in two straight games, followed by a day off, and then three straight games followed by another day off.
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre has one hit in return: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) went 1-for-3 with a single in his return to the spring lineup Monday, March 14, according...[+] to ESPNDallas.com's Tim McMahon.
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Nelson Cruz being dropped in order: Texas Rangers OF Nelson Cruz has not been sharp this spring, and manager Ron Washington thinks dropping him a couple spots in...[+] the lineup will benefit him, according to ESPNDallas.com's Tim McMahon. Cruz will hit sixth Monday, March 14, with 3B Adrian Beltre moving up to the cleanup spot. 'Nelson doesn't have it together yet,' Washington said. 'I just want to give him some time to get it together. That's all that is.' Cruz is batting .133 with just one extra-base hit in 30 spring at-bats. He could anywhere from fourth to sixth when the regular season begins.
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre returns: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is hitting cleanup in his spring debut Monday, March 14, The...[+] Dallas Morning News' Anthony Andro reports.
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre set to debut Monday: Updating a previous report, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) said his injury is healed enough for him to make his Cactus...[+] League debut Monday, March 14, reports T.R. Sullivan, of MLB.com. 'It's good enough,' Beltre said of his strained right calf muscle.
• 3/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre could play by Monday: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is hoping to play in a game by Monday, March 14, according to...[+] T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com.
• 3/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre continues to progress: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) took ground balls and batting practice Thursday, March 10, and could return to the spring...[+] lineup in a week, according to The Dallas Morning News. 'He's on schedule,' manager Ron Washington said of Beltre. 'We'll get him on the field when we feel he's ready. I'm not worried about Beltre. It's important for him to be healthy when April 1 rolls around. If he's healthy when April 1 rolls around, I'll take what Beltre will give us.'
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre runs Wednesday: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) ran the bases Wednesday, March 9, and has been taking grounders the last few days, according...[+] to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre also continues to hit without any issues.
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre could play soon: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) could be playing in a game within a week, The Dallas Morning...[+] News' Anthony Andro reports.
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre takes BP: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) took batting practice Tuesday, March 8, The Dallas Morning News'...[+] Anthony Andro reports.
• 3/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre to resume fielding Sunday: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is scheduled to resume fielding grounders Sunday, March 6, according...[+] to Jeff Caplan of ESPNDallas.com. He will continue hitting but will not do any running. Beltre is not expected to play in any spring training games before Thursday, March 10.
• 3/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 3.4.2011: The Other Mike in The Bleacher Seats writes RE Cliff Lee and Yankees fans: The Yankee fan reaction reminds me of a controlling...
• 3/4 Baseball Press: Not With a Ten-Foot Pole: Third Baseman: Statistics say Jose Bautista won't repeat his 2010 numbers (Getty)With fantasy drafts hitting full stride over the next few...
• 3/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre unable to field: Updating a previous report, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is able to take batting practice and throw but is not fielding...[+] ground balls or doing any running, according to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan. Beltre said he would be playing if this were the regular season. 'I'm doing better,' Beltre said. 'I have been doing a lot of stuff in the water. In a couple of days, we'll see how it is. If there is no more pain, I can do more stuff.' Beltre said he will be able to get ready defensively within a week of taking ground balls, so that is not an issue.
• 3/3 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The 2011 Texas Rangers: Josh Hamilton will lead the Rangers offense in 2011. (Getty)Rangers manager Ron Washington was mum early on during spring...
• 3/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre not in risk of missing Opening Day: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is not at risk of missing the team's Opening Day game even though his injury will keep him...[+] out longer than originally expected, according to ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan. 'We're less focused on the exact target date and making sure he's ready for Opening Day,' assistant general manager Thad Levine said. 'We've been given no cause for concern that Opening Day is in jeopardy. We're still optimistic it's not going to be a month, but it will be more than 10 to 14 days.' Beltre did more work in a swimming pool Thursday, March 3, and will hit in the cages Friday, March 5. He still hopes to get back on the field in a few days. 3B Michael Young, 1B Chris Davis and IF Brian Barden have made starts at third base this spring in Beltre's absence.
• 3/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre feeling better: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) said his calf feels much better, but his return is likely beyond...[+] the 10-14-day window, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson reports.
• 3/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre on same timetable: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is on the same timetable for a return to spring action, which puts him four to eight days...[+] away, according to ESPNDallas.com. Beltre is still doing running and agility exercises in a pool, hitting and throwing. The team is hoping he can play by March 10.
• 3/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Planet Boras: It’s a fiery atmosphere on Planet Boras with a polarizing series of views as to whether it’s hospitable. Let’s...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre update: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) did some running in the pool and played catch Tuesday, March...[+] 1, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson reports. He planned to hit in the cages later today.
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | No running or agility drills for Adrian Beltre: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) has not started running or doing agility drills yet, reports T.R. Sullivan, of MLB.com....[+] Beltre is hitting and throwing inside the batting cages, and he is expected to return to game action on or around March 10.

• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre expected to play by March 10: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is expected to be ready to play in Cactus League games around March 10, reports Jeff Caplan,...[+] of ESPNDallas.com. A report came out over the weekend which suggested Beltre's calf strain might keep him out up to a month, putting him in jeopardy for Opening Day April 1. '[We] still feel it's two weeks,' assistant general manager Thad Levine said Sunday, Feb. 27.
• 2/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Ian Kinsler named leadoff hitter: Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington intends to use 2B Ian Kinsler as his leadoff hitter and SS Elvis Andrus as his No. 2 hitter...[+] during the regular season, after having experimented with this lineup change in two recent intrasquad games, according to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News. The rest of the batting order includes OF Josh Hamilton hitting third, followed by 3B Adrian Beltre, OF Nelson Cruz, DH Michael Young, 1B Mitch Moreland, C Yorvit Torrealba and OF Julio Borbon.
• 2/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Nelson Cruz expected to hit fifth this season: Texas Rangers OF Nelson Cruz is scheduled to bat cleanup in the team's spring training opener Sunday, Feb. 27, because 3B Adrian...[+] Beltre (calf) is unavailable with a strained calf muscle, according to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News. Manager Ron Washington said Cruz will bat fifth during the regular season, with Beltre batting fourth. 'Wherever Beltre hits, whether it's fourth or fifth, I think he's still going to get the same pitches, a lot of off-speed stuff away and then fastballs in,' Washington said. 'He's a veteran and he can handle that. I just don't think (Cruz) is ready for it. One more year, I think he might be.' Washington said Cruz could receive some time in the No. 4 spot this season on days when Beltre is not in the lineup.
• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre can still swing: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) will not play in spring games for 10-14 days, but he said he will take it easy for the next...[+] three or four days, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre said he can still swing a bat and do activities that won't bother his calf. 'Nobody wants to be hurt,' Beltre said. 'The positive side would be that it's better to happen now than during the season. I have time to get healthy.'
• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre has MRI: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) had an MRI reveal no tear in his calf, and he should have plenty...[+] of time to be ready for opening day, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson reports. He'll miss 10 to 14 days with a Grade 1 strain of his right calf.
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre sits out Thursday: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) missed the team's Thursday, Feb. 24, intrasquad game due to a mild calf strain and may sit...[+] out the team's Sunday, Feb. 27, exhibition game as well, reports ESPN's Richard Durrett.
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Continue to monitor Adrian Beltre: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) ran on a treadmill Wednesday, Feb. 23, but is not yet running on the field, but he is taking...[+] grounders and hitting, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. The team is unsure if Beltre will play in the first spring game Sunday, Feb. 27.
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre limited Tuesday: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre's (calf) running continues to be limited by a mildly strained right calf muscle, reports T.R. Sullivan,...[+] of MLB.com.
• 2/21 Caught Looking: Trying to figure out the Vernon Wells trade: Last month the Blue Jays dealt Vernon Wells to the Angels for catcher Mike Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera. Looking at it strictly...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre feeling better: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) said his right calf was feeling better during workouts Monday, Feb. 21, after taking groundballs...[+] and batting practice, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre said the injury is 'not a big deal.'
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre has calf strain: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (calf) is dealing with a mild strain of his right calf and was not scheduled to run Monday, Feb....[+] 21, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre will still hit and take groundballs.
• 2/19 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Third Base Options on Draft Day: Evan Longoria will be a fantasy stud on a rebuilt Rays club. (Getty)Public Service Announcement:Today's entry continues a series...
• 2/11 Baseball Daily Digest: How Soon Before Adrian Beltre Becomes the Next Michael Young?: It appears as though the love between Michael Young and the Texas Rangers is over. While Young and the team have had some disagreements...
• 2/9 Caught Looking: Free agent update: Don’t look now, but pitchers and catchers report next week! With the start of spring training right around the corner, I...
• 2/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 2.8.2011: Before anything else, I was linked on an SB Nation Rangers fan forum after yesterday’s comedic(?) suggestion that the Rangers...
• 2/7 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: NL Central Prospects | Baseball Digest: The Cardinals Shelby Miller coming soon to a ball park near you.BD Hot Stove: NL Central Prospects | Baseball DigestIt’s the...

• 1/25 B-R Blog: Highest career WAR with more fielding runs than batting runs: (Thanks to reader Andy P. for emailing in this idea.) Think of the best defensive players of all time. Now, among them, who was...
• 1/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 1.23.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the Mets: As always, I feel like I’m getting an honest reaction to the Mets mess...
• 1/22 The Captain's Blog: AL East Roundup: All’s Well That Ends Wells in Toronto; Red Sox Reunion in Tampa; Baltimore Courting Vlad: For much of the offseason, all eyes in the A.L. East have been focused at the top as the Red Sox gobbled up high-priced free agents...
• 1/22 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Jays Unload Wells for Rivera and Napoli: Wells will join Torii Hunter and Peter Bourjos in the Angels outfield. (Getty) Toronto Blue Jays' general manager Alex Anthopolous...
• 1/18 Fantasy Sports Information: Adrian Beltre: Adrian Beltre | Texas Rangers | 3B | Bats: Right 2011 Experience: 14th Season| Born: April 7, 1979 MLB Fantasy...
• 1/13 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Names on the A's: Barton is a high on-base percentage guy with some power.  (Getty) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rockies, Kouzmanoff, Kennedy: Links for Tuesday night.. Steve Foster of Inside The Rockies takes a look into his crystal ball and predicts what the Rockies...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Sparkle And Fade: Prosper and fall: The most interesting aspect of free agency, for me, isn’t where Cliff Lee and the other biggest names...
• 1/10 The Captain's Blog: Can the Yankees Sign Soriano Without Surrendering a Draft Pick?: During the entire off season, the Yankees have been stymied in their attempt to add a starting pitcher. First, Cliff Lee eschewed...
• 1/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | More on Adrian Beltre's option: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre needs 600 plate appearances in 2015 or 1,200 plate appearances in 2014-2015...[+] for his $16 million option for 2016 to vest, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports. If he's on the disabled list at the end of 2015 or a mutually agreed upon doctor deems him unable to play at normal health by spring 2016, the Rangers may defer $12 million of the 2016 salary with 1 percent interest.
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Contract Details: Saito, Beltre, Capuano, Hudson: Here are some recent updates on contracts from around the majors: Reliever Takashi Saito will earn a base salary of less...
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre likely to bat cleanup: Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre is likely to bat cleanup this season, in between OF Josh Hamilton and OF Nelson Cruz, according...[+] to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Manager Ron Washington said Beltre could also hit fifth at times.
• 1/5 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: Beltre Finalizes Deal With Texas | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: Beltre Finalizes Deal With Texas | Baseball DigestWhile the family and friends of Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven...
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre agrees to terms: The Texas Rangers agreed to a six-year, $96 million deal with free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) Wednesday, Jan. 5, according...[+] to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre will be introduced after he passes his physical. He will make $14 million this year, $15 million in 2012, $16 million in 2013, $17 million in 2014, $18 million in 2015 and $16 million in 2016. The team can void the final year if Beltre fails to reach either 1,200 plate appearances in 2014-15 combined or 600 in 2015. 3B Michael Young will shift to the designated-hitter role.
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre gets trade protection: Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre received a limited no-trade clause in his six-year, $96 million deal,...[+] SI.com's Jon Heyman reports.
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Adrian Beltre undergoes physical: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) underwent a physical with the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Jan. 4, and his deal could be announced...[+] the following day, SI.com's Jon Heyman reports.
• 1/5 PAAPFLY: Adrian Beltre and Contract Years: Next time someone tells you that Adrian Beltre hits well in contract years, tell them it’s up for debate.Dave Cameron recently...
• 1/5 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Adrian Beltre joins the Texas Rangers: After another big walk year, Beltre cashed in with Texas. (AP) The Winter Meetings are over, but the MLB Hot Stove is still...
• 1/4 The Sporting Hippeaux: The Face of Deja Vu: ESPN, among others, is reporting that the Rangers are close to signing a $90 Million deal with third baseman, Adrian Beltre.  On...
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | More on Adrian Beltre: Updating previous reports, the Texas Rangers are on the brink of signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) to a six-year deal...[+] worth $96 million, according to The Dallas Morning News' Evan Grant. The last year of the contract would be voidable if Beltre doesn't reach a certain number of plate appearances either in the fifth year or over the last two years. The first five years will be worth $80 million.
• 1/4 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Angels: I know this article is supposed to be about identifying fantasy baseball keeper targets but I can't help but mention how badly...
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | More on Adrian Beltre: Contrary to previous reports, the Texas Rangers are close to signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) to a five- or six-year...[+] deal worth $14-16 million per year, according to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan. An official announcement may not come until later this week. 3B Michael Young has indicated that he is willing to move to a designated hitter and 'super utility' role.
• 1/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Bel–Tray To The Ran–Gers?: Thinking and re-thinking: For the uninitiated, the title of the posting is a play on the Jon Miller insistence in pronouncing...
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Pavano, Beltre, Young: A few Rangers-related tidbits.. The Rangers aren't a player for Carl Pavano, sources tell Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (via...
• 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Michael Young not interested in position change: Texas Rangers 3B Michael Young is not interested in moving from third base next season, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard...[+] Durrett. Young could become a super utility player and designated hitter if the team signs free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox).
• 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Not optimistic about Adrian Beltre: The Texas Rangers are not optimistic about signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) because 3B Michael Young is not willing...[+] to move from the hot corner next year, according to MLB.com's Bailey Stephens.
• 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Close to signing Adrian Beltre: Updating previous reports, the Texas Rangers are close to signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) to a multi-year deal,...[+] according to ESPNDeportes.com's Enrique Rojas. 'They are still talking and have not completed the details, but an agreement appears imminent,' a source told ESPNdeportes.com. The deal will likely be for five years with an option for the 2016 season.
• 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Are in talks with Adrian Beltre: Updating previous reports, the Texas Rangers are still engaged in discussions with free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), The...[+] Dallas Morning News' Jeff Wilson reports.
• 1/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Rumors of Adrian Beltre signing are false: The Dominican website PioDeportes.com reported that free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) had agreed to a six-year, $96 million...[+] deal with the Texas Rangers, but the story is apparently untrue, according to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.
• 1/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Multi-Level Ridiculous: This could be a duplex, triplex, quadriplex or multiplex. Or more. If you haven’t seen it, I’m of course talking about...
• 1/1 B-R Blog: 2011: Happy 2011 to all of our readers! Here's some 2011 trivia. 2,011 career hits: Rk H From To Age G PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO...

• 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Adrian Beltre unlikely to sign: The Los Angeles Dodgers are unlikely to sign free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) because of his high asking price, according...[+] to SportingNews.com.
• 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Could be trying to drive up price on Adrian Beltre: The Texas Rangers have some interest in free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), but they could be pursuing him simply to raise...[+] the price for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan reports.
• 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Out of running for Adrian Beltre: The Oakland Athletics have pulled out of talks with free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports....[+]
• 12/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Front runners for Adrian Beltre: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim appear to be the favorites to sign free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), according to FOXSports.com's...[+] Ken Rosenthal. The Oakland Athletics, who made previous offers to Beltre, have pulled out of the running to pursue other players. The Texas Rangers remain uncomfortable with Beltre's pricetag. Beltre is reportedly seeking at least a five-year, $85 million deal.
• 12/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Many teams unlikely to spend for Adrian Beltre: The Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are...[+] all looking for upgrades at third base, but are unlikely to be willing to spend the kind of money to land free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), according to SportingNews.com.
• 12/29 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: Manny Being Unemployed | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: Manny Being Unemployed | Baseball DigestTimes have changed and the once mighty have fallen. A few years ago it...
• 12/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Hot Stove Winners—-2010: In no particular order: There are still a couple of “name” free agents available, but I highly doubt that any team’s...
• 12/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Adrian Beltre offer pulled: Updating previous items, The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have pulled their five-year, $70 million offer to free-agent 3B Adrian...[+] Beltre (Red Sox) off the table, according to AOL Fanhouse. The Angels remain interested in signing Beltre but did not want to get drawn into agent Scott Boras' negotiating tactics.
• 12/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Still interested in Adrian Beltre: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are still interested in free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) and have not taken their original...[+] five-year, $70 million offer off the table, according to MLB.com's Bailey Stephens.
• 12/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 12.19.2010: Concepts vs Reality: While last winter was dedicated to rebuilding via concept, this winter has been exemplified by an adherence...
• 12/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Adrian Beltre offer not accepted: Updating previous reports, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim reportedly offered free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) a five-year...[+] contract in the $70 million range, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times. However, the offer has not been accepted and is unlikely to be increased. Beltre is believed to be seeking a six-year deal in the $90 million range.
• 12/18 My Pinstripes: It's Time To Roll The Dice On Greinke: You should never make a move in reaction to another's move unless your playing chess or at war, and when I say war I really mean...
• 12/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Make offer to Adrian Beltre: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have reportedly made a 'significant' offer to free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), according...[+] to The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham.
• 12/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Freed From The Shackles: The cage of expectations; the confinement of lies: Despite the ancillary benefits of fame, fortune and idol worship, one has...
• 12/16 Baseball Reality Tour: Need Starters? Who's Left?: The subtitle of this post could be "Who's left?! Who?? That's It?! Uh-Oh."  The baseball hot stove is winding down as most...
• 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Focused on Adrian Beltre: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are focused on free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports....[+]
• 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Not likely to get Adrian Beltre: The Texas Rangers are more likely to re-sign DH Vladimir Guerrero and sign a right-handed hitting first baseman to pair with 1B...[+] Mitch Moreland than they are to renew their overtures to sign free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports.
• 12/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Going hard after Adrian BeltreThe Texas Rangers are aggressively pursuing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports....[+] The Texas Rangers are aggressively pursuing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports.
• 12/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Favorites for Adrian Beltre: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are considered the favorites to sign free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) after losing out...[+] on Boston Red Sox OF Carl Crawford, according to The Dallas Morning News. However, the Texas Rangers could be a late challenge.
• 12/9 PaulLebowitz.com: HITTING And Defense: The Red Sox strike... ...and they do it with the power and precision of Force Lightning from the hand of Emperor Palpatine. ...
• 12/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Not going after Adrian Beltre: The Toronto Blue Jays are not attempting to sign free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), according to FOXSports.com's Jon Paul...[+] Morosi.
• 12/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Adrian Beltre not interested: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) is not interested in signing with the Baltimore Orioles, according to The Baltimore Sun's...[+] Dan Connolly.
• 12/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Adrian Beltre still open to signing: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) has indicated that he is still open to signing with the Oakland Athletics after they pulled...[+] an offer last week, according to the Oakland Tribune's Carl Steward.
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Not set on platoon at third: Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers said the team will not necessarily use a platoon at third base next year between...[+] 3Bs Melvin Mora and Geoff Blum, according to FOXSportsArizona.com's Jack Magruder. 'They can play first, third, left. Very versatile players. More often that not, you might see both of them in the lineup. Maybe one's playing first, one's playing second. I see them getting a lot of at-bats,' Towers said.
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Interested in Adrian Beltre?: The Washington Nationals may be interested in signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) with the idea of moving 3B Ryan Zimmerman...[+] to first base, according to The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo.
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Interested in Adrian Beltre?: The Texas Rangers may be interested in signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) with the idea of moving 3B Michael Young...[+] to first base, according to The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo.
• 12/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Adrian Beltre looking for five years: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) is seeking a contract for five years and north of $70 million, according to ESPN's Buster...[+] Olney.
• 12/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Don't plan to sign Adrian Beltre: The Boston Red Sox don't plan to re-sign 3B Adrian Beltre and move 3B Kevin Youkilis to left field, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal...[+] reports.
• 12/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Pull back offer to Adrian Beltre: Updating previous reports, the Oakland Athletics rescinded their offer to free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), the San Francisco...[+] Chronicle's Susan Slusser reports. The offer was at least worth $64 million over five years.
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Werth, Thome, Rivera, Pavano: Some links on what has been a very busy day in baseball.. The Nationals' offer for Jayson Werth was so far beyond what everyone...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Acquire Adrian Gonzalez: The Red Sox have acquired Adrian Gonzalez and a press conference is scheduled for tomorrow, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  Boston seems...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Notes: Beltre, Berkman, Matsui: Let's take a look at a few Athletics-related items.. It makes sense for the A's to have withdrawn their offer to Adrian Beltre...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Out of the running for Adrian Beltre: The Oakland Athletics appear to be out of the bidding for free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), according to ESPN's Buster Olney....[+] He has indicated a desire to play elsewhere and the Athletics have shifted their focus to other players.
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Oakland Appears To Be Out Of Beltre Bidding: The A's appear to be out of the Adrian Beltre sweepstakes altogether, reports Buster Olney of ESPN (via Twitter).   ...
• 12/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 12.5.2010: Gonzo, Jeter and collateral attacks: The Red Sox are negotiating on a long-term contract extension to preclude Adrian Gonzalez's...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox, Gonzalez Have Short Negotiating Window: With all of the players agreed to and the physical passed, the only thing left before the Adrian Gonzalez trade can be made...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Reaction To The Adrian Gonzalez Trade: If all goes according to plan, Adrian Gonzalez will soon become the newest member of the Boston Red Sox.  Here's a sampling of...
• 12/4 The Captain's Blog: Does Adrian Gonzalez Make the Red Sox Better?: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Over the last 24 hours,...
• 12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Adrian Beltre playing waiting game: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) said he could sign a deal right now if he wanted to, The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham reports....[+] He said he would love to re-sign with the Boston Red Sox.
• 12/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Close to signing Adrian Beltre?: The Oakland Athletics are rumored to be close to signing free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) as early as Thursday, Dec. 2, according...[+] to The Orange County Register's Sam Miller.
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Kevin Youkilis preparing at third base: Boston Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis reportedly is planning to spend much of his offseason working out at third base, which means...[+] the team is not optimistic of re-signing 3B Adrian Beltre, according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.
• 12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Red Sox, Rangers, Ordonez, Pena,: Wednesday night linkage.. The Red Sox will meet with Scott Boras on Thurday to discuss Jayson Werth and Adrian Beltre, tweets...
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Interested in corner infielders: The Baltimore Orioles are interested in free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), 1B Derrek Lee (Braves), 1B Adam LaRoche (Diamondbacks),...[+] 1B Adam Dunn (Nationals), 1B Lance Berkman (Yankees) and 1B Carlos Pena (Rays), according to The Baltimore Sun's Dan Connolly.
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Two decline arbitration: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre and IF Felipe Lopez declined arbitration from the Boston Red Sox, ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes reports....[+]

• 11/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Not optimistic about Adrian Beltre: The Boston Red Sox are not optimistic about their chances of re-signing 3B Adrian Beltre, according to SportingNews.com. 1B Kevin...[+] Youkilis could wind up moving back to third base, with the team signing a stopgap first baseman.
• 11/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Have talks with Scott Boras: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have had several talks with player agent Scott Boras this winter, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's...[+] Mark Saxon. Boras represents players such as free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox), RP Rafael Soriano (Rays) and OF Jayson Werth (Phillies). Soriano appears to be the Angels' top target among Boras clients.
• 11/27 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - Third Basemen: Owners can deal with the poor average as long as the homers are there. (AP) Baseball Press presents a new mini series titled...
• 11/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Offer arbitration to three: The Boston Red Sox have offered salary arbitration to 3B Adrian Beltre, 2B Felipe Lopez and Detroit Tigers C Victor Martinez,...[+] according to The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham. The Red Sox will receive two draft picks from the Tigers after they signed Martinez.
• 11/23 B-R Blog: 6000+ PA In Their 20′s: How many players in major league history have collected 6,000+ PA while they were in their 20's? See this list: Rk Player OPS+...
• 11/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Dynamic Duo Of Devastation: What do you do? In the off-season of 1965-66, restrained by baseball's reserve clause preventing free movement of the players...
• 11/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): Preview: AL Most Valuable Player: The final award is probably the one with the most candidates (close to ten players have various cases for the award), but...
• 11/22 B-R Blog: Who deserves to win the AL MVP?: This is a pretty interesting race. Let's start with the top 10 finishers in WAR in the AL: Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p...
• 11/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Preposterous: Ah, muck beasts---will you ever learn? Throughout recent baseball history, as relievers have become more imperative to winning;...
• 11/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Adrian Beltre update: Updating a previous report, the Oakland Athletics reportedly offered free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) a five-year, $64 million...[+] deal Wednesday, Nov. 17, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee.
• 11/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Make offer to Adrian Beltre: The Oakland Athletics have reportedly offered free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) a five-year, $45 million deal, according to...[+] the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Gerry Spratt. The Boston Red Sox apparently will only go as high as $52 million for four years.
• 11/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Draw the line on Adrian Beltre: A source said the Boston Red Sox would not offer more than four years and $52 million to re-sign 3B Adrian Beltre, The Boston...[+] Globe's Nick Cafardo reports.
• 11/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | 12 teams after Adrian Beltre: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) has 12 teams interested in him, and he could be the first big name off the board this offseason,...[+] SI.com's Jon Heyman reports.
• 11/16 The Sporting Hippeaux: Where have all the sluggers gone? (Hot Stove Preview): I'm going to assume that early reports that Hiroki Kuroda has signed a one-year, $12 Million contract to stay with the Dodgers...
• 11/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | AL Silver Sluggers announce: Major League Baseball announced the American League Silver Slugger Award winners Thursday, Nov. 11, according to MLB.com's Sunil...[+] Joshi. The winners were Minnesota Twins C Joe Mauer, Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, New York Yankees 2B Robinson Cano, Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre, Chicago White Sox SS Alexei Ramirez, Toronto Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista, Tampa Bay Rays OF Carl Crawford, Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton and Rangers DH Vladimir Guerrero.
• 11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Nats, Kuroda, Marks, Counsell: Thursday night linkage.. Nats reliever Joe Bisenius has elected free agency after being outrighted, according to Bill Ladson...
• 11/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Adrian Beltre a hot commodity: Free-agent 3B Adrian Beltre's (Red Sox) agent, Scott Boras, is saying that his client is attracting heavy interest, according...[+] to The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham.
• 11/8 PaulLebowitz.com: The World Of Imagination: Giggling like schoolgirls: Is it a story that the Yankees contacted Cliff Lee's agent on the first day of free agency? ...
• 11/5 PaulLebowitz.com: They The Zombies: A world of oppression...and the leader of the resistance: Far be it from me to anoint myself as the leader of anything; such...
• 11/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre declines option: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre declined his $10 million option for the 2011 season Wednesday, Nov. 3, making him a free agent,...[+] according to MLB.com's Ian Browne. The team would like to bring Beltre back, but he is expected to test the open market.

• 10/26 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: Stan Musial Award: I'm going to have plenty to say about what I consider the most exciting World Series matchup since at least 2005, but there's...
• 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Prince Of New York's 2010 Award Winners: Award winners without bias, fear, partisanship or stat zombieing; and my pre-season pick is listed too----don't judge me!!! American...
• 10/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre leaves team: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (personal) left the team Friday, Oct. 1, to be with his pregnant wife, according to The Boston...[+] Globe's Peter Abraham. Beltre will miss the team's last three games of the season.
• 10/1 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/30: After falling the past two nights, the Boston Red Sox will look to earn a split in their road finale of 2010 tonight against...

• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | David Ortiz's single ties him for RBI team leader: Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz hit an RBI single Wednesday, Sept. 29, in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox, according to The...[+] Associated Press. That tied him with 3B Adrian Beltre for the team lead in RBIs at 102.
• 9/28 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/27: After losing a heartbreaker last night that essentially ended their playoffs hopes, the Boston Red Sox look to finish up their...
• 9/28 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/28: The Boston Red Sox will look to survive another day and hope to get some along the way from their "friends" in the second game...
• 9/28 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/28: The Boston Red Sox will look to survive another day and hope to get some along the way from their "friends" in the second game...
• 9/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre cross century mark: Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz (100) and 3B Adrian Beltre (101) reached 100 RBIs Monday, Sept. 27, The Associated Press reports....[+]
• 9/27 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/27: After losing a heartbreaker last night that essentially ended their playoffs hopes, the Boston Red Sox look to finish up their...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre returns Monday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (wrist) is back in the lineup Monday, Sept. 20, after sitting with a sore wrist Sunday, Sept....[+] 19, according to The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo.
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre sits: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (wrist) sat out Sunday, Sept. 19, after he rolled over his left wrist diving for a grounder the...[+] previous day, The Associated Press reports.
• 9/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre goes yard Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit his 28th home run of the year in a winning effort Wednesday, Sept. 15, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre breaks club record: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre broke the franchise record with his 71st extra-base hit Tuesday, Sept. 14, The Associated Press...[+] reports.
• 9/14 B-R Blog: WAR without the defense (oWAR) & WAR with just the defense (dWAR): Joe Posnanski's great post on Wins Above Replacement brought to the forefront for me an idea I've been kicking around now for...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Red Sox, Pirates, Cubs: Links for Sunday night as the Braves get ready to host the Cardinals.. Both Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre are mashing as...
• 9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Three go yard Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre, DH David Ortiz and C Victor Martinez all homered in a victory Wednesday, Sept. 8, according to...[+] The Associated Press. Beltre now has 1,001 career RBIs.
• 9/6 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Garrison, Red Sox, Werth, Cubs, Burnett: Labor Day linkage.. Corey Brock of MLB.com (via Twitter) thinks that the Padres would like to keep Steve Garrison, who they...
• 9/5 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at some of the analysis and reporting MLBTR's writing team produced this week.. This week we brought you...
• 9/2 MLBTradeRumors: Discussion: Adrian Beltre: Last month, MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith examined some potential suitors for Adrian Beltre's services this offseason.  The 31-year-old...
• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre goes yard Thursday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre homered in a winning effort Thursday, Sept. 2, according to The Associated Press. Beltre now has...[+] 25 homers this season. He leads the team with 92 RBIs and needs two more to reach 1,000 for his career.
• 9/2 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Will Seek Big Bat, Catcher This Offseason: The Dodgers hope to lure a bopper to Los Angeles this winter in order to s**** up the middle of their lineup, writes Ken Gurnick...
• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Three players homer in Wednesday win: Boston Red Sox SS Marco Scutaro, OF J.D. Drew and 3B Adrian Beltre all hit home runs Wednesday, Sept. 1, according to Associated...[+] Press reporter David Ginsburg, in the team's 9-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

• 8/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre, Bill Hall homer Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 3Bs Adrian Beltre and Bill Hall both homered in a winning effort Wednesday, Aug. 18, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 8/18 BC Sports: Jacoby Ellsbury: Likely Done For The Season: Thanks to an early season collision with teammate and human freight train Adrian Beltre, a controversial diagnosis by team doctors...
• 8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre, J.D. Drew go yard Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre and OF J.D. Drew both homered in a victory Wednesday, Aug. 11, according to The Associated Press....[+] Beltre now has 21 homers this season while Drew has 14.
• 8/10 Baseball Press: Roto Renaissance Men (Week 18): Second week in a row? Yep, he is that good. (AP) Renaissance Man [ren' i-sans' man] n - a man who knows a lot about...
• 8/6 PaulLebowitz.com: A Lost Cause: Even with Kevin Youkilis, these Red Sox weren't making the playoffs: Theo Epstein, John Henry and the entire Red Sox front...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre hits grand slam Thursday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam in a winning effort Thursday, Aug. 5, according to The Associated Press. Beltre...[+] now has 20 homers this year, and he took over the team lead in RBIs with 75. The grand slam was his eighth career and first since Sept. 1 of 2006. Beltre extended his hitting streak to 11 games. He ended the series against the Cleveland Indians going 6-for-15 with four runs scored, three home runs and nine RBIs.
• 8/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre hits two outBoston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit two homers and had five RBIs Monday, Aug. 2, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit two homers and had five RBIs Monday, Aug. 2, The Associated Press reports.
• 8/1 B-R Blog: 2010 RE24/boLI Leaders: Via Play Index, through games of July 31st, here are the major league leaders in RE24/boLI. What's RE24/boLI? It's Situational...
• 8/1 B-R Blog: Carlos Gonzalez hits a walk-off cycle: In last night's game, Carlos Gonzalez did two pretty cool things: he hit for the cycle and hit a walk-off home run. Click through...

• 7/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Three homer Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis, 3B Bill Hall and 3B Adrian Beltre all homered in a victory Wednesday, July 28, according to...[+] The Associated Press.
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Aramis Ramirez Leaning Toward Exercising Option: Aramis Ramirez is leaning toward exercising his $14.6MM player option for 2011, based on comments made to Gordon Wittenmyer of...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: Kelly Johnson hits for the cycle but the Diamondbacks lose: Last night Kelly Johnson hit for the cycle but the D-backs lost the game, 7-4, to the Giants. Teams don't lose very often when...
• 7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre goes deep Wednesday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit his second home run of the series in a losing effort Wednesday, July 21, according to The...[+] Associated Press. He now has 16 homers this season.
• 7/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre back in lineup Friday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) is back in the lineup Friday, July 16, after sitting out Thursday, July 15, with a...[+] strained left hamstring, according to The Boston Globe's Robert Mays. 'I actually told him that if I didn't like what I saw during BP, I was going to take him out of the game,' manager Terry Francona said. 'He's certainly not 100 percent. I think what we're hoping is that we can get the production out of his bat. If we need to pinch run for him later, we certainly would.'
• 7/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre not playing Thursday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) is not in the lineup Thursday, July 15, but the reports on his MRI exam came out good,...[+] according to ESPNBoston.com's Joe McDonald. 'There was no bleeding or damage, but it was a preliminary report,' manager Terry Francona said. 'I wasn't really comfortable playing him tonight. He may be available to pinch hit (tonight) and play tomorrow. That would be the best case. I just didn't have a really good feeling running him out there. Knowing the way he plays, I don't want him to hurt himself.' Beltre said his injury feels more like a cramp.
• 7/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Haven't had extension talks with Adrian BeltreThe Boston Red Sox haven't begun contract extension talks with 3B Adrian Beltre, according to WEEI.com's Rob Bradford. ...[+] The Boston Red Sox haven't begun contract extension talks with 3B Adrian Beltre, according to WEEI.com's Rob Bradford.
• 7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre bows out of All-Star Game: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) will not play in the All-Star Game Tuesday, July 13, after straining his hamstring...[+] Sunday, July 11, according to ESPN.com.
• 7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre not out of All-Star Game: Correcting a previous item, Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) has not yet been ruled out of the All-Star Game Tuesday,...[+] July 13, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett. Beltre will determine if he can play Tuesday after he works out Monday, July 12. Texas Rangers 3B Michael Young would replace Beltre on the roster if Beltre cannot play. 'Clearly we had a communication misunderstanding,' MLB's Phyllis Merhige said. 'Michael Young is the next guy on the player voting, so if Adrian Beltre can't play, it's Michael Young. No question about it. But Adrian has said all along that he would make a decision today about how he felt.'
• 7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre to undergo MRI Thursday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) expects to undergo an MRI exam on his hamstring Thursday, July 15, according to The...[+] Boston Globe's Amalie Benjamin.
• 7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre to play Tuesday: Updating a previous report, Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) said he will play in the All-Star Game Tuesday, July 13,...[+] after taking batting practice and running on the field Monday, July 12, according to ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett.
• 7/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre strains left hamstring: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre (hamstring) left the game against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, July 11, due to a left hamstring...[+] strain, according to Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald.
• 7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Four players homer in huge win Friday: Boston Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis, 3B Adrian Beltre, IF Bill Hall and OF Mike Cameron all homered Friday, July 9, as the Red Sox...[+] scored a 14-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, according to The Associated Press.

• 6/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre has four hits Tuesday: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre had four hits Tuesday, June 29, in an 8-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 6/22 MLBTradeRumors: Elias Rankings Update: After the season the Elias Sports Bureau will take all players over the 2009-10 period, divide them into five groups for each...
• 6/21 Baseball Press: Roto Renaissance Men (Week 11): Grab your sunglasses for the Laser Show. (AP) Renaissance Man [ren' i-sans' man] n - a man who knows a lot about many...
• 6/14 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 14, 2010: Marcum and the Jays make their first visit to Petco since 2004. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing...
• 6/5 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr.: (click images for larger versions) I had another card planned for this week but with Ken Griffey Jr. retiring I decided to pinch-hit...
• 6/1 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 1, 2010: Hamels and Hudson square off during an NL East battle from Atlanta. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the...

• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre hits two out: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre hit two homers and matched a career high with six RBIs Wednesday, May 26, The Associated Press...[+] reports. He is hitting .516 over the past eight games.
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre, Victor Martinez stand out in win: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre homered and C Victor Martinez collected three doubles in a victory Thursday, May 20, according...[+] to The Associated Press. Beltre also reached base three times in the game.
• 5/12 B-R Blog: Sabermetric Fielding: Adam Everett’s Legendary 2006: (Note: All of the data in this post was obtained from the new Baseball-Reference Fielding Stats.) Sometimes a player has a season...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: Jody Gerut’s cycle: Jody Gerut in last night's game became the first player to hit for the cycle in 2010: Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB 1B R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos....
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre homer Wednesday: Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz and 3B Adrian Beltre hit home runs in a winning effort Wednesday, May 5, according to The Associated...[+] Press. Ortiz entered the game hitting just .149.
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Adrian Beltre skips day off: Boston Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre was in the lineup Sunday, May 2, despite a scheduled day off due to 1B Kevin Youkilis' (groin)...[+] injury, The Associated Press reports.

• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Roundup: Kotchman, Epstein, McDonald: With Red Sox Nation in full panic mode, a number of writers are surveying the wreckage in a 4-9 start that represents, to provide...