Alexi Ogando News

Before the club left for Seattle, right-hander Nick Tepesch threw a bullpen session and experienced no issues with the blister on his right middle finger.

After two straight starts by Jurickson Profar at second base, Leury Garcia was in the lineup on Wednesday afternoon as the Rangers try to get by while Ian Kinsler is on the disabled list with a strained muscle in his right ribcage.

The Rangers called up left-hander Neal Cotts on Tuesday from Triple-A Round Rock, almost four years to the day when he last pitched in the Major Leagues.

Like the widely criticized "130-pitch limit." Like a lineup with three left-handed hitters in a row.

Alexi Ogando is another recent addition to the DL. 2. Cardinals : Baseball's best starting pitching and four regulars with an .800-plus OPS compensate for David Freese's troubling start.

Josh Lindblom is no rookie. In fact, the Texas Rangers pitcher has thrown over 100 innings of relief in Major League Baseball, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies, who the Rangers traded for him for veteran Michael Young.

Seth Smith homered and scored three times, Bartolo Colon pitched seven strong innings for his first win in nearly a month and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Monday night.

Friday morning Cory Burns was a member of the Round Rock Express. By lunchtime his was still a member of the Round Rock Express.

Colby Lewis learned in his second rehab start from flexor-tendon surgery that he's not yet able to get big-league pitchers out, and isn't sure how long it will take to get to that point.

Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer, Alexi Ogando earned his first career win against Oakland and the Texas Rangers took the rubber game with the Athletics 6-2 on Wednesday.

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran is one of four decent options if you are looking for help on the Waiver Wire for starting pitching in fantasy baseball.

The Texas Rangers have placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list and have called up top prospect Jurickson Profar .

Short answer: No. But remember in 2001 when the A's tanked out of the gate with Johnny Damon in LF and Terrence Long in CF, and then finally, in May, switched them -- and the team just took off and never looked back? In 2013, Oakland went with Jed Lowrie at SS for 6 weeks as Lowrie accumulated 5 errors and defensive zone ratings ranking somewhere ... (more)

The injury originated when Kinsler was hit with a ball in the right side of his rib cage when he stole a base in Houston last weekend, and it was aggravated Thursday when Justin Verlander plunked him.

Miguel Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the sixth inning to back Rick Porcello and lift the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.

Solid pitching and early scoring led the Lansing Lugnuts to a 3-1 win over the Great Lakes... Miguel Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the sixth inning to back Rick Porcello and... Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila follows through his swing on a sacrifice fly that scored teammate Miguel Cabrera during the fifth inning of a baseball ... (more)

OCTOBER 20: Alexi Ogando #41 of the Texas Rangers pitches in the seventh inning during Game Two of the MLB World Series against the St.

Ron Washington isn't second-guessing his decision to have Yu Darvish throw 130 pitches in Thursday's 10-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

The Rangers' chartered flight from Oakland to Dallas on Wednesday evening took an unexpected detour to Albuquerque, N.M., because of the terrible weather in North Texas.

The Texas Rangers placed pitcher Alexi Ogando on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday due to right biceps tendinitis.