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As brilliant as Felix Hernandez was in 2009, it was harder to muster up a passionate Cy Young case for him, because Zack Greinke was demonstrably just slightly better.

The Rangers, faced with the real possibility of Marlon Byrd not coming back, will be look for a right-handed bat when the free agency bidding officially begins at 11:01 p.m. CT on Thursday night.

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun.

More than 200 Major Leaguers will potentially be eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, including several All-Stars from last season such as Tim Lincecum, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Hamilton, Shane Victorino and Josh Johnson.

By JEFF WILSON Josh Hamilton will be the first to admit that he's no Clay Council, the batting-practice ace who threw to the Texas Rangers' center fielder in the 2008 Home Run Derby.And Hamilton isn't likely to get any argument from the three batters he plunked while throwing BP at an instructional youth camp on a perfect November Saturday at ...

So, the buzz today is from Ken Rosenthal's story that the Rangers are interested in free agent outfielder Vlad Guerrero.

Chicago Cubs looking for places to dump disruptive player but likely to have to eat large portion of his salary Milton Bradley after striking out with the bases loaded in the first inning against Milwaukee.

It's a story of redemption. A man overcomes drug and alcohol addiction to become a Major League Baseball player; even an All-Star. Monday night, Josh Hamilton was in Grand Rapids to share his story.

There was only one thing worse than watching Alex Rodriguez's attempt at being a gracious winner last night and that was watching Chris Rose interview anybody.

The Rangers are going into baseball's free-agency period hoping to re-sign Marlon Byrd and could come out of it with Jermaine Dye instead.

Clint Hurdle plans to have a simple philosophy as hitting coach of the Texas Rangers , emphasizing a team-oriented approach and doing whatever it takes to score one more run than the opponent.

In the summer of 1988, Bobby Witt threw nine consecutive complete games after a brief exile to the minor leagues, prompting speculation as to what brand of exorcism took place in Oklahoma City and whether the rest of the staff should be on the next bus up I-35. Ferguson Jenkins, Hall of Famer, earned most of the credit for Witt's revival.

The Rangers refused to rule out the possibility of Milton Bradley coming back to Texas.

All four are scheduled to meet face-to-face on Monday with Rangers officials, including general manager Jon Daniels, assistant GM Thad Levine, manager Ron Washington and director of player personnel Scott Servais.

What the snark-infested news media just don't seem to understand. Mollie Ziegler Hemingway posted 10/26/2009 10:35AM W hen Texas Rangers outfielder - and recovering addict - Josh Hamilton fell off the wagon earlier this year, popular sports website Deadspin played it up with snark-infested commentary.

Star-Telegram Rangers All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton will headline a youth baseball camp Nov.

The Texas Rangers will emphasize situational hitting over slugging next season. That new approach will come from a new hitting coach, too.

As a unit, the Rangers outfield was beset by slumps and injuries . It would be easy to write it off as a subpar year for the club, but there were still some pretty solid contributions, like Marlon Byrd's career year, Cruz's 33 homers and late-season addition Julio Borbon's electrifying speed.

By JEFF WILSON The 2009 regular season is over, and baseball's postseason will again be played without the Texas Rangers.But the Rangers made some noise and were legitimate contenders into the final month of the season - perhaps a season sooner than had been expected.They did so with quality pitching and improved defense that helped overcome an ...

The first free agent decision the Rangers face in this very important winter should be the easiest.