Josh Hamilton News

Second year pitcher Yu Darvish is one of many studs on the Rangers' roster this season.

Baltimore Orioles' Nate McLouth reacts after he was hit in the face with a shaving cream pie as he is being interviewing following a baseball game where he hit a walk off game-winning home run against the New York Yankees during the 10th inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Baltimore.

Aaron Harang began a long, slow fourth inning walk back to the dugout, likely uncertain whether he'll get another chance to do that again wearing a Mariners uniform.

A lot has happened since your last birthday, indeed, that is the understatement of a lifetime.

David Murphy #7, Nelson Cruz #17and Leonys Martin #2 of the Texas Rangers watch the video board of Cruz's grand slam home run in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners.

On Friday, when the Rangers went a season-worst 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, Cruz stood out as the biggest of the one-night failures.

May 4, 2013; Arlington, TX, USA; Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks bats in the 4th inning of the game against the Texas Rangers at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Count me in that latter category, I must confess. I thought the real Mitch Moreland was the one we saw for three years and in the first three weeks of this season - a .264-hitting kind of guy, who couldn't hit lefties and infrequently drove in an important run.

Los Angeles Angels Josh Hamilton rounds third base before scoring on a hit by teammate Mark Trumbo against the Texas Rangers in the fifth inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Arlington, Texas April 7, 2013.

And there are times like Friday night's 2-1 loss to Detroit when he gets dragged through the undertow.

The offseason addition of slugger Josh Hamilton to a lineup that already included Mike Trout and Albert Pujols put the Angels on a short list of World Series favorites, according to oddsmakers.

Jim Leyland doesn't want to make too much of a mid-May series between a couple of division-leading teams, but what the Rangers have accomplished over the past few years has earned them a new-found respect from the veteran major league manager.

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, of Japan, watches from the dugout rail during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, April 6, 2012 in Arlington, Texas.

Albert Pujols' surgically repaired right knee was feeling just fine until he played first base for 19 innings on April 29 in Oakland.

The best way Josh Hamilton can describe whatever it is he's going through right now is to simply say he's "off upstairs." On Monday night, the Angels' high-priced right fielder was pulled after six innings because of what manager Mike Scioscia originally deemed light-headedness. In a sense, that's true.

The Texas Rangers have had their fair share of guys who have put the offense on their respective backs for stretches of time over the past few years.

By the time Josh Hamilton packed his bags and set off for the West Coast and a $125 million paycheck , no one was particularly sad to see him go.

Jered Weaver will need rehab starts, The Angels are giving up too many two-out runs and, what a Josh Hamilton strikezone looks like in constellation form.

Albert Pujols , Howie Kendrick , Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout all homered off Jeremy Guthrie and the Los Angeles Angels handed the shell-shocked right-hander his first loss in a span of 19 starts with a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Believe it or not, the MLB Draft is less than a month away. The draft kicks off on June 6, 2013, and the Rangers are picking at #23 and #30 . With the draft coming up, I figured I'd offer some capsule profiles of players who appear in the mix for the Rangers with their first couple of picks, and who seem like the type of player the Rangers might ... (more)