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Rangers spring training schedule on Wednesday, December 1, 2010


FEBRUARY
Day Date Opponent Time
Sun. 27 Kansas City 2:05
Mon. 28 Kansas City 2:05

MARCH
Day Date Opponent Time
Tue. 1 at Seattle 2:05
Wed. 2 LA Angels 2:05
Thu. 3 Cleveland (SS) 2:05
Thu. 3 at Cubs (SS) 2:05
Fri. 4 at Oakland 2:05
Sat. 5 at Arizona 2:05
Sun. 6 Milwaukee 2:05
Mon. 7 at San Francisco 2:05
Tue. 8 at LA Angels 2:05
Wed. 9 Oakland 2:05
Thu. 10 White Sox 2:05
Fri. 11 Cincinnati 2:05
Sat. 12 at White Sox 2:05
Sun 13 San Francisco 2:05
Mon. 14 LA Angels 2:05
Tue. 15 at LA Dodgers 2:05
Wed. 16 Colorado 7:05
Thu. 17 at San Diego 8:05
Fri. 18 at Cleveland 8:05
Sat. 19 Seattle 2:05
Sun. 20 Kansas City 2:05
Mon. 21 at Milwaukee 2:05
Wed. 23 Arizona 2:05
Thu. 24 at Cincinnati (SS) 2:05
Thu. 24 San Diego (SS) 7:05
Fri. 25 at Colorado 7:40
Sat. 26 Chicago Cubs 2:05
Sun. 27 at Seattle 2:05
Mon. 28 at Arizona 2:05
Tues. 29 at Coastal Carolina 5:35
Wed. 30 at Round Rock 6:30
SS-split squad

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Busy Rule 5 draft.

"The Rangers filled out their 40-man roster by trading cash for right-hander Mason Tobin, who the Chicago Cubs selected in the major-league portion of the Rule 5 draft.

The 23-year-old didn't pitch in 2010 after having Tommy John surgery on his elbow in the spring of 2009. He will compete for the roster in spring training as a reliever.

He must remain on the Rangers' 25-man roster for the duration of the 2011 regular season, or be offered back to the LA Angels, from whose roster he was plucked by the Cubs, for a fee of $25,000.

The Rangers added two players in the Triple A phase -- catcher Jessie Mier and lefty Starling De La Rosa, neither of whom has compiled overwhelming stats during their minor-league careers."

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Texas Rangers Roster-2010»

Pitchers
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT BIRTH PLACE SALARY
68 Omar Beltre SP R R 29 6-3 190 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic N/A
39 Scott Feldman SP L R 27 6-7 230 Kailua, HI $2,425,000
30 Neftali Feliz RP R R 22 6-3 215 Azua, Dominican Republic $402,000
50 Frank Francisco RP R R 31 6-2 250 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic $3,265,000
40 Rich Harden SP L R 29 6-1 195 Victoria, Canada $6,500,000
54 Matt Harrison RP L L 25 6-4 240 Durham, NC $406,090
45 Derek Holland SP B L 24 6-2 193 Newark, OH N/A
35 Tommy Hunter SP R R 24 6-3 280 Indianapolis, IN $409,850
37 Eric Hurley SP R R 25 6-4 195 Sikeston, MO N/A
62 Michael Kirkman RP L L 24 6-4 195 Lake City, FL N/A
33 Cliff Lee SP L L 32 6-3 190 Benton, AR $9,000,000
48 Colby Lewis SP R R 31 6-4 230 Bakersfield, CA $1,750,000
49 Mark Lowe RP L R 27 6-3 210 Houston, TX $1,150,000
52 Doug Mathis RP R R 27 6-3 220 Maryvale, AZ $407,400
-- Brandon McCarthy DL60 SP R R 27 6-7 200 Glendale, CA N/A
58 Guillermo Moscoso RP R R 27 6-1 200 Maracay, Venezuela N/A
57 Dustin Nippert RP R R 29 6-8 225 Wheeling, WV $665,000
56 Darren O'Day RP R R 28 6-4 220 Jacksonville, FL $400,000
64 Alexi Ogando RP R R 27 6-4 185 San Pedro, Dominican Republic N/A
28 Darren Oliver RP R L 40 6-2 200 Kansas City, MO $3,000,000
67 Zach Phillips RP L L 24 6-1 200 Sacramento, CA N/A
59 Clay Rapada RP R L 29 6-5 200 Portsmouth, VA N/A
46 Pedro Strop RP R R 25 6-0 175 San Cristobal, Dominican Republic N/A
-- Yoshinori Tateyama RP R R 34 5-10 172 Osaka, Japan N/A
-- Mason Tobin RP R R 23 6-3 200 Glendive, MT N/A
-- Ryan Tucker SP R R 24 6-1 205 Burbank, CA N/A
36 C.J. Wilson SP L L 30 6-1 210 Newport Beach, CA $3,100,000

Catchers
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT BIRTH PLACE SALARY
11 Bengie Molina C R R 36 5-11 225 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico $4,500,000
51 Max Ramirez C R R 26 5-11 175 Barquisimeto, Venezuela N/A
2 Taylor Teagarden C R R 26 6-1 200 Dallas, TX $407,010
-- Yorvit Torrealba C R R 32 5-11 200 Caracas, Venezuela $750,000
15 Matt Treanor C R R 34 6-0 210 Garden Grove, CA $750,000

Infielders
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT BIRTH PLACE SALARY
1 Elvis Andrus SS R R 22 6-0 200 Maracay, Venezuela $418,420
3 Andres Blanco 2B B R 26 5-10 190 Urama, Venezuela $510,000
8 Jorge Cantu 1B R R 28 6-3 207 McAllen, TX $6,000,000
19 Chris Davis 1B L R 24 6-3 232 Longview, TX $414,120
25 Ryan Garko 1B R R 29 6-2 225 Pittsburgh, PA $550,000
15 Cristian Guzman 2B B R 32 6-0 211 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic $8,000,000
5 Ian Kinsler 2B R R 28 6-0 200 Tucson, AZ $4,200,000
18 Mitch Moreland 1B L L 25 6-2 230 Amory, MS N/A
10 Michael Young 3B R R 34 6-1 200 Covina, CA $13,174,974

Outfielders
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT BIRTH PLACE SALARY
-- Engel Beltre CF L L 21 6-1 165 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic N/A
29 Julio Borbon CF L L 24 6-0 195 Starkville, MS $600,000
17 Nelson Cruz RF R R 30 6-2 240 Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic $440,000
23 Craig Gentry CF R R 27 6-2 190 Fort Smith, AR N/A
32 Josh Hamilton LF L L 29 6-4 240 Raleigh, NC $3,250,000
7 David Murphy LF L L 29 6-4 205 Houston, TX $427,670

Designated Hitters
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT BIRTH PLACE SALARY
27 Vladimir Guerrero DH R R 35 6-3 235 Nizao Bani, Dominican Republic $5,500,000
Roster Analysis RHB LHB SHB RHP LHP AVG HT AVG WT AVG AGE Young Old
Rangers 13 6 2 19 8 6-2 208 27.9 21 40

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Rangers set Minors coaching staffs for 2011.
By T.R. Sullivan/MLB.com


ARLINGTON--"Former Rangers third baseman Steve Buechele, who has led teams to the playoffs in his first two years as a Minor League manager, is returning for a second season as manager of Double-A Frisco.

He will be assisted by pitching coach Jeff Andrews and former Major League outfielder Brant Brown, who is entering his third season as a coach at Frisco. Andrews, entering his 26th season as a Minor League instructor, is in his second year at Frisco after being the Pirates' pitching coach in 2008.

The Rangers have also hired former Major League infielder Casey Candele to be a special instructor in the Minor Leagues. A nine-year Major League veteran, Candele will focus on infielders, bunting and baserunning.

The Rangers announced all their Minor League managers and coaches on Friday. They had already announced their Triple-A Round Rock staff, which consists of manager Bobby Jones, pitching coach Terry Clark, hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh and infield coach Spike Owen.

The Rangers have a new manager at Class A Myrtle Beach, the former Bakersfield team that will be run by manager Jason Wood. He was the hitting coach at Bakersfield the past two seasons and a former infielder who played 153 games in the Major Leagues with the Athletics, Tigers and Marlins.

His staff will include pitching coach Brad Holman, who is being promoted from Class A Hickory, and hitting coach Julio Garcia, who is joining the Rangers' organization after three seasons of managing in the Reds' organization.

Bill Richardson returns for a second season as the manager at Class A Hickory and will be joined by new pitching coach Storm Davis. Jason Hart returns as the hitting coach. Former Rangers Minor Leaguer Corey Ragsdale will also be on the staff. Davis is a former Major League pitcher who was 113-96 with a 4.02 ERA in 442 games, including 239 starts, from 1982-94 with the Orioles, Athletics, Padres, Royals and Tigers. He pitched in three World Series.

Former big league infielder Tim Hulett returns for his fifth season at Class A Spokane, where he has been the Northwest League's Manager of the Year in two of his past three seasons. Brian Dayette and Josue Perez will split the hitting-coach duties and David Chavarria, who spent the past three seasons in Bakersfield, will be the pitching coach.

Hector Ortiz will manage the Arizona Rookie League team, with Ryan O'Malley and Oscar Marin serving as pitching coaches and Oscar Bernard serving as the hitting coach. Additionally, the club has hired Mike LaCassa, who will serve as player development administration -- Arizona operations. LaCassa spent the past year as a baseball operations and player development intern based at the club's complex in Surprise, Ariz.

Kenny Holmberg returns as the Dominican Academy manager with a staff that includes pitching coaches Jose Jaimes and Pablo Blanco, hitting coach Guillermo Mercedes, catching coach Ryley Westman, infield coaches Jesus Ovalle and Alexis Infante and outfield coach Osvaldo Oliva."

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Texas Rangers Active Roster


# Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
68 Omar Beltre R-R 6'3" 190 Aug 24, 1981
Fabio Castillo R-R 6'1" 235 Feb 19, 1989
Miguel De Los Santos L-L 6'1" 170 Jul 10, 1988
39 Scott Feldman L-R 6'6" 230 Feb 7, 1983
30 Neftali Feliz R-R 6'3" 215 May 2, 1988
Wilmer Font R-R 6'4" 210 May 24, 1990
50 Frank Francisco R-R 6'2" 250 Sep 11, 1979
54 Matt Harrison L-L 6'4" 240 Sep 16, 1985
45 Derek Holland S-L 6'2" 195 Oct 9, 1986
35 Tommy Hunter R-R 6'3" 280 Jul 3, 1986
37 Eric Hurley R-R 6'4" 195 Sep 17, 1985
62 Michael Kirkman L-L 6'4" 195 Sep 18, 1986
48 Colby Lewis R-R 6'4" 230 Aug 2, 1979
49 Mark Lowe L-R 6'3" 210 Jun 7, 1983
58 Guillermo Moscoso R-R 6'1" 200 Nov 14, 1983
56 Darren O'Day R-R 6'4" 220 Oct 22, 1982
64 Alexi Ogando R-R 6'4" 185 Oct 5, 1983
28 Darren Oliver R-L 6'2" 200 Oct 6, 1970
67 Zachary Phillips L-L 6'1" 200 Sep 21, 1986
59 Clay Rapada R-L 6'5" 200 Mar 9, 1981
46 Pedro Strop R-R 6'0" 175 Jun 13, 1985
Yoshinori Tateyama R-R 5'10" 170 Dec 26, 1975
Mason Tobin R-R 6'4" 220 Jul 8, 1987
Ryan Tucker R-R 6'1" 200 Dec 6, 1986
36 C.J. Wilson L-L 6'1" 210 Nov 18, 1980

# Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
51 Max Ramirez R-R 5'11" 175 Oct 11, 1984
2 Taylor Teagarden R-R 6'1" 200 Dec 21, 1983
Yorvit Torrealba R-R 5'11" 200 Jul 19, 1978

# Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
1 Elvis Andrus R-R 6'0" 200 Aug 26, 1988
3 Andres Blanco S-R 5'10" 190 Apr 11, 1984
19 Chris Davis L-R 6'3" 230 Mar 17, 1986
5 Ian Kinsler R-R 6'0" 200 Jun 22, 1982
10 Michael Young R-R 6'1" 200 Oct 19, 1976


# Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
Engel Beltre L-L 6'2" 180 Nov 1, 1989
29 Julio Borbon L-L 6'0" 195 Feb 20, 1986
17 Nelson Cruz R-R 6'2" 240 Jul 1, 1980
23 Craig Gentry R-R 6'2" 190 Nov 29, 1983
32 Josh Hamilton L-L 6'4" 240 May 21, 1981
18 Mitch Moreland L-L 6'2" 230 Sep 6, 1985
7 David Murphy L-L 6'4" 205 Oct 18, 1981

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http://www.sportscit...angers-Salaries
Texas Rangers Player Salaries
------Player 2010 Player Salary----------
Michael Young $16,000,000
Rich Harden $6,500,000
Vladimir Guerrero $5,500,000
Ian Kinsler $4,200,000
Frank Francisco $3,625,000
Josh Hamilton $3,250,000
C.J. Wilson $3,100,000
Darren Oliver $3,000,000
Kevin Millwood (team owes) $3,000,000
Scott Feldman $2,425,000
Frank Catalanotto (team owes) $2,000,000
Colby Lewis $1,750,000
Vicente Padillia (team owes) $1,750,000
Brandon McCarthy $1,300,000
Endy Chavez $1,000,000
Chris Ray $975,000
Matt Treanor $750,000
Dustin Nippert $665,000
Julio Borbon $600,000
Esteban German $600,000
Ryan Garko $550,000
Andres Blanco $510,000
Nelson Cruz $440,000
David Murphy $427,670
Darren O'Day $426,700
Jarrod Saltalamacchia $418,580
Elvis Andrus $418,420
Derek Holland $414,430
Chris Davis $414,420
Tommy Hunter $409,850
Brandon Boggs $408,540
Doug Mathis $407,400
Taylor Teagarden $407,010
Neftali Feliz $402,000
Greg Golson (previous team owes) -$15,000
TOTAL $68,030,020
Players that we currently don't have a salary for, are not included.

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2011 Texas Rangers free agents.

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5915589&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

Texas Rangers sign Matt Treanor.
By Richard Durrett

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2011 MLB Free Agents

2011 MLB Free Agents - First Base Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Jorge Cantu 29 TB $6,000,000
Adam Dunn 31 Washington $12,000,000 Signed with the White Sox. 4 years, $56 million.
Jason Giambi 40 Colorado $1,750,000
Troy Glaus 34 Atlanta $1,750,000
Aubrey Huff 34 San Francisco $3,000,000 Re-signed with the Giants. 2 years, $22 million.
Paul Konerko 35 Chicago Sox $12,000,000 Re-signed with the White Sox. 3 years, $37.5 million.
Adam LaRoche 31 Arizona $4,500,000
Derrek Lee 35 Atlanta $13,000,000
Mike Lowell 37 Boston $12,500,000
Lyle Overbay 34 Toronto $7,950,000
Carlos Pena 33 TB $10,250,000 Signed with the Cubs. 1 year, $10 million.
Mike Sweeney 37 Philadelphia $650,000
Fernando Tatis 36 NY Mets $850,000
Ty Wigginton 33 Baltimore $3,500,000 Signed with the Rockies. 2 years, $8 million.
Chris Woodward 34 Seattle




2011 MLB Free Agents - Second Base Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Matt Antonelli 25 San Deigo
David Eckstein 36 San Diego $1,000,000
Cristian Guzman 33 Texas $8,000,000
Orlando Hudson 33 Minnesota $5,000,000
Adam Kennedy 35 Washington $1,250,000
Julio Lugo 35 Baltimore $9,250,000
Aaron Miles 34 St. Louis
Augie Ojeda 35 Arizona



2011 MLB Free Agents - ShortStops Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Geoff Blum 38 Houston $1,500,000 Signed with the Diamondbacks. 2 years, $2.7 million.
Orlando Cabrera 36 Cincinnati $2,020,000
Craig Counsell 40 Milwaukee $2,100,000
Argenis Diaz 23 Pittsburgh
Jerry Hairston Jr. 35 San Diego $2,125,000
Cesar Izturis 31 Baltimore $2,600,000
Derek Jeter 37 NY Yankees $22,600,000 Re-signed with the Yankees. 3 years, $51 million.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka 26 Japan
Jhonny Peralta 29 Detroit $4,600,000 Re-signed with the Tigers. 2 years, $11.25 million.
Edgar Renteria 35 San Francisco $10,000,000
Miguel Tejada 37 San Diego $6,000,000 Signed with the Giants. 1 year, $6.5 million.
Juan Uribe 31 San Francisco $3,250,000 Signed with the Dodgers. 3 years, $21 million.



2011 MLB Free Agents - Third Base Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Adrian Beltre 32 Boston $9,000,000
Miguel Cairo 36 Cincinnati Re-signed with the Rads. 2 years, $2 million.
Edwin Encarnacion 27 Oakland
Pedro Feliz 36 Philadelphia $4,500,000
Josh Fields 27 Kansas City
Kevin Frandsen 28 LA Angels
Felipe Lopez 31 Boston $1,000,000
Melvin Mora 39 Colorado $1,300,000 Signed with the Diamondbacks. 1 year, $2 million.
Nick Punto 32 Minnesota $4,000,000
Chad Tracy 31 Florida $900,000



2011 MLB Free Agents - Catchers Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Brad Ausmus 42 LA Dodgers $850,000
Rod Barajas 35 LA Dodgers $500,000 Re-signed with the Dodgers. 1 year, $3.25 million.
Josh Bard 33 Seattle
Henry Blanco 39 NY Mets $750,000
John Buck 30 Toronto $2,000,000 Signed with the Marlins. 3 years, $18 million.
Ramon Hernandez 35 Cincinnati $3,868,376 Re-signed with the Reds. 1 year, $3 million.
Gerald Laird 31 Detroit $3,950,000
Jason LaRue 37 St. Louis $950,000
Victor Martinez 32 Boston $7,700,000 Signed with the Tigers. 4 years, $50 million.
Chad Moeller 36 NY Yankees
Bengie Molina 36 Texas $4,500,000
Miguel Olivo 32 Toronto $2,000,000
Ronny Paulino 29 Florida Signed with the Mets. 1 year, $1.3 million
A.J. Pierzynski 34 Chicago Sox $6,250,000 Re-signed with the White Sox. 2 years, $8 million.
Yorvit Torrealba 32 San Diego $750,000 Signed with the Rangers. 2 years, $6.25 million.
Matt Treanor 34 Texas $750,000--RESIGNED w/TEXAS!!
Jason Varitek 39 Boston $3,000,000 Re-signed with the Red Sox. 1 year, $2 million.
Gregg Zaun 40 Milwaukee $1,900,000



2011 MLB Free Agents - Designated Hitters
Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Willy Aybar 27 St. Louis
Rocco Baldelli 29 TB
Russell Branyan 35 Seattle $1,500,000
Eric Chavez 33 Oakland $12,500,000
Jack Cust 31 Oakland Signed with the Mariners. 1 year, $2.5 million.
Johnny Damon 37 Detroit $8,000,000
Vladimir Guerrero 36 Texas $5,500,000
Brad Hawpe 32 TB $7,500,000
Nick Johnson 32 NY Yankees $5,500,000
Mark Kotsay 35 Chicago Sox $1,500,000
Hideki Matsui 37 LA Angels $6,000,000
Manny Ramirez 39 Chicago Sox $20,000,000
Marcus Thames 34 NY Yankees $900,000
Jim Thome 40 Minnesota $1,500,000



2011 MLB Free Agents - Outfielders Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Rick Ankiel 31 Atlanta $2,750,000
Lance Berkman 35 NY Yankees $14,500,000 Signed with the Cardinals. 1 year, $8 million.
Travis Buck 27 Oakland
Pat Burrell 34 San Francisco $9,000,000 Re-signed with the Giants. 1 year, $1 million.
Melky Cabrera 26 Atlanta
Chris Carter 28 NY Mets
Ryan Church 32 Arizona
Carl Crawford 29 TB $10,000,000 Signed with the Red Sox. 7 years, $142 million.
Matt Diaz 32 Atlanta Signed with the Pirates. 2 years, $4.25 million.
Jim Edmonds 40 Cincinnati $850,000
Jose Guillen 34 San Francisco $12,000,000
Tony Gwynn 28 San Diego
Scott Hairston 30 San Diego
Bill Hall 31 Boston $8,525,500
Willie Harris 33 Washington $1,500,000
Eric Hinske 33 Atlanta $1,000,000
Joe Inglett 32 Milwaukee
Reed Johnson 34 LA Dodgers $800,000
Andruw Jones 33 Chicago WS $500,000
Austin Kearns 31 NY Yankees $750,000
Fred Lewis 29 Texas
Kevin Mench 32 Washington
Lastings Milledge 25 Pittsburgh
Magglio Ordonez 36 Detroit $18,000,000
Jay Payton 38 Colorado
Corey Patterson 31 Baltimore
Jay Payton 37 Colorado
Scott Podsednik 35 LA Dodgers $1,650,000
Matt Stairs 43 San Diego $700,000
Eugenio Velez 28 San Francisco
Jayson Werth 32 Philadelphia $7,500,000 Signed with the Nationals. 7 years, $126 million.
Randy Winn 37 St. Louis
Xavier Nady 32 CHC



2011 MLB Free Agents - Starting Pitchers
Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Erik Bedard 32 Seattle $1,500,000
Kris Benson 35 Arizona
Jeremy Bonderman 28 Detroit $12,500,000
Brian Burres 29 Pittsburgh
Dave Bush 31 Milwaukee $4,215,000
Bruce Chen 34 Kansas City
Kevin Correia 30 San Diego $3,600,000 Signed with the Pirates. 2 years, $8 million.
Doug Davis 35 Milwaukee $4,250,000
Jorge De La Rosa 30 Colorado $5,600,000 Re-signed with the Rockies. 2 years, $21.5 million.
Justin Duchscherer 33 Oakland $2,000,000
Jeff Francis 29 Colorado $5,875,000
Freddy Garcia 35 Chicago Sox $1,000,000
Jon Garland 31 San Diego $4,700,000 Signed with the Dodgers. 1 year, $5 million
Mike Hampton 38 Arizona
Aaron Harang 33 Cincinnati $12,500,000 Signed with the Padres. 1 year, $4 million.
Hiroki Kuroda 36 LA Dodgers $15,433,333 Re-signed with the Dodgers. 1 year, $12 million
Cliff Lee 32 Texas $9,000,000--signed w/PHILLY!!
Rodrigo Lopez 35 Arizona $650,000
John Maine 29 NY Mets
Andrew Miller 25 Boston
Kevin Millwood 36 Baltimore $15,000,000
Vicente Padilla 33 LA Dodgers $5,025,000 Re-signed with the Dodgers. 1 year, $2 million.
Carl Pavano 35 Minnesota $7,000,000
Brad Penny 33 St. Louis $7,500,000
Andy Pettitte 39 NY Yankees $11,750,000
Ryan Rowland-Smith 27 Seattle Signed with the Astros. 1 year, $725,000
Ben Sheets 32 Oakland
Jeff Suppan 36 St. Louis $12,750,000
Hisanori Takahashi 35 NY Mets Signed with the Angels. 2 years, $8 million.
Javier Vazquez 34 NY Yankees $11,500,000 Signed with the Marlins. 1 year, $7 million.
Donnie Veal 26 Pittsburgh
Brandon Webb 32 Arizona $8,500,000
Jake Westbrook 33 St. Louis $11,000,000 Re-signed with Cardinals. 2 years, $16.5 million.
Chris Young 32 San Diego $6,375,000



2011 MLB Free Agents - Relief Pitchers
Player Age '10 Team 2010 Salary Contract Notes
Jeremy Accardo 28 Toronto
Alfredo Aceves 27 NY Yankees
Matt Albers 27 Baltimore
Grant Balfour 32 TB $2,050,000
Miguel Batista 40 Washington $1,000,000
Joe Beimel 34 Colorado
Joaquin Benoit 33 TB Signed with the Tigers. 3 years, $16.5 million.
Blaine Boyer 29 Arizona
Taylor Buchholz 29 Boston
Chris Capuano 32 Milwaukee
DJ Carrasco 33 Arizona Singed with the Mets. 2 years, $2.5 million.
Randy Choate 35 TB $700,000
Todd Coffey 30 Milwaukee
Jose Contreras 39 Philadelphia $1,500,000 Re-signed with the Phillies. 2 years, $5.5 million
Lance Cormier 30 TB
Jesse Crain 29 Minnesota $2,000,000
Manny Delcarmen 28 Colorado
Elmer Dessens 39 NY Mets
Octavio Dotel 37 Colorado $3,250,000
Scott Downs 35 Toronto $4,000,000 Signed with the Angels. 3 years, $15 million.
Chad Durbin 33 Philadelphia $2,125,000
Kelvim Escobar 34 NY Mets $1,250,000
Kyle Farnsworth 35 Atlanta $4,500,000
Pedro Feliciano 34 NY Mets $2,900,000
Randy Flores 35 Minnesota $650,000
Frank Francisco 31 Texas $3,625,000 Accepted arbitration
Jason Frasor 33 Toronto $2,650,000 Accepted arbitration
Brian Fuentes 35 Minnesota $9,000,000
Sammy Gervacio 25 Houston
Sean Green 31 NY Mets
Kevin Gregg 33 Toronto $2,750,000
Matt Guerrier 32 Minnesota $3,150,000
Aaron Heilman 32 Arizona $2,150,000
Mark Hendrickson 37 Baltimore $1,200,000
Trevor Hoffman 43 Milwaukee $7,500,000
JP Howell 27 TB
Hisashi Iwakuma 29 Japan
Bobby Jenks 29 Chicago WS
Mike Lincoln 36 Cincinnati $2,500,000
Mike MacDougal 34 St. Louis
Ron Mahay 40 Minnesota $4,000,000
Zach Miner 28 Detroit
Brian Moehler 38 Houston
Dustin Moseley 28 NY Yankees
Guillermo Mota 37 San Francisco $750,000
Dustin Nippert 29 Texas
Will Ohman 32 Florida $1,350,000
Hideki Okajima 34 Boston
Chan Ho Park 38 Philadelphia $1,200,000
Joel Peralta 34 Washington
Luis Perdomo 26 San Deigo
J.J. Putz 34 Chicago Sox $3,000,000 Signed with the Diamondbacks. 2 years, $10 million.
Chad Qualls 32 TB $4,185,000
Chirs Ray 28 San Francisco
Jon Rauch 32 Minnesota $2,900,000
Dennys Reyes 34 St. Louis $2,000,000
Arthur Rhodes 41 Cincinnati $2,000,000
Mariano Rivera 41 NY Yankees $15,000,000 Re-signed with the Yankees. 2 years, $30 million
J.C. Romero 35 Philadelphia $4,250,000
Takashi Saito 40 Atlanta
Bobby Seay 33 Detroit $2,475,000
George Sherril 33 LA Dodgers Signed with the Braves. 1 year, $1.2 million.
Scot Shields 35 LA Angels $5,350,000
Rafael Soriano 31 TB $7,250,000
Jorge Sosa 33 Florida
Russ Springer 42 Cincinnati
Erick Threets 29 Chicago WS
Koji Uehara 36 Baltimore $5,000,000
Jose Veras 30 Detroit
Jeff Weaver 34 LA Dodgers $800,000
Dan Wheeler 33 TB $3,500,000
Kerry Wood 34 NY Yankees $10,500,000
Jamey Wright 36 Colorado

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http://www.chickenfr...-2010-2011.html

MLB Free Agents 2010-2011
"The following is a list of MLB players who will become free agents after the 2010 season. Asterisks denote 2011 options.

Rangers Free Agents
Texas free agents include Cristian Guzman, Jorge Cantu, Bengie Molina, Matt Treanor, Rich Harden, and Vladimir Guerrero.

Type A and B Free Agents

I have added each player's classification in parenthesis. Teams who sign type "A" free agents are required to compensate the player's former team with their upcoming first round draft pick, assuming the player was offered arbitration, and declined. Teams who lose type "A" players also receive a supplemental round pick. Teams who lose type "B" free agents also receive a supplemental, or sandwich round, pick.



Starting Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo CIN "A"
Jeremy Bonderman DET
David Bush MIL
Daniel Cabrera CHW
Kevin Correia SD "B"
Jorge De La Rosa COL "A"
Jeff Francis COL*
Jon Garland SAN* "B"
Rich Harden TEX
Aaron Harang CIN*
Hiroki Kuroda LAD "B"
Braden Looper MIL
Noah Lowry SF
Kevin Millwood BAL "B"
Jamie Moyer PHI
Vicente Padilla LAD
Carl Pavano MIN "A"
Andy Pettitte NYY "A"
Nate Robertson DET
Ian Snell SEA *
Jeff Suppan MIL *
Javier Vazquez NYY "B"
Brandon Webb ARI
Jake Westbrook CLE
Dontrelle Willis DET
Chris Young SD *




Relief Pitchers
Jeremy Affeldt SF
Grant Balfour TB "A"
Joaquin Benoit TB "B"
Jesse Crain MIN
Scott Downs TOR "A"
Chad Durbin PHI
Kyle Farnsworth KC *
Pedro Feliciano NYM
Frank Francisco TEX "A"
Jason Frasor TOR "A"
Brian Fuentes LAA *
Chad Gaudin NYY
Matt Guerrier MIN "A"
Aaron Heilman ARZ "B"
Mike Lincoln CIN
Brian Moehler HOU
J.J. Putz CWS "B"
Chad Qualls ARZ "B"
Jon Rauch MIN "B"
Arthur Rhodes CIN "A"
David Riske MIL *
Mariano Rivera NYY "A"
J.C. Romero PHI *
Takashi Saito LAD "A"
Bobby Seay DET
Scott Shields LAA
Brian Shouse BOS
Matt Thornton CWS "A"
Koji Uehara BAL "B"
Billy Wagner ATL "A"
Dan Wheeler TBR "A"
Kerry Wood CLE *



Catchers
Josh Bard SEA
John Buck TOR "B"
Ramon Hernandez CIN *
Gerald Laird DET "B"
Victor Martinez BOS "A"
Bengie Molina TEX "A"
Miguel Olivo COL "B"
A.J. Pierzynski CWS "A"
David Ross ATL
Yorvit Torrealba SD * "B"
Jason Varitek BOS "B"
Gregg Zaun MIL *




First Basemen
Lance Berkman HOU *
Wes Helms FLA
Jason Giambi COL
Paul Konerko CWS "A"
Derrek Lee CHC "A"
Lyle Overbay TOR
Carlos Pena TB "B"



Second Basemen
Willie Bloomquist KC
Mark Ellis OAK * "B"
Akinori Iwamura PIT
Jose Lopez SEA *
Kaz Matsui HOU
Aaron Miles CIN



Third Basemen
Garrett Atkins BAL *
Jorge Cantu FLA
Eric Chavez OAK *
Pedro Feliz HOU
Bill Hall BOS *
Brandon Inge DET
Maicer Izturis LAA
Mike Lowell BOS
Melvin Mora COL
Nick Punto MIN *
Ty Wigginton BAL



Shortstops
Alex Gonzalez TOR "B"
Christian Guzman TEX
J.J. Hardy MIN
Omar Infante ATL *
Cesar Izturis BAL
Derek Jeter NYY "A"
Julio Lugo STL
Edgar Renteria SF *
Ramon Vazquez PIT


Outfielders
Alfredo Amezaga LAD
Pat Burrell TB
Eric Byrnes SEA
Melky Cabrera ATL
Frank Catalanotto NYM
Carl Crawford TB "A"
Coco Crisp OAK *
Michael Cuddyer MIN *
David DeJesus KC *
Adam Dunn WAS "A"
Jermaine Dye CWS
Jody Gerut MIL
Vladimir Guerrero TEX "A"
Jose Guillen KC
Willie Harris WAS
Brad Hawpe COL *
Austin Kearns CLE
Jason Kubel MIN *
Magglio Ordonez DET *
Marcus Thames NYY
Jayson Werth PHI "A""

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http://www.mlbtrader...as-rangers.html

2011 Contract Issues: Texas Rangers.
By Tim Dierkes

The Rangers face three contractual options after the season:

"•Reliever Darren Oliver has a $3.25MM club option with a $500K buyout. The salary becomes guaranteed with 59 appearances; Oliver is on track with ten so far.
•Rich Harden and Vladimir Guerrero have mutual options, at $11MM and $9MM respectively. These don't have much purpose, aside from pushing $2MM worth of buyouts to the offseason. Vlad's $1MM buyout disappears if he declines the option.
The Rangers have a pair of free agents in Frank Francisco and Matt Treanor. If they both leave, it'll free up around $4MM. They'll also clear $6.75MM in buyouts and obligations paid to Kevin Millwood, Frank Catalanotto, and Vicente Padilla. The Rangers will free up $12MM paid to Harden and Guerrero, less the $2MM in buyouts. All told, they have roughly $20MM coming off the books if everyone but Oliver leaves.

Increases to players under contract total $5.225MM, with Ian Kinsler, Scott Feldman, and Colby Lewis getting small bumps. First-time arbitration eligibles include Nelson Cruz, David Murphy, Darren O'Day, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Josh Hamilton, Dustin Nippert, and Ryan Garko are in the second-time group, while C.J. Wilson, Brandon McCarthy, and Chris Ray are eligible for a third time. There will be some decent raises in that mix, especially Cruz, Hamilton, and Wilson. Still, it appears the Rangers will have millions to spend even before raising payroll."

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Looking Ahead to 2011: Texas Rangers C and SP.
John Stroba

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http://www.miamihera...reanor-for.html

Rangers bring back C Treanor for 2011.
By Sports Network

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http://www.springtra...s-rangers-3.htm
Texas Rangers-2011 Schedule

SURPRISE STADIUM Capacity 10,500
Year Opened 2003
Dimensions 350L, 379LC, 400C, 379RC, 350R
Surface Grass
Local Airport Phoenix

Address 15960 N. Bullard Av., Surprise.

Directions
Surprise Stadium is located 1 1/2 miles west of the intersection of Bell Road and Grand Avenue (U.S. Route 60). Bullard Avenue is located off of Bell Road, 1 1/2 miles west of Grand Avenue, or 2 1/2 miles east of Loop 303.



Schedule
Date Time Opponent Location
Feb. 27 1:05 p.m. Kansas City Surprise
Feb. 28 1:05 p.m. Kansas City Surprise
March 1 1:05 p.m. Seattle Peoria
March 2 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels Surprise
March 3 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (ss) Surprise
March 3 1:05 p.m. Cubs (ss) Mesa
March 4 1:05 p.m. Oakland Phoenix
March 5 1:05 p.m. Arizona Scottsdale
March 6 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee Surprise
March 7 1:05 p.m. San Francisco Scottsdale
March 8 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels Tempe
March 9 1:05 p.m. Oakland Surprise
March 10 1:05 p.m. White Sox Surprise
March 11 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati Surprise
March 12 1:05 p.m. White Sox Glendale
March 13 1:05 p.m. San Francisco Surprise
March 14 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels Surprise
March 15 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers Glendale
March 16 6:05 p.m. Colorado Surprise
March 17 7:05 p.m. San Diego Peoria
March 18 7:05 p.m. Cleveland Goodyear
March 19 1:05 p.m. Seattle Surprise
March 20 1:05 p.m. Kansas City Surprise
March 21 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee Maryvale
March 22 OFF DAY
March 23 1:05 p.m. Arizona Surprise
March 24 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (ss)
March 24 6:05 p.m. San Diego (ss) Surprise
March 25 1:05 p.m. Colorado Scottsdale
March 26 1:05 p.m. Cubs Surprise
March 27 1:05 p.m. Seattle Peoria
March 28 1:05 p.m. Arizona Scottsdale
March 29 6:35 p.m. Coastal Carolina U Myrtle Beach
March 30 6:30 p.m. Round Rock Dell Diamond

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http://www.star-tele...-to-return.html

Treanor signs 1-year deal to return as Texas Rangers' backup catcher.

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http://www.star-tele...nk=digger-topic
Rangers ready to move on without Cliff Lee.



http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/14/2705121/losing-lee-leaves-texas-rangers.html
Losing Lee leaves Texas Rangers behind.




http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/14/2705119/love-wins-out-with-lee-going-back.html
Love wins out with Lee going back to Philly.



http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/14/2705123/rangers-looking-at-options-after.html
Rangers looking at options after Lee bolts.

"Phillies' offer
5 years,$120 million
Deal is $4 million more per season than Roy Halladay's three-year, $60 million contract.


Rangers' offer
6 years,
$138 million
Some money would have been deferred. Seventh-year vesting option worth $23 million.
Priceless or pricey?

The five other pitchers who signed deals for at least $100 million and how they fared:

LHP CC Sabathia, NYY
7 years, $161 million
Two years into his deal, Sabathia has earned every dollar. He has won 40 games in two years and won five postseason games, helping New York win the World Series last year.

LHP Johan Santana, NYM
6 years, $137.5 million
The Mets signed Santana the 2007 season. He has won 40 games over three seasons but has struggled with injuries while making only 54 starts the last two years.


LHP Barry Zito, San Fran.
7 years, $126 million
Zito hasn't had a winning record in any of his four seasons (40-57 total) with the Giants and was left off the World Series roster.

LHP Mike Hampton, Colo.
8 years, $121 million
He was a big-splash signing after the 2000 season,
but was only five games over .500 from 2001-05. He was traded to Atlanta two years into the deal.

RHP Kevin Brown, LAD
7 years, $105 million
The Dodgers took a risk on a 34-year-old Brown for the 1999 season, and it paid off. Brown reached double figures in wins four of his five years with the Dodgers."

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Rangers' rotation today.

"The Rangers will look to upgrade their rotation now that Cliff Lee is out of the picture. Here's what the rotation might look like right now.

LHP C.J. Wilson

RHP Colby Lewis

RHP Tommy Hunter

LHP Derek Holland

RHP Scott Feldman."

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http://sportsblogs.s...t-contract.html

Rangers Hamilton not thinking about contract.

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http://sportsblogs.s...in-bullpen.html

Washington hopes to keep Feliz and Ogando in bullpen.

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http://sportsblogs.s.../foul_territory


Jon Daniels speaks about Michael Young trade talks.

"The trade talks involving Michael Young that came up late Tuesday never materialized a day later. Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said that he contacted Young's agent, Dan Lozano, to relay the nature of the talks and to downplay the way rumors involving a trade to Colorado took off.

"That’s the byproduct of having these meetings," Daniels said. "Ninety-nine percent of the players get asked about through different conversations. I’m not surprised when a big name gets run with."

Asked if he expects the nature of the conversations to change, Daniels said he doesn’t.

"But I wouldn’t speak in absolutes," he said. "We’re going to look at every way improve the club. Does that include trading Michael Young? No, that’s not likely."

-- Jeff Wilson

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http://sportsblogs.s...-wednesday.html

Rangers talkative so far Wednesday.