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HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - The Untold Story

Flashes of excitement, Luis Ortiz's brilliance drive Pirates' series-opening victory against Rangers

PITTSBURGH — Not a drop of rain fell on the PNC Park grass, but much of what transpired Monday on the North Shore could’ve been described by a series of short bursts, exciting bits of action that ultimately defined the Pirates’ 6-4 series-opening victory against the red-hot Texas Rangers.

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Rangers complete sweep of Rockies with third consecutive blowout victory

Everything is bigger in Texas.

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Rangers more than surviving while facing big questions in series win over Astros

HOUSTON – It has been a week for the Rangers. Lost Mitch Garver for a month on Monday. Lost Corey Seager for a month the next day. Nearly watched Jon Gray’s arm go up in smoke over the weekend. Meanwhile, the outfield and DH carousel seems stalled.

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Rangers starter Jon Gray exits game vs. Astros after taking comeback line drive to arm

HOUSTON – And now the pitching depth will be tested.

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Mac Engel: Albert Pujols praises Rangers, and warns about the team’s artificial playing surface

Hours after Albert Pujols offered optimism and a polite word of warning about the Texas Rangers, his fears about the state of the team actually came true.

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Rangers place Corey Seager on 10-day IL with hamstring strain, likely out at least a month

ARLINGTON, Texas — As expected, the Rangers placed Corey Seager on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, a day after he strained his left hamstring running out a double.

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Jonah Heim lifts Rangers over Royals, but Corey Seager injury uncertainties remain

ARLINGTON, Texas — With his recent injury history, there is going to be a tendency for Rangers fans to hold their breath a little every time Jacob deGrom starts.

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Kansas City Royals whiff mightily (and often) as Rangers take series opener in Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Royals got off to nice start Monday, even catching a break in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park. KC’s Bobby Witt Jr. opened the game with a single, stole second and came around to score on an error.

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Rangers’ sloppy loss to Cubs shows difficulty of Bruce Bochy’s task to turn team around

CHICAGO — The Rangers officially welcomed Bruce Bochy to his mission Saturday. For the six months since they started recruiting him to turn the franchise around, they’ve focused on everything that could go right.

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Mac Engel: After so much spending, the Rangers should be contenders (in 2024)

FORT WORTH, Texas — Upon his hiring as the general manager of the Texas Rangers in 2001, John Hart famously said, “The landscape is littered with train wrecks that have never made the postseason.

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Fantasy Baseball: Players That Will Benefit From Banning the Shift

Sluggers that were shifted on the most could see a rise in batting average, on-base percentage.

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If Manny Machado reaches free agency again, is a Dodgers reunion possible?

LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado's locker in the San Diego Padres' spring training clubhouse is prime real estate: at the main entrance, next to the three-foot tall speaker pumping the music into the room. Friday morning, hours before their Cactus League opener, it was tuned to laidback oldies.

Los Angeles Times

MLB Is About to Become Much More Exciting

Even more than you realize, the end of the shift will be a boon for lefty hitters—and the sport’s entertainment factor.

Sports Illustrated

What the shortstop aging curve means for the Phillies’ 11-year contract with Trea Turner

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

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15 MLB Predictions to Ring in 2023

The rule changes will bring joy to baseball in the new year.

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Why the Dodgers Are Mostly Sitting Out the Free Agent Frenzy

The superteam with seemingly infinite resources has been noticeably absent from the hottest market in years. What gives?

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Raising the bar: Jacob deGrom was sold on Rangers’ vision of winning a World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas — They have all but perfected this part. On Thursday afternoon, on the airy concourse at Globe Life Field, marched a procession of Rangers ticket sales reps, marketing execs, front office officials and a gaggle of players who have been using the place for offseason workouts.

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Tim Cowlishaw: Rangers’ spending spree may be a gamble, but that hasn’t made this offseason any less fun

DALLAS — Let’s just call this Rangers’ winter spending spree — apparently an annual event now — what it is. It’s a heck of a lot of fun. From a business standpoint, it could evolve into a nightmare but let’s not go all glass-half-empty while owner Ray Davis is throwing…

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What We’re Hearing on Day 1 at the Winter Meetings

The shortstop market is heating up. Plus, notes on Aaron Judge, the Angels and signing older players to long-term deals.

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Jacob deGrom Is Worth the Risk for the Rangers

Yes, five years is a lot. But no one is as good as the former Mets ace when he’s healthy.

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How Banning Infield Shifts Will Change MLB

Here are the 10 things to know about how the new rule will impact baseball next season.

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Mark Bradley: ‘Now pitching for the Atlanta Braves — Jacob deGrom?’

ATLANTA — The Braves’ top offseason task figured to be re-upping their shortstop. That might have changed. On Tuesday, Andy Martino of SportsNet New York reported that the chief threats to sign Jacob deGrom away from the Mets are the Rangers, who over time have thrown much money at big…

Los Angeles Times

Aaron Judge heading to Chavez Ravine? Five big questions for the Dodgers offseason.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers thought they'd still be playing right now.

The Orange County Register

Angels’ José Quijada surrenders tie-breaking homer in loss to Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas — José Quijada had dominated left-handed hitters all season.

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Rangers rest Corey Seager without disturbing Marcus Semien’s routine

ARLINGTON, Texas – Even with a playoff field expanded to six teams, the Rangers will be officially eliminated even from wild card consideration by the end of the week. Not that this is breaking news. They’ve been out of it for a while.

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