Miguel Cabrera played his first game following his arrest, going 0 for 2 with a walk as the Detroit Tigers’ designated hitter Monday in a 6-2 win over the New York Yankees.
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Billy Butler was born in April 1986, six months after the Kansas City Royals won the World Series in their last playoff appearance. He got a $30 million, four-year contract this winter with hopes of helping end that quarter-century postseason drought. Butler had a two-run single and a stolen base in the first inning Sunday as the Royals beat the defending AL champion Texas Rangers 4-2 in the Cactus…
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Brandon Webb was back where he wanted to be: throwing off a pitcher's mound. The former NL Cy Young winner, who hasn't pitched in the majors since the 2009 season opener for Arizona because of shoulder surgery, was on the mound for the first time in 10 days. He was a little wild with some of his pitches, but all that really mattered to the right-hander was that he was throwing off a mound…
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Nelson Cruz was there for the taking by any of the other 29 teams when the Texas Rangers placed the slugger on waivers at the end of spring training three years ago. Luckily for the Rangers, nobody claimed the outfielder and they were able to give him another chance. "I just see it as like a bad moment.
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Shortstop Elvis Andrus is among six players who have agreed to terms on 2011 contracts with the Texas Rangers. Andrus, an All-Star last season after being runner-up for AL rookie of the year in 2009, got a $452,180 contract for this season. The Rangers also reached deals Saturday with utility infielder Andres Blanco ($520,000), outfielder Craig Gentry ($416,000) and right-handers Omar Beltre…
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A starting nine of storylines as MLB teams begin spring games, kicked off by Tim Lincecum’s shaky start in Scottsdale.
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Adrian Beltre’s debut with his new team will have to wait a short while. Kendry Morales has reason to celebrate: He should be ready for the start of the season.
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Ian Kinsler was back at the top for the Texas Rangers on Thursday, an early indication of how the lineup might change this season for the AL champions. Manager Ron Washington wasn't ready to declare whether Kinsler might be leading off this season like he did primarily did in 2009. But that is clearly an option the manager is considering, even if it was only the first practice game of spring…
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Adam Wainwright’s season is over before it started.
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The way the 2010 season ended, with Jorge Cantu driving in two runs in the Texas Rangers’ final 60 games, hasn’t diminished the veteran infielder’s confidence.
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