Ian Kinsler News

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

The 30-year-old, who has 25 big league appearances but none in a starting role, will face the Athletics, who have won five straight games and are going for a series sweep of the Rangers on Wednesday afternoon.

Voting has now closed in the long saga of whether or not to change the Keeper rules for OTM1-3/S. I'm sure we are all eagerly awaiting the results from the election count, via Returning Officer BobZupic and deputy AlohaSox.

Alexi Ogando is another recent addition to the DL. 2. Cardinals : Baseball's best starting pitching and four regulars with an .800-plus OPS compensate for David Freese's troubling start.

The Texas Rangers promoted infielder Jurickson Profar to the major league roster yesterday to replace the injured Ian Kinsler .

You can now purchase the Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2013 , with 300 pages of great content.

There were all kinds of things about the four-game series with the Detroit Tigers - the best offense in baseball - that should stand out for the Texas Rangers after the Rangers took three of the four games in Arlington.

PASCO, Wash. A bases loaded to walk to Adam Nelubowich in the eighth inning lifted Washington State over Portland 1-0 in nonconference baseball at Gesa Stadium, Monday.

Rangers 11, Tigers 8: Three home runs from Miguel Cabrera couldn't keep Detroit from losing to Texas, which got a go-ahead three-run homer from David Murphy.

Josh Lindblom is not a stranger to the Major Leagues, having appeared in 101 games combined for the Dodgers and Phillies since 2011.

Ray Guilfoyle highlights some of the top fantasy performers from Sunday's MLB games including Matt Moore, Homer Bailey and the promotion of Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar.

Catcher A.J. Pierzynski is on track to return to the active roster from a strained oblique muscle Tuesday, the first day he is eligible.

With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he's determined to return to duty.

With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he's determined to return to duty.

The Texas Rangers have placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list because of bruised ribs and recalled top prospect Jurickson Profar from Triple-A Round Rock.

There will be no Wally Pipping in Texas, no matter how many hits Elvis Andrus gets while keeping Ian Kinsler's leadoff spot warm until he recovers from a strained side.

Elvis Andrus had a career-high five hits, Mitch Moreland homered and Texas roughed up Anibal Sanchez in the Rangers' 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.

The injury originated when Kinsler was hit with a ball in the right side of his rib cage when he stole a base in Houston last weekend, and it was aggravated Thursday when Justin Verlander plunked him.

When it comes to making a change in Major League Baseball, the process moves about as quickly as a Molina brother.

Tigers pitcher Joaquin Benoit celebrates the final out of the eighth inning during Friday's win in Arlington, Texas.