Jamey Wright News

The Texas Rangers want draft picks if Milton Bradley does not return next season, as the club offered the outfielder salary arbitration on Monday.

The Rangers are selling the rights to right-hander Kameron Loe to the Fukuoka SouthBank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League.

The free-agent exclusivity period has passed without the Rangers entering serious discussions with outfielder/designated hitter Milton Bradley.

What do you believe the bullpen will look like next year? I haven't heard an assessment on Joaquin Benoit.

Texas will surely exercise its $6.2 million options on Blalock, despite the question of where hea ll play .

Milton Bradley has said he intends to parlay his career-best 2008 season into a multiyear deal or he won't play in 2009.

General manager Jon Daniels and the Texas Rangers are sticking with their plan. That means no big-dollar spending spree this offseason and no pursuit of overpriced free agent pitching.

Texas Bottom 7th - Marlon Byrd stole second. Runner on second with two outs and Hank Blalock at the plate.

Oakland Top 8th - Jamey Wright starts the inning for the Rangers. Oakland 3, Texas 2 Texas Bottom 7th - - German Duran struck out looking to end the inning.

Hank Blalock hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh, and the Texas Rangers beat the A's 6-4 Tuesday night to move back into second place in the American League West.

Geez, that was a frustrating game last night. Matt Harrison and Jamey Wright throwing batting practice.

LAA" Joey Matschulat says: September 19th, 2008 at 7:32 pm Great AB from Marlon Byrd here with a couple of runners on and two outs against Jon Garland Joey Matschulat says: September 19th, 2008 at 7:33 pm And ...

T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag column up , with various interesting tidbits -- including his statement that Nelson Cruz "is definitely in the Rangers' 2009 outfield picture," but the lead item is probably the ...

Chris Davis hit the game-winning single in the ninth to finish off a Rangers' 5-4 comeback victory over the Tigers, in the middle contest of a three-game set.

I've noticed that Michael Young is not having the type of season we have come accustomed to over the years.

Dustin Nippert threw five-plus solid innings and Hank Blalock homered as part of a two-hit day, as the Texas Rangers downed Oakland, 6-1, in the first of four games with the Athletics.

Nice game last night. Hitters hitting well, pitchers pitching well, and Texas stays 4.5 games up on Oakland with 17 games to go.

That is 44 players. Two players are pretty much locks to be added to the 40 man roster prior to the Rule 5 draft -- Jose Vallejo and John Mayberry, Jr.

Outfielder Marlon Byrd, who left Friday night's game with a sprained left thumb, was out of the lineup Saturday.

Pinch-hitter Juan Rivera doubled off the wall in right-center to drive in three runs in a five-run eighth inning and help Los Angeles Angels rally to a win.