Joaquin Benoit News

Texas offered arbitration to free agents C IVAN RODRIGUEZ and OF MARLON BYRD, and declined to arbitration to P JOAQUIN BENOIT, P EDDIE GUARDADO, CIF HANK BLALOCK, SS OMAR VIZQUEL, and OF ANDRUW JONES.

Outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher Ivan Rodriguez have been offered salary arbitration by the Texas Rangers.

Catcher Ivan Rodriguez was one of five Rangers who filed for free agency on Thursday, the first day eligible players could file.

Five Texas Rangers were among the crush of major leaguers who filed for free agency on the first day of the filing period.

Clint Hurdle might have been a man without a job, but he wasn't a man without options only six months removed from his job as manager of the Colorado Rockies.

I have heard mention of C.J. Wilson in the starting rotation. Yes or no? -- Leslie R., Fort Worth The Rangers met with Wilson at the end of the season and talked to him about the possibility of starting.

Stopping short of just inviting every free agent reliever who possesses a fastball and a slider to spring training, I decided to look into a few individual cases that I think might fit the Rays ' plans in 2010.

Rangers officials on Tuesday said the 2010 budget and payroll is expected to stay pretty close to what the team spent in 2009.

Hank Blalock has four days left, and then his time with the Rangers will be over.

Right-hander Joaquin Benoit climbed on a pitcher's mound Monday for the first time in almost a year, and it wasn't exactly like hopping back on a bike.'It was hard,' Benoit said after throwing an estimated 30 or 35 fastballs.But it's another step in the comeback process for the soon-to-be free agent who is on the 60-day disabled list after having ...

It's obvious the Rangers are in a slump. I understand having a few guys not hitting, but it seems to be 12 or so right now.