Joakim Soria

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers had to call on right-handed pitchers Josh Lindblom and Ross Wolf this week to make emergency starts. In the process, they ruined a perfectly remarkable streak. Until then,...

MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH When the Rangers begin a three-game series at Seattle on Friday, they will be looking to break a three-game streak of failure that never even occurred during their precipitous late-season collapse in 2012....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH It has been a long road for left-hander Neal Cotts. Just four days shy of the fourth anniversary of his last major-league appearance, Cotts returned to the big leagues Tuesday when the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH A model of stability for the first six weeks of the season, the club has had to make one change after another in the last week due to injuries. On Tuesday, the club announced that right-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH With Ian Kinsler out of the lineup for at least two weeks, Elvis Andrus will be the Rangers' leadoff man. He's already set a standard that Rickey Henderson would be proud of. In a 7-2...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Jurickson Profar, the heralded Rangers prospect, is back. And this time he won't be sitting around. Texas manager Ron Washington said Sunday that he would use the just-recalled...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers will join the rest of MLB's melting pot on Monday. They will start a pitcher who has spent time with another major league club. When righty Alexi Ogando headed to the DL...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH It really doesn't matter what challenge you give 1B Mitch Moreland these days, he's up to the task. Even if that means being down 0-and-2 to Justin Verlander. Despite being in that hole...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Fortunes can change in a heartbeat in the world of professional sports. Right-hander Justin Grimm was named the American League Rookie of the Month for April. Just two weeks later, his...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH In what may be the most-anticipated pitching matchup in Rangers Ballpark history, righty Yu Darvish will square off against 2011 Cy Young/MVP winner Justin Verlander when the Rangers open...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Remember way back in April -- you know, like two weeks ago -- when third baseman Adrian Beltre was struggling to find his swing and drive in runs. Yeah, it does seem like ages. On...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Righty Yu Darvish is having a sensational season and may be the early favorite to capture the AL Cy Young Award. If only he could catch teammate Derek Holland in the ERA chase. After...