Joakim Soria

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH If it looks like a platoon and it acts like a platoon, it must be a platoon. Even if Rangers manager Ron Washington says it isn't. With first baseman Mitch Moreland suddenly tattooing...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers are glad to have Adrian Beltre back to the heart of their lineup. After a poor first month and a frustrating start to May, Beltre blossomed during a three-game sweep of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers will play their second set of games under National League rules next week in Chicago and Milwaukee. This time around, DH Lance Berkman might actually join them. Rangers...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers wait for 3B Adrian Beltre's bat to thaw. This might take a while. Even before a rough April ended, Beltre acknowledged that it's not the first month, but the first two...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers put the finishing touches on one of the best Aprils in club history Tuesday. Right-hander Yu Darvish put the finishing touches on one of the best Aprils by anybody. Ever....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski may not get to have much of a reunion against his former Chicago White Sox teammates. Pierzynski was not in Tuesday's lineup for the Rangers' 10-6 win due...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers offense teased again. Texas scored nine runs in the fourth inning at Los Angeles on Wednesday to account for the biggest inning of the season. But as soon as the Rangers left...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH April has always been the cruelest month for Rangers outfielder David Murphy. It has reared its ugly head again. Murphy went hitless in four at-bats in the Rangers' road-trip-ending 5-0...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH With the Rangers needing their young starting pitchers to carry a bigger-than-usual load, right hander Nick Tepesch is proving to have a broad back. Tepesch, who made the rotation as a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Yu Darvish is off to a historic start. Consider that Wednesday, when Darvish held Los Angeles scoreless for six innings, allowed three hits and struck out 11, it was his third game...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers lost a game Tuesday, but they might have rediscovered a starter. Though right-hander Alexi Ogando struggled early in the 5-4, 11-inning loss to Los Angeles, by the time he...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH This is how good the Rangers bullpen has been this season. On Tuesday, even in suffering its first loss of the season, the bullpen was exceptional. Rookie Joe Ortiz suffered the loss,...