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‘Riders Rehabbers: Colby Lewis & A.J. Pierzynski
Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis will start for the RoughRiders this morning against the San Antonio Missions. Lewis is currently on the Rangers’ 15-day disabled list and is working to return to the major leagues after suffering a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow last season.
The Rangers’ 2012 Opening Day starting pitcher suffered a tear in his right elbow last July and attempted to pitch through the injury before exacerbating it in his final start of the season on July 18 in Oakland. The right-hander was 6-6 with a 3.43 ERA in 16 starts for Texas before going on the disabled list.
Lewis made one rehab start this season with the Round Rock Express on May 9, but suffered from triceps tendonitis after the outing and the Rangers temporarily shut down his assignment.
Rangers’ catcher A.J. Pierzynski will be the designated hitter today as he continues his rehab assignment with the RoughRiders suffering from a strained right oblique muscle. Though he won’t be catching for Lewis, it will be great to see two future Rangers battery mates in RoughRiders uniforms. This is the first time either player has appeared with the ‘Riders.
Pierzynski made an appearance in yesterday’s RoughRiders game against the Missions, playing through five innings. He threw out two attempted steals and was 0-3 at the plate. In his first season with the Rangers, the catcher has played in 26 games and is batting .263 with four home runs, a triple, 11 RBI and nine runs scored. The two-time All-Star is in his 16th Major League season and signed a one-year contract with Texas this past off-season following an eight-year stint with the White Sox.
Baseball Term of the Day: Screecher: A hard hit line drive
-Ryan
Rangers Spring Training Links – 2/27/2013
Things haven’t been too graceful for Geovanny Soto and the Rangers this spring. (Photo credit to Louis Deluca/Dallas Morning News)
Yesterday the White Sox jumped out to a 12-0 lead and beat up the Rangers 14-8 to drop Texas to 0-4 in Cactus League play. The good news? These games (of course) don’t count for much of anything and, by all accounts, Yu Darvish looked fantastic in his two innings of work. As for 2012 RoughRiders pitcher Cody Buckel? He had a tough afternoon, throwing just 10 of his 31 pitches for strikes and yielding six runs (four earned) with five walks while retiring just one batter. Here are today’s links:
Why veteran Jeff Baker could have edge on Mike Olt for spot on Texas Rangers’ bench – Evan Grant says the journeyman’s experience riding the pine might end up getting him a big league job.
Texas Rangers roster predictions, V2.0 – From a couple days ago, but worth a look as Grant handicaps the 25-man roster.
Same old Josh? Ex-Ranger Hamilton swings at first pitch, goes 0-for-3 in Angels debut – If you’re interested, Josh Hamilton did not set the world on fire in his first game of the spring with Los Angels.
With year under his belt, Texas Rangers’ Darvish already looking like Yu 2.0 – For subscribers only, Gerry Fraley thought highly of the Japanese right-hander’s debut outing.
Cody Buckel survives – Jeff Wilson reports that, despite yesterday’s flameout, Cody Buckel was not incinerated from planet Earth altogether. He also notes that Engel Beltre might not be playing for Spain in the WBC after all.
Rangers catcher feels nothing (yet) vs. old team – Wilson writes about A.J. Pierzynski facing the White Sox for the first time as a Ranger yesterday.
Yu Darvish impresses in spring debut – Another glowing report on Darvish, this time from Ron Matejko.
Darvish off to strong start in second spring – Matt Mosley writes that things are bit calmer this spring for the now more seasoned Darvish.
Plenty of arms to choose from for Rangers – Needing to almost completely rebuilt their bullpen, Anthony Andros says that the Rangers have a diverse group of options available to fill out the open spots.
Rangers prepared to round out rotation in house – Don’t look for Kyle Lohse to come walking through that door, writes T.R. Sullivan.
Berkman may make Rangers debut Thursday – Sullivan has injury updates on Lance Berkman, Colby Lewis and the two Beltres, Adrian and Engel.
- Alex
Hello Off-Season
It’s finally here. Sure, the ‘Riders have been done for a while, but this is the first Monday in a very long time without major league baseball. In fact, the last Monday the Rangers had without baseball going on was Monday, February 21 (Spring Training games began for Texas on Sunday, February 27).
It’s an incredibly long and stressful season and, for the second straight year, the off-season for the Rangers will be brief. That’s the price of October baseball.
As the off-season begins to stir, here are some news and notes from around professional baseball:
- Tony La Russa retires after 33 seasons with the third most wins in major league history (2,728).
- Rangers’ general manager Jon Daniels told reporters today that prior to Spring Training, the club
will decide if former RoughRider Neftali Feliz will move into the rotation. According to Richard Durrett of ESPNDallas.com, “The club will likely decide some time in January. And it will partially depend on what kind of players they sign, how the rotation looks this offseason and what Feliz wants to do.”
- Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore wins the Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year. You might remember the lefty’s seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball in Tampa Bay’s 9-0 victory over the Rangers in Game 1 of the Divisional Series.
- The Rangers announced today that the team has exercised the club option on right-handed pitcher Colby Lewis for the 2012 season. Lewis, 32, has posted back-to-back seasons of at least 12 wins and 200.0 innings, the first right-handed pitcher to accomplish that feat for Texas since Rick Helling in 1998-99-2000-01. He has also gone 4-1 with a 2.34 ERA (13 ER/50.0 IP) over 8 postseason starts the last two years
- 148 major leaguers are now free agents.
- According to several reports, former RoughRider Mitch Moreland had what is being described as wrist soreness/tendinitis for most of the second half of the season.
- Six years ago today on Halloween, former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein avoided talking to reporters following his resignation by dressing up in a gorilla costume before leaving Fenway Park.
- There have been no reports of a gorilla exiting Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
-AG
