Rangers Acquire Spilborghs
The Rangers have acquired OF Ryan Spilborghs from the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations.
Spilborghs has been added to the 40 man roster and assigned to AAA Round Rock to fill for in the DL’d Leonys Martin. Spillborghs was a 7th round draft pick by the Rockies in 2002. He’s a right handed batter, with a career .272 BA over six years of limited appearances with Colorado, and was with the Indians organization this season.
Rangers All-Time Team Voting Begins Today
The Rangers have been in Arlington for 40 years and are asking fans to pick the all-time Texas Rangers team.
If you want to vote on this, you can go to www.texasrangers.com/alltimeteam and cast you ballot. Voting runs through May 31, the team will be announced in June and will be honored Aug. 11 before the Rangers three-game series with the Tigers. You vote for one player at each position except three outfielders, two starting pitchers and two relievers.
The nominees on the ballot were selected by the club’s all-time leaders in games played at each position while pitchers were selected by wins, games started, appearances and saves.
Here are the nominees
First base: Will Clark, Mike Hargrove, Pete O’Brien, Rafael Palmeiro and Mark Teixeira.
Second base: Julio Franco, Ian Kinsler, Mark McLemore, Bump Wills, Michael Young.
Shortstop: Elvis Andrus, Scott Fletcher, Toby Harrah, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Young
Third base: Buddy Bell, Hank Blalock, Steve Buechele, Toby Harrah, Dean Palmer
Outfield: Juan Beniquez, Jeff Burroughs, Nelson Cruz, Juan Gonzalez, Rusty Greer, Josh Hamilton, Pete Incaviglia, Oddibe McDowell, Kevin Mench, David Murphy, Al Oliver, Larry Parrish, Bill Sample, Ruben Sierra, Gary Ward, George Wright
Starting pitchers; Kevin Brown, Jose Guzman, Rick Helling, Charlie Hough, Ferguson Jenkins, Jon Matlack, George Medich, Kevin Millwood, Darren Oliver, Roger Pavlik, Gaylord Perry, Kenny Rogers, Nolan Ryan, Bobby Witt
Relievers: Francisco Cordero, Danny Darwin, Neftali Feliz, Frank Francisco, Tom Henke, Kenny Rogers, Jeff Russell, John Wetteland, Mitch Williams.
Designated hitter: Brian Downing, Juan Gonzalez, Tom Grieve, Rafael Palmeiro, Larry Parrish.
Feliz Next Start Pushed Back
The Rangers have pushed RHP Neftali Feliz next start back to Tuesday May 1st in Toronto, he was supposed to start Saturday night against Tampa Bay at the Ballpark. The Rangers said they want to give him extra rest early in the season, and he is availabe to pitch out of the bullpen for tonight’s game against the Yankees.
More on the website later.
Boras: Michael Gonzalez getting close
Agent Scott Boras, in town for Ivan Rodriguez’s retirement ceremony, said left-handed reliever Michael Gonzalez is close to being fully recovered from off-season knee surgery. Gonzalez, who is a free agent, is starting to throw bullpens for interested teams.
“He should sign in the next ten days,” Boras said.
Gonzalez spent the last month of the 2011 season with the Rangers and was on their post-season roster. The Rangers offered him a Minor League contract in Spring Training but he declined it.
Beltre, Miller update
Beltre leaves game strained left hamstring
Adrian Beltre left Saturday’s game when he injured his left hamstring on a second-inning double. He was replaced by Alberto Gonzalez. No word get on the extent of the injury but Beltre missed five weeks last summer with a pulled left hamstring. Right now he is listed as day to day.
Rangers game postponed
The Rangers game with the Tigers on Friday night has been postponed. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will start at 12;05 p.m. (CT) and the second game will start at 6:05 p.m. (CT)

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