Call me LeonysHis line: 6 IP - 3 hits - 0 runs - 0 walks - 5 strikeouts.
He sat down the final seven batters and 14 of the last 15. He struck out the side in the sixth and final frame.
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As its been rumored for about a week, the Rangers are expected to ink Cuban defector Leonys Martin at some point.
He's 23, about to get $15 million (yes, $15 million) and a spot on the 40-man roster.
Martin is considered to be a better version of Julio Borbon: A speedy centerfielder with above average to good defensive skills, a good bunter, who can hit for average, run the bases and provide a little pop.
For one, you can never have too many centerfield prospects. And the Rangers have killed it in the Latin American countries the last several years. Due to his age, paycheck and 40-man spot, he should start in Double A Frisco.
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Jon Daniels had made a career out of rummaging lower-rung free agency lists and the dung piles of other teams for talent. Think Darren O'Day, Warner Madrigal, Mason Tobin, Alexi Ogando, Matt Treanor to name a few.
Daniels made a very minor splash in signing Manny Corpas and Ramon Aguero the other day.
Corpas was the closer in Colorado. He will not pitch this year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He's only 28 and the general idea is for him to compete for a bullpen spot next year.
Aguero is a bit more of a wild card. He's 26, never played above Double A and back issues. In baseball, three strikes and you're out. Not here. Aguero has had decent peripheral numbers in his four years in the minors. It is said that he can hit 96 on the radar gun. No risk moves to watch.
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A very good article on Alexi Ogando.
Jamey Newberg on Jurickson Profar.
