On Friday afternoon, Richard Hidalgo meets the press in Arlington. I didn’t personally see any of the coverage, but I saw an article about it on the Texas Rangers site. However, did anyone notice that the picture they chose for Richard for the article was horrible? The funny thing is the picture is really bad, he looks mad, and the caption is “I am really happy to be here”.

On Saturday afternoon, the Rangers signed Rod Barajas to a 1 year deal, avoiding arbitration. He got a $1.85 Million dollar deal, which seems a bit high, considering his highest salary previous to this was $300,000. Still, he did good for us last year, and if he can keep it up in 2005 it should be a decent signing.

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he following big prospects were invited to spring training this year: Joaquin Arias, Ian Kinsler, John Danks, Thomas Diamond, & Mike Nickeas.
I wonder if that’s all our prospects that will be invited.

Four arbitration eligible players were offered contracts by the Rangers yesterday. They are: Alfonso Soriano, Gary Matthews Jr, Rod Barajas, & Carlos Almanzar.
More info is at the Rangers site here.

The Rangers today re-signed Jeff Zimmerman to a minor league contract, where he’ll continue his lengthy rehab assignment. In the news story about the signing, the words “he was loyal to the Rangers so we wanted to be loyal to him”. I thought Rusty Greer was loyal, too? Where’s the love for the Red Baron?