MARCH 5, 2021•CALLTOTHEPEN.COM
Former Texas Rangers closer Sam Dyson suspended for 2021 seasonWhen last we saw Sam Dyson, the former Texas Rangers closer was struggling to find his way. He had been acquired by the Minnesota Twins at t...
Column: With DH shelved, another year of hapless NL swingsSan Diego Padres' Joe Musgrove bunts during spring training baseball practice Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Peoria, Ariz.
MARCH 5, 2021•TUCSON.COM
Roomies Gallo, Calhoun keeping it positiveSURPRISE, Ariz. -- Willie Calhoun is a pretty messy guy, according to his roommate, Joey Gallo. The two Rangers outfielders are living toget...
MARCH 5, 2021•MLB.COM
The rebuild continues for the Texas RangersAn organization still mired in a rebuild has some intrigue, but not a lot of hope for 2021.
MARCH 5, 2021•BEYONDTHEBOXSCORE.COM
Rangers 2021 positional preview: The first base battle has gotten interestingRonald Guzmán and Nate Lowe are the two front-runners for the position heading into the 2021 MLB season.
MARCH 5, 2021•THEATHLETIC.COM
Feeling comfortableCalhoun no longer feels the anxiety that he initially experienced when first returning from a broken jaw, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.
ImpactThat anxious feeling was something Calhoun dealt with against left-handers. "I feel completely normal again," he said. "Last year I would bail out on off-speed pitches. I would be really jumpy. I wouldn't really stay in there." In four plate appearances against left-handers this spring, Calhoun has a single and two walks. The 26-year-old seeks to improve on a .190/.231/.260 slash line over 108 plate appearances in 2020.
MARCH 5, 2021•ROTOWIRE
Goes deep againGallo went 2-for-2 with a home run, a double and four RBI in Thursday's spring game against the Padres.
ImpactGallo has been near perfect to start the Cactus League. He's 4-for-6 with seven RBI over three games while homering in each contest. He posted a slash line of .181/.301/.378 in 226 plate appearances last season, so the start to spring training is encouraging. The 27-year-old slugger attributed that down year to the circumstances surrounding the shortened season, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports. He missed the first week of summer camp after testing positive for COVID-19 and felt rushed getting into the season. "I think people underestimate how tough it was last year for us," Gallo said. "I just went out there and gave my best shot. I think this year, I'm a lot more loose, a lot more calm."
MARCH 5, 2021•ROTOWIRE
