Jason Frasor

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Cather A.J. Pierzynski, the ironman of current catchers, ended up on the disabled list Thursday for just the second time in his 14-year career. Pierzynski, 36, has been bothered by a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Manager Ron Washington isn't ready to hit the panic button just because the two rookies at the back end of the Rangers' rotation have each lost their past two starts. No, the jobs of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Lance Berkman is a full-time designated hitter. If there were any doubts about that, they have been erased during the first two games of the Rangers' stretch of three consecutive...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH If it looks like a platoon and it acts like a platoon, it must be a platoon. Even if Rangers manager Ron Washington says it isn't. With first baseman Mitch Moreland suddenly tattooing...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers are glad to have Adrian Beltre back to the heart of their lineup. After a poor first month and a frustrating start to May, Beltre blossomed during a three-game sweep of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers will play their second set of games under National League rules next week in Chicago and Milwaukee. This time around, DH Lance Berkman might actually join them. Rangers...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers wait for 3B Adrian Beltre's bat to thaw. This might take a while. Even before a rough April ended, Beltre acknowledged that it's not the first month, but the first two...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers put the finishing touches on one of the best Aprils in club history Tuesday. Right-hander Yu Darvish put the finishing touches on one of the best Aprils by anybody. Ever....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski may not get to have much of a reunion against his former Chicago White Sox teammates. Pierzynski was not in Tuesday's lineup for the Rangers' 10-6 win due...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers offense teased again. Texas scored nine runs in the fourth inning at Los Angeles on Wednesday to account for the biggest inning of the season. But as soon as the Rangers left...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH April has always been the cruelest month for Rangers outfielder David Murphy. It has reared its ugly head again. Murphy went hitless in four at-bats in the Rangers' road-trip-ending 5-0...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH With the Rangers needing their young starting pitchers to carry a bigger-than-usual load, right hander Nick Tepesch is proving to have a broad back. Tepesch, who made the rotation as a...