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Hello, Minor League Baseball. It's so good to see you again. The COVID-19 pandemic robbed us all of the joy of watching the development of young baseball players in the minor leagues last year. Even though this season was delayed by a month, getting to this day is well worth the wait. Three of the four Rangers full-season affiliates begin their 2021 season on Tuesday, but all four get underway this week. Triple-A Round Rock Express: vs Oklahoma City on May 6 (Starter: LHP Wes Benjamin)  Double-A Frisco RoughRiders: vs Midland on May 4...(Starter: RHP Tim Brennan) High-A Hickory Crawdads: at ...

share-square-2453073 The Rangers entered the 2021 season planning to use two tandem or piggybacking roles in the pitching rotation. Three weeks into the season, neither have seemed to show themselves best suited for strict tandems. With Jordan Lyles and Dane Dunning serving as the front half of a tandem, the two right-handers have pitched a combined 30 1/3 innings, through three outings each. The deepest Lyles has gone in a game is 5 2/3 innings, while Dunning went through six full innings in his most recent outing (April 17 vs. Baltimore). Of the back end of the tandems -- lefties Wes Benjam...

No relief: Orioles score late off Rangers pen in 6-1 victory By STEPHEN HAWKINSApril 18, 2021 GMT ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and the Baltimore Orioles won 6-1 at Texas on Saturday night, getting their runs against three relievers after Rangers rookie starter Dane Dunning threw six scoreless innings. The Orioles snapped a 1-1 tie off lefty Joely Rodriguez (0-1) in his season debut. DJ Stewart and Maikel Franco had consecutive singles to start the eighth before Mancini doubled to left. Ryan Mountcastle then had a sacrifice fly when ...

Print Associated Press Baltimore Orioles' Maikel Franco, left, slaps hands with Trey Mancini after hitting a two-run home run against the Texas Rangers during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ray Carlin) ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and the Baltimore Orioles won 6-1 at Texas on Saturday night, getting their runs against three relievers after Rangers rookie starter Dane Dunning thr...

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Texas Rangers have officially activated Brock Holt and Willie Calhoun from the injured list. To make room for the pair on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned infielder Anderson Tejeda and pitcher Wes Benjamin to the Alternate Training Site. The swap of Holt for Tejeda was to be expected — when Holt went on the injured list, the expectation was that he would only miss the minimum, and Tejeda was called up to take his place on the roster, since the Rangers, with Holt out, needed an infielder. Tejeda was 1 for 17 with 10 Ks during his time up, and ...