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There will be a press conference at Santa Ana Star Field on Monday, April 19 at noon. Fans are invited and encouraged to attend and can enter Santa Ana Star Field at the main gate located by the Pit West parking lot. Fans should enter the parking lot via University Blvd. due to the COVID vaccination clinic taking place at The Pit. Fans in attendance must wear masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines. The press conference will also be streamed at golobos.com/watch.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Ray Birmingham, the winningest baseball coach in the state of New Mexico, is retiring after 14 seasons and 406 wins with the Lobo baseball team at the conclusion of the Spring 2021 season, closing out a 43-year career.
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Kennedi Landry writes that the pitching got it done for the Texas Rangers until they were finally able to plate a run in extras to beat the Orioles 1-0 on Sunday.
Stefan Stevenson writes that the Rangers needed all eight shutout innings from Kyle Gibson as the bats continue to struggle at The Shed.
Sam Blum notes that Gibson’s outing was the longest in Shed history but he wasn’t the winning pitcher with Baltimore holding Texas to four runs over the weekend.
Landry writes that Willie Calhoun got some assistance from former Dodger farmmate Alex Verdugo while working his way back from injury.
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Evan Grant has a really good piece up about the very tough year, on and off the field, for one Willie Calhoun.
Both the FWST’s Jeff Wilson and the DMN’s Sam Blum have posts on third base being about the only possible spot on the team for Rougned Odor, but, as has been much discussed, there’s big questions about if he has the arm for it.
Wilson also has a story up on another possible 3B fill-in, Stephenville native Brock Holt.
Kennedi Landry has the full slate of pitchers due to take the mound over the first four games of the Rangers’ ST schedule, starting with lefty Wes Benjamin tomorrow afternoon.
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Jamey Newberg wrapped up his offseason prospect rankings with numbers 12 through 1.
And Keith Law ranked the league’s farm systems with the Rangers coming in at number 24.
The DMN took the opportunity afforded by Mark Cuban deciding to no longer play the national anthem before Mavericks’ games to rerun a column originally printed in 1996 in response to Mahmoud Abdul-Raouf declining to stand for the anthem.
Mike Foltynewicz has finalized a deal with the Rangers worth $2 million with another $500k in incentives.
Foltynewicz is hoping to show that his 2020 drop in velocity was just a fluke.