Rangers 2013 !!

[Nash B.]

Saw a blurb about. Something must have come up with his physical? It does make Daniels look like a genius (in this case).

Something about his hips. Too narrow for childbearing?

[Vertnut]

Something about his hips. Too narrow for childbearing?

I think so. Those narrow hips must have made his BA drop about 100 points in 2012, too.

[Lone Sailor]

Rangers' David Murphy agrees to deal
ESPN.com news services | January 21, 2013
The Texas Rangers and outfielder David Murphy agreed to terms Monday on a one-year contract.

Sources told ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett that the deal was worth $5.75 million -- the midpoint between the arbitration figures exchanged between the Rangers and Murphy on Friday.

Murphy was the last arbitration-eligible player for the Rangers who had yet to agree on a new deal.

Murphy, 31, is coming off a career year in which he batted .304 with 15 home runs and 61 RBIs in 147 games in his fifth full season with the Rangers.

[Lone Sailor]

Mike Napoli deal finally official
ESPNBoston.com | January 22, 2013
The Boston Red Sox on Tuesday made the signing of first baseman/catcher Mike Napoli official, confirming the one-year deal while designating right-hander Chris Carpenter for assignment to make room on the roster.

Carpenter was the player the Red Sox acquired last offseason from the Chicago Cubs as compensation for Theo Epstein leaving Boston to become the Cubs' president of baseball operations.

Napoli's contract is for one year with a base salary of $5 million, sources told ESPN last week. With incentives, he can play himself to a $13 million payday, which boosts the compensation to the annual level of the three-year deal he first agreed to with Boston early this offseason.

The 31-year-old Napoli originally agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with Boston on Dec. 3. That deal was taken off the table when Napoli, in the judgment of the team's medical staff, failed his physical because of a hip condition that never had surfaced publicly in his seven previous years in the big leagues, the first five with the Los Angeles Angels and the past two with the Rangers.

Napoli and Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington will talk to reporters on a conference call later Tuesday afternoon to discuss the deal.

Cherington said last week that there had been no animosity between the sides as the negotiations dragged on for more than seven weeks.

"I think it's good. I think there will be a time to talk about that more, but we tried and did have a consistent dialogue throughout the winter and a lot of conversations," Cherington said.

The Red Sox view Napoli's swing as an ideal fit in Fenway Park, where he has slugged .710 with a 1.107 OPS, seven home runs and 17 RBIs in 19 games as a visiting player.

Boston is betting that Napoli will come closer to his career-best season of 2011, when he batted .320 with 30 home runs and a 1.046 OPS in his first year in Texas, than to 2012, when he dropped off to .227 with 24 home runs.

[Rick Modena]

I'll go ahead and stick it, since football for us is now over...

[Geor!]

May third is his firzt game back here. I might attend just to give him a standing ovation and a napoli chant. Crazy how he was only here for 2 or 3 years and will probably be one of the most loved rangers if only because of the 2011 season and what it did to energize the team and all of the fans.

Supposedly the hip condition he has is the same thing that cut Bo Jackson's career short.

[BERT]

May third is his firzt game back here. I might attend just to give him a standing ovation and a napoli chant. Crazy how he was only here for 2 or 3 years and will probably be one of the most loved rangers if only because of the 2011 season and what it did to energize the team and all of the fans.

Supposedly the hip condition he has is the same thing that cut Bo Jackson's career short.

Pretty sure Napoli never ripped the muscle from his hip bone, so i doubt it's the same thing.

[Shorty]

Pretty sure Napoli never ripped the muscle from his hip bone, so i doubt it's the same thing.

The mechanism of injury is different but the condition is the same. It appears Napoli's is more degenerative and progressive than Jackson's.

[BERT]

The mechanism of injury is different but the condition is the same. It appears Napoli's is more degenerative and progressive than Jackson's.

How does that make it the same? Honest question

[Geor!]

How does that make it the same? Honest question

From what little I've read on it, the bone is dying. He's in the beginning stages of it, anyhow. Might still have a few years left in him. He'll probably need a hip replacement though (like Bo), which will more than likely end his career.

[pHILSANITY07]

I'll give him a tip to the cap. He at least gave a damn at the end of the year, unlike some other guy that won't be a ranger.

[BERT]

From what little I've read on it, the bone is dying. He's in the beginning stages of it, anyhow. Might still have a few years left in him. He'll probably need a hip replacement though (like Bo), which will more than likely end his career.

gotcha, thanks

[pHILSANITY07]

Now how does something like that happen with the bone decaying? Injures?

[mustang_marc]

Rangers no longer have to worry about Upton...he went to the Braves.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130124/justin-upton-trade-atlanta-braves-arizona-diamondbacks.ap/?sct=hp_t12_a4&eref=sihp

[Lone Sailor]

Rangers no longer have to worry about Upton...he went to the Braves.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb...2_a4&eref=sihp