Brad Hawpe lands deal with hometown Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas The Texas Rangers have signed Brad Hawpe to a minor-league deal. Hawpe, who can play first base and the outfield, should provide the Rangers extra insurance should first baseman Mitch Moreland be slowed by his right wrist surgery. Hawpe, who attended Saginaw Boswell High School, will go to spring training with the Rangers. Hawpe was an All-Star for Colorado in...

The Texas Rangers signed veteran first baseman and outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor league contract. The Rangers announced Friday that they are also inviting the Fort Worth, Texas, native to their major league camp this spring. The 32-year-old alumnus of LSU and Boswell High School in the Fort Worth suburb of Saginaw batted .231 with four homers and 19 RBIs in 62 games with the...

The San Diego system is deep. What’s most impressive is that the organization has been able to bulk up its minor league depth through a variety of methods: drafting, international free agency and trades. In particular, scouting director Jaron Madison had an outstanding draft in 2011. Even with the loss of some of its front office talent much more remains. The loss of young hurler...

In Wednesday's The Padres and Cake (part 2): A Commode Story, I told you that my reasons for deceiving you were pure . . .Our topic is indoctrination. Properly indoctrinating young children is no easy task. You might think it so but the process is painstaking and endless. Are my little ones Padres fans? Sure. But to what degree? They know the name of Gwynn and that the Dodgers...

Rangers get insurance at first base with Texas native Brad Hawpe.

  I won't take up too much space up here today as there are a ton of links to get to. I was actually surprised to see so many today since we are so close to spring training with not a whole lot left for the Padres to do to the team. Rumors have us possibly picking up another reliever, but that remains to be seen. What I'm excited for is to see what the prospects will do...

The Texas Rangers signed veteran first baseman and outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor league contract. The Rangers announced Friday that they are also inviting the Fort Worth, Texas, native to their major league camp this spring. The 32-year-old alumnus of LSU and Boswell High School in the Fort Worth suburb of Saginaw batted .231 with four homers and 19 RBIs in 62 games with the San Diego Padres...

The Rangers have signed a left-handed power-hitting first baseman who is a former All-Star. Texas signed Brad Hawpe to a Minor League contract on Friday night afternoon. The announcement came three hours before the Rangers news conference to introduce Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish.

  Woohoo!! We are exactly one month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp. Spring training is on the horizon and slowly but surely it is almost here. The Rangers will have one more arm in their rotation when they break camp in a month. Yesterday they signed the top foreign prize in Yu Darvish. 6 years, $60M on top of the $51.7M they had to pay to win rights to discuss...

Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers signed first baseman/outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to the team's spring training camp.

The Texas Rangers signed veteran first baseman and outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor-league contract.

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