Day four of our season preview series continues, featuring the Texas Rangers today. The Rangers are coming off of three straight 90-win playoff appearances, and look to make it four in a row in the always tough AL West. We'll be rolling out our six part Rangers series in the same order and timeframe as we have been all week, with a new piece going live every 75 minutes.
Yesterdy at TOC, we celebrated Angels day. Here are the links for all of our Angels coverage yesterday.
Angels on TOC
End of Season Post-Mortem
2013 Season Preview
You May Say I'm A Dreamer
2013 Burning Question
This Is My Nightmare
X-Factor
Top Ten Prospects
Also yesterday, we branched out a bit from team previews and touched on Pete Rose being scrubbed from history by Topps, the best Las Vegas over/under bets, and another strange injury, this time afflicting Joel Peralta of the Rays.
Welcome to Rangers day, and enjoy your Spring Training, everyone.
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