BURLESON -- In the past, Brad Hawpe traveled to Denver or San Diego for an off-season appearance, and didn't mind it. This year, though, Hawpe enjoyed only making a short drive from his Westlake home to Burleson on Friday night for the second-to-last stop of the Rangers Winter Caravan.

The Texas Rangers recently signed 1B/OF Brad Hawpe and pitchers Mitch Stetter and Sean Green to minor league contracts with an invitation to spring training. Lone Star Dugout gives a rundown of all three players.

This week I will provide my analysis on both of the Rangers’ moves this week, the signing of Yu Darvish, and the signing of Brad Hawpe. I also provided a look-ahead for the rest of the offseason. This post will be a fairly short one as I was gone all of Saturday at a church retreat.YU DARVISH: I really like this signing, as I think Yu is a future ace, and the Rangers are getting...

Saginaw Boswell graduate agrees to minor-league contract.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Rangers signed veteran first baseman and outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor league contract.

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

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 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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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The Rangers announced that they signed Brad Hawpe to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

NPB SP Yu Darvish image taken from Google Images The Texas Rangers have been very busy in the last couple of weeks. Right now the Rangers are still trying to negotiate a deal with Yu Darvish but there is a limited amount of information and insight on the negotiations. Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports reported earlier this week that The Texas Rangers are becoming increasingly optimistic...

With Mitch Moreland, who will supposedly start the season as the Texas Rangers first baseman since the Rangers are supposedly out on the Prince Fielder race, still nursing a wrist injury the Rangers are trying to shore up their first base depth. MLB.com said the Rangers are interested in Brad Hawpe, who was an all-star as recently as 2009 with the Colorado Rockies, played in just...

Weekend in January or not there is plenty of news in Major League Baseball’s hot stove. Ryan Madson, Brad Hawpe, Ryan Ludwick, Kerry Wood, and Arthur Rhodes are all looking for where they will play in 2012 while Manny Ramirez gets a look from a few teams.Ryan Madson is still jobless after nearly signing a 4 year $44 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. Since that deal fell...

The Rangers are one of several teams that have expressed interest in free-agent first baseman/outfielder Brad Hawpe, according to industry sources.

Brad Hawpe could be close to signing a minor league contract with one of three clubs that have shown interest in the 32-year-old, reports MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez.  Hawpe underwent Tommy John surgery last summer and says he is healthy and ready to return to the field. Hawpe signed a one-year, $2MM deal with the Padres just over a year ago but struggled badly in 2011, hitting...

The end of each year inspires many “Best Of” articles. Sports blogs, in particular, latch on to these types of posts. Best Plays of the Year. Best Games of the Year. Best Players of the Year. Even niche articles, such as Best Mustaches of the Year. The list goes on and on. This list does not list the “Best Of” anything. Instead, it lists the worst five defenders since 2002...

The Padres have a new VP/assistant manager. They will also have new uniforms. So much change coming this year. Also RIP to Matty Alou. Here are links for today:   Padres name Chad MacDonald VP and assistant manager - Padres official site "MacDonald will oversee amateur scouting, essentially replacing Jason McLeod and Chris Gwynn." More on MacDonald and...

The Indians’ trade for right-hander Derek Lowe means that the Tribe’s rotation will include three of the top eight pitchers in groundball percentage last season – and a fourth, righty Ubaldo Jimenez, who ranked 31st.   The infield defense behind such a rotation will be critical, and at first glance the Indians’ group does not appear particularly strong. �...

The San Diego Padres declined 2012 contract options on right-hander Aaron Harang, infielder-outfielder Brad Hawpe and reliever Chad Qualls. Harang, who had his $5 million option declined, went 14-7 with a 3.64 ERA last season for the last-place Padres. Hawpe appeared in 62 games before being lost for the remainder of the season with an elbow injury. Qualls went 6-8...

The San Diego Padres have declined their $5 million mutual option for 2012 for right-hander Aaron Harang, as well as a mutual option for infielder-outfielder Brad Hawpe and a club option for right-handed reliever Chad Qualls. Harang was 14-7 with a career-best 3.64 ERA for his hometown Padres. Hawpe, who replaced Adrian Gonzalez at first base, played in 62 games, with 50 starts...