Today's minor moves... Japan's Seibu Lions signed former Rangers utility man Esteban German for $1MM, tweets Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes.  The 33-year-old was removed from the Rangers' 40-man roster in November.

Backup infielder Andres Blanco is among five players that the American League champion Texas Rangers outrighted off their 40-man roster after each cleared waivers. The Rangers also outrighted infielder Esteban German and right-handers Omar Beltre, Eric Hurley and Merkin Valdez on Wednesday. Blanco wasn't on the postseason roster after missing six weeks during the season because...

The Texas Rangers lost right-handerd relief pitcherDarren O'Day to the Baltimore Orioles on a waiver claim Wednesday. The Orioles have added O'Day to their major-league roster. O'Day struggled with injuries and inconsistency in 2011 for the Rangers, as hip surgery limited him to 16 games with the team. He missed more than two months in May and June after having surgeryto...

Ron Washington has received plenty of questions and heat for his managerial performance at times in the Rangers' second-straight World Series loss, which culminated with Game 7 on Friday night and capped the Rangers' greatest season ever that still ended with a loss. And that's all fair. There was a lot to question Washington on. But let's set the record straight...

He isn't a genius; that supposedly is the guy in the other dugout. He might never be celebrated by George Will, Bill James and other baseball intellects. Heck, he was the village idiot for using Esteban German as a pinch-hitter in Game 1 - a move that baffled most of us, but had Tony La Russa recalling German's days as a contact hitter with the Royals and thinking, "...

ST. LOUIS -- He isn't a genius; that supposedly is the guy in the other dugout. He might never be celebrated by George Will, Bill James and other baseball intellects. Heck, he was the village idiot for using Esteban German as a pinch-hitter in Game 1 a move that baffled most of us, but had Tony La Russa recalling German's days as a contact hitter with the Royals and thinking...

The hitters coming off the bench for Texas look really rusty. Most of them haven't had much action lately, and that's hurting the Rangers so far in the World Series.Craig Gentry and Esteban German in Game 1. Yorvit Torrealba and German in Game 2. Swinging at balls in the dirt, ...

The Texas Rangers lost Game 1 of the World Series on a couple close plays and questionable moves by manager Ron Washington. That won’t happen again in Game 2. Instead of tip-toeing around his pitchers having to bat in an NL ballpark, Washington will be aggressive with his lineup. After all, Texas has one of the top offenses in baseball. The Rangers will utilize those big bats in...

After dropping Game 1, Rangers manager Ron Washington defended his choice to use Esteban German instead of Yorvit Torrealba in a pinch-hitting situation and also said he wanted C.J. Wilson to go after Nick Punto in a critical sixth-inning situation.

“That’s the way baseball goes.” That phrase has been uttered by Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington a million times in his career. It was never more true or more painful than Wednesday night when the Rangers lost Game 1 of the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. Washington elected to pinch hit Esteban German instead of Yorvit Torrealba with two outs, two on and...

Rangers manager Ron Washington played the first chess matchup of Game One correctly, bringing in Alexi Ogando to face Allen Craig in the sixth inning, but Washington imploded the next time he had to make an important move, and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and his charges started the World Series with a win. While Washington was just an innocent victim of circumstance on Craig’s...

The two most explosive offenses in baseball were rather quite in Game 1 of the Word Series as the St. Louis Cardinals took a 1-0 series lead over the Texas Rangers with a 3-2 victory. It was a strange game for the Rangers; reliever Alexi Ogando gave up a key hit for the first time this season while Texas only managed six hits. Texas manager Ron Washington took some gambles with inexperienced...

ST. LOUIS Texas manager Ron Washington has never been one to shy away from playing his instincts over the percentages. He's the same manager who jokes before games that his lineup is whatever comes out of his pen. He also loves to play his gut in the face of conventional wisdom. The gut didn't pay off in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night, as the moves the Rangers...

It's game one of the World Series!!Texas and St. Louis!Allen Craig#Darren Oliver and Arthur Rhodes%&Anyway, during the opening game of the Fall Classic I jotted down some notes. * St. Louis bat boy's name is Tanner.There's only one Tanner allowed in baseball history, and it's Tanner Boyle. * This debate actually happened in the bottom of the sixth inning: should Texas intentionally...

The no-DH rule in National League parks in the World Series makes the American League representative adjust. Look back to when the Boston Red Sox were winning World Series before they were infamous for eating fried chicken and drinking beer. David Ortiz was one of the most feared bats in all of baseball, but was a pure designated hitter. When the Red Sox would go to NL parks, Terry...

Infielder Esteban German has been told that he will be on the Rangers' playoff roster.

This is hardly the most pressing issue in Mets land, but people keep asking me, so here it is: Jose Reyes is doing ‘The Spotlight,’ which has spread to the rest of the team, used to signify a big moment, or big performance, as in being center stage, under a spotlight. It can either be shined on you, or your teammate, or whomever is worthy of the moment. In talking to...

The Rangers reassigned Doug Deeds, Endy Chavez, Kevin Cash and Esteban German to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday.

I listened to this game on the radio all the way through. That's the first time that's happened this spring so far. Most of the games have happened when other "real world" stuff was happening for me. This time I sat down to score the game - which is a challenge on the radio during the spring. But I tried anyway. Ran into a problem with my new scoring software...

The Rangers have 10 infielders in major league camp. I did an analysis of all the infielders in big league camp, gave their chances of making the team at the end of Spring Training, and predicted the infield roster. I’ve also included each player’s spring training stats as of this morning (March 5th).Elvis Andrus (1-for-10, 1 RBI)There is no question whether Elvis will be on...

Nate Robertson is fighting for a job in the starting rotation and the veteran southpaw had a pretty good first inning. Dustin Ackley booted a grounder by the speedy Julio Borbon to start things off, but the play was ruled an infield hit. Robertson rallied after that and fanned both Esteban German and David Murphy. Borbon was running on the strikeout pitch to Murphy and was thrown...

Last year, Esteban German's Rangers were in the World Series, and this week he's the starting second baseman for the Dominican Republic's Toros del Este in the Caribbean Series.

I posted an update on various Rangers news on November 15th. It's now the evening of December 7th, and a few more things have happened, so here go a few more thoughts.. Some Smaller Moves: Right after my last update, there were some roster moves. Nothing that I would call Earth shattering, but they were moves. The Rangers signed Barret Loux, a pitcher who was the sixth overall...

The Texas Rangers have signed catcher Kevin Cash, outfielder Doug Deeds and infielder Esteban German to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training.

The Texas Rangers have signed catcher Kevin Cash, outfielder Doug Deeds and infielder Esteban German to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training.