Well I guess everything really is bigger in Texas. Including spring training signing. Only thing is it happened in Arizona. So the Arlington, Texas baseball team now has 14 new players for 2010.
The players that they signed were SS Elvis Andrus, infielder Joaquin Arias, OF Nelson Cruz, 1st baseman Chris Davis, pitchers Matt Harrison, Eric Hurley, Warner Madrigal, Guillermo Moscoso, Darren O'Day, Alexi Ogando and Pedro Strop and catchers Max Ramirez, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Taylor Teagarden.
Andrus played his rookie campaign in 2009 and batted .267 with six homers and 40 RBI in 145 games.
Outfielder Nelson Cruz has played 5 seasons as of last year and has a career-high 128 games batted .260 with 33 home runs and 76 RBI.
Davis took over the starting role at first base last season for Texas and over 113 games batted .238 with 21 homers and 59 RBI.
Harrison started 11 games and went 4-5 with a 6.11 earned run average in 2009.
Saltalamacchia played in 84 games last year, his 3rd in MLB, and had a batting average of .233 with nine homers and 34 RBI, while Teagarden played 60 games and had a .217 average with 6 home runs & 24 runs batted in for his 2nd season in the majors.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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