ESPN.com puts Texas rotation 3rd in MLB

January, 19, 2012

Jan 19

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David Schoenfield from ESPN.com's Sweet Spot ranks his top-5 rotations in Major League Baseball now that Yu Darvish has signed with Texas. He puts the Rangers third. Here's what he says about Texas:

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3. Texas Rangers: Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, Matt Harrison, Colby Lewis, Neftali Feliz. Let's be clear here: Lewis may have been tabbed as the Opening Day starter, but Darvish is expected to be the ace of this team. The Rangers didn't shell out more than $100 million for a No. 3 starter. The Texas rotation was vastly underrated last season, as it posted a 3.65 ERA (third in the AL), despite pitching in the best hitting park in the AL. The concerns are that Feliz is moving from the bullpen and remains a bit of wild card, both in production and durability; remember, Alexi Ogando made the same move in 2011 and was fatigued by the end of the season. Harrison also threw over 200 innings between the regular season and playoffs, so we'll have to see how he rebounds from the heaviest workload of his career. But having depth with Ogando and Feldman helps alleviate some of those concerns.

The top-5:

1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Los Angeles Angels
3. Texas Rangers
4. New York Yankees
5. Arizona Diamondbacks

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Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.

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2011 Offseason, Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers, Matt Harrison, Neftali Feliz, Derek Holland, Colby Lewis, Alexi Ogando, Yu Darvish

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TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER

Yu Darvish

WINS	ERA	SO	IP
6	3.05	63	56

OTHER LEADERS

.379

RBI

OPS

1.187

ERA

Y. Darvish

3.05

Y. Darvish

MAY 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 @TOR L 7 - 8	2 @TOR L 5 - 11	3	4 @CLE L 3 - 6	5 @CLE W 5 - 2
6 @CLE L 2 - 4	7 @BAL W 14 - 3	8 @BAL W 10 - 3	9 @BAL 0 - 0	10 @BAL L 5 - 6	11 LAA W 10 - 3	12 LAA L 2 - 4
13 LAA W 13 - 6	14 KC L 1 - 3	15 KC L 4 - 7	16 OAK W 4 - 1	17 OAK L 4 - 5	18 @HOU W 4 - 1	19 @HOU L 5 - 6
20 @HOU W 6 - 1	21 @SEA L 1 - 6	22 @SEA W 3 - 1	23 @SEA L 3 - 5	24	25 TOR 7:05 PM CT	26 TOR 2:05 PM CT
27 TOR 2:05 PM CT	28 SEA 7:05 PM CT	29 SEA 7:05 PM CT	30 SEA 7:05 PM CT	31

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 @LAA 9:05 PM CT	2 @LAA 9:05 PM CT
3 @LAA 2:35 PM CT	4 @OAK 9:05 PM CT	5 @OAK 9:05 PM CT	6 @OAK 9:05 PM CT	7 @OAK 2:35 PM CT	8 @SF 9:15 PM CT	9 @SF 3:05 PM CT
10 @SF 3:05 PM CT	11	12 ARI 7:05 PM CT	13 ARI 7:05 PM CT	14 ARI 7:05 PM CT	15 HOU 7:05 PM CT	16 HOU 6:15 PM CT
17 HOU 2:05 PM CT	18 @SD 9:05 PM CT	19 @SD 9:05 PM CT	20 @SD 5:35 PM CT	21	22 COL 7:05 PM CT	23 COL 2:05 PM CT
24 COL 6:05 PM CT	25 DET 7:05 PM CT	26 DET 7:05 PM CT	27 DET 7:05 PM CT	28 OAK 7:05 PM CT	29 OAK 7:05 PM CT	30 OAK 6:15 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 OAK 6:05 PM CT	2	3 @CHW 7:10 PM CT	4 @CHW 6:10 PM CT	5 @CHW 1:10 PM CT	6 MIN 7:05 PM CT	7 MIN 6:15 PM CT
8 MIN 6:05 PM CT	9	10	11	12	13 @SEA 9:10 PM CT	14 @SEA 8:10 PM CT
15 @SEA 3:10 PM CT	16	17 @OAK 9:05 PM CT	18 @OAK 2:35 PM CT	19	20 @LAA 9:05 PM CT	21 @LAA 3:05 PM CT
22 @LAA 2:35 PM CT	23 BOS 7:05 PM CT	24 BOS 7:05 PM CT	25 BOS 7:05 PM CT	26	27 CHW 7:05 PM CT	28 CHW 7:05 PM CT
29 CHW 7:05 PM CT	30 LAA 7:05 PM CT	31 LAA 7:05 PM CT

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Texas	27	18	0.0	242	163
Oakland	22	23	5.0	153	173
LA Angels	21	25	6.5	165	167
Seattle	21	26	7.0	176	186

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