Texas Rangers Report

Source: Rangers eye Josh Beckett

July, 30, 2012

7/30/12

7:57

PM CT

By Gordon Edes | ESPNDallas.com

BOSTON -- The Texas Rangers have not closed the door on a possible deal for Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett, according to a major league source, although the Red Sox have maintained they're not looking to move him and a rival general manager estimated there was a "2 percent chance" of a deal getting done.

"Too much money involved, and Beckett isn't pitching that well," the GM said.

Beckett, who is scheduled to pitch at Fenway Park on Tuesday night against the Tigers, declined to address his situation before the game.

Read the full story here.

Gordon Edes

Red Sox reporter, ESPNBoston.com

Has covered Red Sox for 15 years
Award-winning beat reporter
Joined ESPNBoston.com in 2009

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	43-30	22-12	21-18	W1
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	43-30	22-12	21-18	W1
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1
STL	45-26	20-13	25-13	L1

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TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER

Yu Darvish

WINS	ERA	SO	IP
7	2.84	137	101

OTHER LEADERS

.303

RBI

OPS

.857

ERA

Y. Darvish

2.84

Y. Darvish

137

JUNE 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 KC L 1 - 4
2 KC W 3 - 1	3	4 @BOS L 5 - 17	5 @BOS W 3 - 2	6 @BOS L 3 - 6	7 @TOR L 1 - 6	8 @TOR L 3 - 4
9 @TOR W 6 - 4	10 CLE W 6 - 3	11 CLE L 2 - 5	12 CLE L 2 - 5	13 TOR L 1 - 3	14 TOR L 0 - 8	15 TOR L 1 - 6
16 TOR L 2 - 7	17 OAK W 8 - 7	18 OAK L 2 - 6	19 OAK 7:05 PM CT	20 OAK 1:05 PM CT	21 @STL 7:15 PM CT	22 @STL 6:15 PM CT
23 @STL 7:00 PM CT	24	25 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	26 @NYY 6:00 PM CT	27 @NYY 12:05 PM CT	28 CIN 7:05 PM CT	29 CIN 6:15 PM CT
30 CIN 2:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2 SEA 7:05 PM CT	3 SEA 7:05 PM CT	4 SEA 7:05 PM CT	5 HOU 7:05 PM CT	6 HOU 6:15 PM CT
7 HOU 2:05 PM CT	8 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	9 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	10 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	11 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	12 @DET 6:08 PM CT	13 @DET 6:15 PM CT
14 @DET 12:08 PM CT	15	16	17	18	19 BAL 7:05 PM CT	20 BAL 7:05 PM CT
21 BAL 6:05 PM CT	22 NYY 7:05 PM CT	23 NYY 7:05 PM CT	24 NYY 7:05 PM CT	25 NYY 1:05 PM CT	26 @CLE 6:05 PM CT	27 @CLE 6:05 PM CT
28 @CLE 12:05 PM CT	29 LAA 7:05 PM CT	30 LAA 7:05 PM CT	31 LAA 7:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1	2 @OAK 9:05 PM CT	3 @OAK 3:05 PM CT
4 @OAK 3:05 PM CT	5 @LAA 9:05 PM CT	6 @LAA 9:05 PM CT	7 @LAA 9:05 PM CT	8	9 @HOU 7:10 PM CT	10 @HOU 6:10 PM CT
11 @HOU 1:10 PM CT	12 @HOU 1:10 PM CT	13 MIL 7:05 PM CT	14 MIL 7:05 PM CT	15	16 SEA 7:05 PM CT	17 SEA 7:05 PM CT
18 SEA 2:05 PM CT	19 HOU 7:05 PM CT	20 HOU 7:05 PM CT	21 HOU 7:05 PM CT	22	23 @CHW 7:10 PM CT	24 @CHW 6:10 PM CT
25 @CHW 1:10 PM CT	26 @SEA 9:10 PM CT	27 @SEA 9:10 PM CT	28 @SEA 2:40 PM CT	29	30 MIN 7:05 PM CT	31 MIN 7:05 PM CT

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Oakland	43	30	0.0	341	288
Texas	39	32	3.0	306	291
Seattle	32	40	10.5	252	309
LA Angels	31	40	11.0	321	328
Houston	27	45	15.5	277	365

MLB

Final R H E
Athletics 6 7 1
Rangers 2 3 1

Final	R	H	E
Athletics	6	7	1
Rangers	2	3	1

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