Kansas City Royals (0-0) at Texas Rangers (0-0) RHP Aaron Brooks (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Colby Lewis (0-0, ––) Spring #1 • Home #1 (0-0) • Wed., March 4, 2015 • Surprise Stadium • 2:05 p.m. CDT • No TV / 105.3 FM TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS BROADCAST INFO: The Rangers will provide broadcast coverage on 25 TEXAS RANGERS KANSAS CITY spring training games in 2015…a total of 12 spring games will be televised: 4 on 48 Colby Lewis RHP 62 Aaron Brooks RHP FOX Sports Southwest and 8 on TXA21…the new radio home of the Rangers, 49 Yovani Gallardo RHP 63 Yohan Pino RHP 105.3 The Fan, will provide live coverage on 15 dates beginning with today’s 59 Lisalverto Bonilla RHP 55 Tim Collins LHP Cactus League opener, as 2014 Ford C. Frick Award winner Eric Nadel will be 72 Chi Chi Gonzalez RHP 31 Louis Coleman RHP joined by Matt Hicks for today’s game…a number of stations on the five-state 76 Martire Garcia LHP 64 Jandel Gustave RHP Texas Rangers Radio Network will also carry the spring broadcasts…an addi- 73 Scott Alexander LHP tional 8 games will be carried via a free audio Webcast on texasrangers.com… 74 Buddy Baumann LHP the Rangers Spanish Radio home, ESPN Deportes 1540 AM, will carry the final 47 Joe Paterson LHP 2 spring games on 4/3 and 4/4 in Arlington. TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS SATURDAY ON MLB NETWORK: The Texas/Milwaukee game on Saturday TEXAS RANGERS KANSAS CITY will be televised on MLB Network, with the Brewers TV feed airing in the DFW 11 Yu Darvish RHP 33 Brian Flynn LHP market on a one hour delay beginning at 3pm CT. 65 Ross Wolf RHP 50 Miguel Almonte RHP 73 Alec Asher RHP 48 Michael Mariot RHP 55 Roman Mendez RHP 46 Ryan Madson RHP INTRASQUAD GAME RECAP: The Rangers played an intrasquad game on 44 Spencer Patton RHP 37 Chris Dwyer LHP Sunday in Surprise, and Monday’s scheduled intrasquad was rained out…none 36 Jon Edwards RHP 59 Brian Broderick RHP of the pitchers from the intrasquad are scheduled to throw today…on Sunday, a team managed by Jason Wood (Triple-A Round Rock manager) defeated a NEW FACES ON STAFF: In addition to new manager Jeff Banister, who is team managed by Joe Mikulik (Double-A Frisco) by a 5-4 score in a 5 1/2-inning in his first season with the Rangers after 29 years in the Pirates organization, intrasquad game…the first 3 pitchers for each team posted scoreless innings, there are also 4 new faces on the major league coaching staff: Tony Beasley including a perfect first inning with 2 strikeouts for Yu Darvish…Nick Tepesch (3rd base), Steve Buechele (bench), Hector Ortiz (1st base), and Jayce Tingler and Nick Martinez also worked efficiently in their respective scoreless innings… (field coordinator)…Andy Hawkins (bullpen), Bobby Jones (asst. hitting), Mike Team Wood benefitted from 3 unearned runs on 4 errors by Team Mikulik… Maddux (pitching), and Dave Magadan (hitting) all return for 2015. Ryan Ludwick and Nate Schierholtz each had 2 hits with a run scored…Jorge Alfaro hit the game’s lone homer off Alec Asher in the 5th inning, as Alfaro was YEAR NO. 13: The Rangers are in the organization’s 13th season of conducting 2-for-2 with 2 RBI…Ed Lucas tallied 2 hits and an RBI while Carlos Peguero hit spring training in Surprise, Arizona…the club began training here in 2003 follow- a 2-run double in the 5th inning for Team Wood’s final runs. ing a move from Port Charlotte, Fla…today marks the beginning of the team’s 13th season in the Cactus League. ORTIZ IS BACK: First base coach Hector Ortiz returned to camp this morning after missing a few days to be with his wife Elaine for the birth of their son, Lo- COUNT IT: Despite a charity designation, today’s game WILL count in official gan Xavier, who was born on Friday. Cactus League statistics. INJURY REPORT: LHP Derek Holland (left shoulder soreness) played long OLMOS LEAVES CAMP: The Rangers’ 2/24 waiver claim for LHP Edgar Ol- toss yesterday and is scheduled for a bullpen in the next few days…SS Elvis mos is in the process of being reversed by MLB and he will be returned to Andrus (left knee soreness) is not playing today after taking ground balls on Seattle due to the situation with his left shoulder…Olmos left camp this morning grass yesterday…continues to be evaluated…1B Mitch Moreland (left ankle and will be further evaluated by the Mariners medical staff…at present, he is surgery rehab) ran bases yesterday and continues to ramp up activities in an technically still on the Rangers 40-man roster but will be officially returned to effort to play in a game next week…1B Kyle Blanks (left Achilles tendinitis) Seattle in the next 48 hours. was scheduled to run bases today and his timetable is undetermined…LHP Michael Kirkman (left shoulder stiffness) has been limited since participating in ROSTER / LATE ADDITIONS: The Rangers spring roster currently has 64 play- the first pitcher/catcher workout on 2/21…scheduled to throw a bullpen today… ers (including soon-to-depart Edgar Olmos)…while Jamey Wright (signed on INF Jurickson Profar underwent right shoulder surgery on 2/23 at the Trinity 2/14) made it into the Rangers media guide (last 4 pages of guide), Texas added Surgery Center in Arlington…during the procedure, Rangers Team Physician INF Elliot Johnson on 3/23 and his supplemental bio can be found in the press Dr. Keith Meister repaired a labrum tear in the shoulder…Dr. Meister reported box. that the surgery went well and nothing else needed to be surgically repaired in the shoulder. Profar is not in camp and is expected to be sidelined for the entire EVERYBODY IS SIGNED: The Rangers agreed to terms with 6 players today 2015 season. (pitchers Luke Jackson, Phil Klein, Nick Martinez, Roman Mendez, and Tanner Scheppers, along with catcher Robinson Chirinos) and renewed the contract MINOR LEAGUE SIGNINGS: The Rangers have signed 3 players to minor of RHP Shawn Tolleson…with today’s transactions, the club has all 41 players league deals, and all 3 are in minor league camp but do not appear in the me- (40-man plus 60-day DL resident Jurickson Profar) under contract for 2015. dia guide: LHP Juan Grullon, RHP Jesus Pirela, and RHP Mark Rogers… Grullon, 24, has not pitched for the last 3 seasons after he was released by the BELTRE UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH 2016: On 2/23, the Rangers an- club on 12/20/11…he was originally signed by Texas a non-drafted free agent nounced that the club had amended the contract of 3B Adrian Beltre to extend on 10/25/06 and advanced as far as Spokane, going 16-6 with a 2.88 ERA in 66 him through the 2016 season…Beltre had agreed to a 6-year contract with the games/32 starts in the Rangers minor league system…Pirela, 25, went 1-3 with Rangers on 1/5/11, with the 6th year being a vesting option. 20 saves and a 1.51 ERA (9 ER/53.2 IP) and over 50 games with Veracruz in the Mexican League last season…held opponents to a .140 average (24-172) WELCOME BACK: No Texas big league player has been in Surprise for all 13 with 61 strikeouts against just 18 walks…Rogers, 29, spent the bulk of the 2014 spring trainings in this location…members of the organization’s on-field staff campaign with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League, present for all 13 springs: bullpen coach Andy Hawkins (one year with KC), going 5-6 with a 4.17 ERA (40 ER/86.1 IP) in 18 games/starts…the former 5th assistant hitting coach Bobby Jones, and bullpen catcher Josh Frasier…also overall pick of the Brewers in 2004 began last season in the Seattle organiza- on the list are general manager Jon Daniels, medical staffers Jamie Reed and tion (2 G/1 GS). Kevin Harmon, and clubhouse man Dave Bales. SPRING SCHEDULE: The Rangers are scheduled to play 34 spring training VS. KANSAS CITY: Texas is scheduled to meet Kansas City for 2 straight to games in 2015, including 30 contests in Arizona…club will also play 2 games in open the Cactus League slate, the first of 3 meetings between the Surprise San Antonio (3rd annual H-E-B Big League Weekend 3/20 and 3/21 vs. Dodg- neighbors this spring…teams’ only other meeting after tomorrow will be on 3/30, ers) and 2 games in Arlington (4/3 and 4/4 vs. Mets), with the latter contests with Rangers being the home team…Texas went 1-5 vs. the American League wrapping up the exhibition schedule…the games against the Mets mark the champs in 2014, fewest wins ever against the Royals in a season…in the regu- first Arlington exhibitions against a major league club since Texas hosted KC on lar season, the clubs are scheduled to meet 7 times: 5/11-14 in Arlington (4 G) 4/2/10…the only night games on the Arizona portion of the schedule are 3/23 and 6/5-7 in KC (3 G)…the Rangers have played their Cactus League opener vs. CIN (6:05 p.m. AZ time), 3/25 at CIN (7:05), and 3/26 vs.