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One of the nice surprises of 2004 (relief pitcher Carlos Almanzar) resigned with the Rangers today. He’s got a 1 year deal, and was the final player we had that was arbitration eligible.
That takes care of all of our roster concerns of this type. Now it’s on to Carlos Delgado, hopefully. :)

Former Atlanta Brave Mark DeRosa was signed to a 1 year minor league contract today with an invite to spring training. I assume he’ll have a chance to compete for the job that Eric Young had last year (although I don’t know if DeRosa played the OF at all).

Tuesday morning we locked up Gary Matthews Jr for the 2005 season with a 1 year deal, avoiding arbitration. It’s worth $1.1 Million.

Monday afternoon brings the news that Alfonso Soriano was signed to a 1 year contract, avoiding arbitration.

On Friday afternoon, Richard Hidalgo meets the press in Arlington. I didn’t personally see any of the coverage, but I saw an article about it on the Texas Rangers site. However, did anyone notice that the picture they chose for Richard for the article was horrible? The funny thing is the picture is really bad, he looks mad, and the caption is “I am really happy to be here”.