Rangers Acquire Ivan Rodriguez – Online Sportsbook, Online sportsbook has the Texas Rangers acquiring catcher Ivan Rodriguez from the Houston Astros for two minor-league players. Rodriguez was the catcher the last time the Rangers made the playoffs and could help them in their playoff push this time. Texas is very much in the Wild Card race and a contender in Internet sportsbook odds.
Online sportsbook information shows that the Rangers started play on Tuesday with a one-game lead in the Wild Card standings. The Rangers can put Pudge to immediate use as sports betting information indicates, as he will backup Taylor Teagarden. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was placed on the disabled list due to arm fatigue as online sports betting reports showed. Online sportsbook info tells us that the Rangers are hoping that Saltalamacchia can return after some rehab and work but that is weeks away at best. “I don’t want my season to end. We’re in the hunt, and I want to help out as much as I can.” Saltalamacchia said.
Rodriguez played for the Rangers from 1991 to 2002 and won 10 Gold Gloves and was the American League MVP in 1999 as online sportsbook statistics indicate. The Rangers won the AL West title in 1996, 1998 and 1999 as Internet sportsbook results show.
Rodriguez signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Astros in March as online sportsbook info tells us. He is hitting .251 with eight homers and 34 RBI in 327 at-bats this season as Internet sportsbook statistics have it. Pudge was excited to be going back to the Rangers. “I’m heading back to Dallas and that’s where I started,” Rodriguez said to a local station. “The team is doing great, they are in first place in the Wild Card right now and I think they need a player like me to be there and be with those guys and learn the pitching staff.”
Rodriguez moves from a team in Houston that doesn’t have much chance to win the division this season in online sportsbook numbers to a contender in the American League. “They can’t wait for me to get there and it’s going to be fun,” said Rodriguez, “But the most important thing is that I have to go there and contribute and do whatever Ron Washington wants me to do.”
The Rangers are 27-1 at the online sportsbook to win this year’s World Series. They are well back of the Yankees and Red Sox in terms of Internet sportsbook odds even though they actually lead Boston in the standings.