It's been a while, but seriously, the Rangers aren't doing anything weird and everything is proceeding as well as can be expected.  Some of this is because 2014 couldn't possibly happen again, so we're not going in to training wondering who half the team will be.  The other part is that Texas seems to be holding their cards close to the chest...there just isn't any significant noise coming out of Surprise.

The sauciest news so far is Yu Darvish's first english-only press conference, which included the quote:  "That's bullshit.  People are talking about Yu Darvish quitting this team. I never quit the team. I love the teammates, this ballclub. I've never done like that in my life. It's not true," regarding allegations that he "quit" on the team last year when he was sidelined with a sore elbow.  Jon Daniels also spoke to the injury, revealing that the injury was ligament inflammation, and that it was more serious than the Rangers let on at the time.

Other good news is that Manager Jeff Bannister, also speaking at the press conference, shared that he would like Darvish to be more aggressive this year:  "Watching him from the outside and watching videotape, it looks like there are times opposing hitters look like they are trying to push him out over the plate.  I'd like to see him be more aggressive with his hard stuff, more aggressive in. Open up the outer part of the plate for himself. Attack the hitters. Look to get early outs. Any time you're looking to get early outs that's an aggressive approach."

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