Todd Kaufmann
Todd Kaufmann is a freelance writer who, since moving to Texas in 2008, has covered everything from minor league baseball, the PGA Tour, college football, to the Texas Rangers themselves. He and his wife currently reside near Mansfield, Texas with their yellow lab ironically named...Ranger. You can follow him on Twitter @T_Kaufmann as well as on Facebook

Can David Murphy pull a Mitch Moreland turnaround?
This is the David Murphy face Texas Rangers fans are growing accustomed to. First of all I’d like to thank Mitch Moreland for making me look like an absolute goof for writing this particular piece a few weeks More...

Texas Rangers leading despite several missing pieces
A more serious Derek Holland is delivering the goods in 2013. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) On March 30, 2013, ESPN asked 43 analysts to predict how each division would shake out, who would win each wild card More...

Scooping the Rangers: I might have been wrong about Mitch Moreland
Hey, Mitch Moreland. Your lack of production is not a laughing matter. I might have been wrong on Mitch Moreland. To this point in the season, I might be willing to say that I was wrong about Mitch Moreland. At More...

Scooping the Rangers: Yu Darvish too much for Angels to handle
Mike Trout reacts to Yu Darvish’s wicked curveball after being called out on strikes (see link below). I remember all the speculation surrounding Yu Darvish and the possibility of him landing with the Texas More...

Scooping the Rangers: The decision to let Josh Hamilton walk away
Striking out appears to be Josh Hamilton’s specialty these days. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) I remember all the speculation when Josh Hamilton officially hit free agency. Everyone wanted to give their More...

Scooping the Texas Rangers: Holland, Ogando trading places?
Alexi Ogando does the walk of shame after a poor performance at Wrigley. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Derek Holland has apparently found something Alexi Ogando misplaced. On a cold, wet and windy day at Wrigley More...

Scooping the Rangers: Not trading Mike Olt may have backfired
Texas Rangers prospect Mike Olt is off to a slow start. Fans are wondering if he should have been traded while the gettin’ was good. (Louis DeLuca/Dallas Morning News) The Texas Rangers waited too long to More...

Scooping the Rangers: To trade or not to trade Jurickson Profar
Talks of a Jurickson Profar trade should be centered around pitching, not another bat. (Jason Miller/Getty Images) The Texas Rangers say they’re going to hang on to minor league phenom Jurickson Profar. Yet they’re More...

Is Mike Maddux the Texas Rangers’ manager-in-waiting?
Mike Maddux may get the call when manager Ron Washington’s tenure in Texas ends. (Michael Zagaris/Getty Images) Ron Washington has done something no other manager in Texas Rangers history has ever done – More...

Texas Rangers, Nolan Ryan aren’t parting ways after all
Nolan Ryan will keep his seat behind home plate with the Texas Rangers. For the better part of a few months now, fans of the Texas Rangers sat quietly by their respective social media outlets and waited for some More...

Will the AL West title return to the Texas Rangers?
Lance Berkman and Mitch Moreland need to deliver for the Texas Rangers in 2013. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) For the 2013 Texas Rangers, a new season brings about a whole new list of possibilities as well as a few More...

Scooping the Rangers: Trade Elvis Andrus sooner, not later
Jurickson Profar will be thrust into the limelight when, not if, Elvis Andrus is traded. (Jurickson Profar) Texas Rangers fans have become so enthralled with Elvis Andrus. While I don’t blame them, it’s More...





