ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Rangers pitcher Doug Mathis has been hired as the team's bullpen coach. Mathis replaces Oscar Marin, who was hired last month as pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mathis was a minor league pitching coach the past three seasons, in the Seattle and Toronto organizations, after playing professionally for 11 years. His only major league experience came in 45 games for the Rangers from 2008-10. He also pitched professionally in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Texas on Tuesday also named former major league infielder Darwin Barney as manager of its Triple-A team in Nashville. It is the first professional coaching role for Barney, who played for three teams over eight big league seasons (2010-17), and was the NL Gold Glove second baseman in 2012 with the Chicago Cubs. Switch-hitting outfielder Henry Ramos signed a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training. He spent all of last season at Triple-A Sacramento. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Capsules of American League East teams, listed in order of finish last year:___Boston Red Sox2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.Manager: Alex Cora (first season).He's Here: DH J.D. Martinez.He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad.Projected Lineup: RF Mookie Betts (.264, 24 HRs, 102 RBIs), LF Andrew Benintendi (.271, 20, 90), 1B Hanley Ramirez (.242, 23, 62) or Mitch Moreland (.246, 22, 79), DH J.D. Martinez (.303, 45, 104 with Tigers and Diamondbacks), 3B Rafael Devers (.284, 10, 30 in 58 games), SS Xander Bogaerts (.273, 10, 62), CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (.245, 17, 63), C Christian Vazquez (.290, 5, 32) or Sandy Leon (.225, 7, 39), 2B Eduardo Nunez (.313, 12, 58, 24 SBs with Giants and Red Sox) or Dustin Pedroia (.293, 7, 62, .369 OBP in 105 games, expected to be out until late May following knee surgery).Rotation: LH Chris Sale (17-8, 2.90 ERA, MLB-best 308 Ks, MLB-high 214... [More]

A team-by-team look at the American League East entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:___Boston Red SoxManager: Alex Cora (first season).2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida.Park: JetBlue Park.First Workout: Feb. 14/19.He's Here: Manager Alex Cora.He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, INF Eduardo Nunez, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad, RHP Blaine Boyer.Going campin': The Red Sox won 93 games for the second straight season and claimed the franchise's first back-to-back AL East titles. But Farrell was fired after they failed to advance in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. They are virtually the same team as last year; boss Dave Dombrowski said he was looking for a bat with power and still might add one of the free agents remaining on the market, including... [More]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Veteran infielder Darwin Barney has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers that includes an invitation to major league spring training.He would get a $1,125,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster under the deal announced Monday.Barney won a Gold Glove with the Chicago Cubs in 2012, when he had only two errors in 155 games at second base. The Los Angeles Dodgers traded him to Toronto on Sept. 13, 2015, and he hit .232 with six home runs and 25 RBIs in 129 games for the Blue Jays last season.The 32-year-old Barney has a .246 career batting average in 814 career games over eight seasons with the Cubs (2010-14), Dodgers (2014-15) and Blue Jays (2015-17). He has started 673 games, 570 as a second baseman. He also has starts at third base, shortstop and left field.___More MLB baseball: https://apnews.com/tags/MLBbaseball

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Veteran infielder Darwin Barney has signed a minor league contract with the Rangers that includes an invitation to major league spring training.Texas announced with the deal Monday.Barney won a Gold Glove with the Chicago Cubs in 2012, when he had only two errors in 155 games at second base. The Los Angeles Dodgers traded him to Toronto on Sept. 13, 2015, and he hit .232 with six home runs and 25 RBIs in 129 games for the Blue Jays last season.The 32-year-old Barney has a .246 career batting average in 814 career games over eight seasons with the Cubs (2010-14), Dodgers (2014-15) and Blue Jays (2015-17). He has started 673 games, 570 as a second baseman. He also has starts at third base, shortstop and left field.___More MLB baseball: https://apnews.com/tags/MLBbaseball

INF Darwin Barney walked in the second inning of the 1-0 loss to the Royals on Thursday, ending a string of 141 plate appearances without one. It was the longest such streak in the majors. He was 1-for-1 in the game and is batting .400 (16-for-40) with five doubles, two homers and seven RBIs in his past 12 games.

INF Darwin Barney had a two-run homer and an RBI single Tuesday in the 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The homer in the sixth inning provided the first runs of the game and was his fifth of the season. "I was looking to get a bunt down and it didn't work out," Barney said. "I guess the best-case scenario after that is what happened." He is batting .432 in his past 10 starts with two homers and seven RBIs.

INF Darwin Barney was scratched before the game with an illness. The team has had several players hit with the illness as it has gone through the team. Barney has hit .235 in 117 games for Toronto this season.

2B Darwin Barney started at second base in place of Sunday's starter, Richard Urena. Barney, who pinch-hit in Sunday's loss to the Orioles, entered the game with a .217 average and four home runs, which match his 2016 total.

2B Darwin Barney registered his 15th multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI game of the season Saturday in Baltimore. Barney doubled to left field in the seventh and then hit his fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot that made in 7-0, in the eighth. He is batting .222 (34-for-148) with six doubles, three home runs and 10 RBIs in road games.

SS Darwin Barney went 1-for-3 with a double Saturday against the Cubs. It was his first hit at Wrigley Field since his final game with the Cubs on July 12, 2014, against Atlanta. He is batting .221 this season.

2B Darwin Barney had a bases-clearing, three-run double that gave the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. The three-RBI effort marked a season-high for Barney, who has driven in at least three runs in a game 12 times over his career. Prior to Monday night, the last time Barney recorded at least three RBIs was July 20, 2016.

INF Darwin Barney doubled in the eighth inning Friday in the 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, his first double since May 12. He entered the game after SS Troy Tulowitzki (sprained right ankle) was injured at first base trying to beat out a grounder in the third inning. Barney took over at second base with Ryan Goins shifting to shortstop.

2B Darwin Barney recorded his first homer since May 7 with his two-run shot in the first inning Wednesday at Texas. Barney was hitting just .156 since his May 7 homer. He was in a 1-for-18 slide before the homer.

Darwin Barney started in left field Saturday, his first start in the outfield this season. He was 0-for-2 at the plate in the 7-0 loss to the New York Yankees before he was replaced as a pinch hitter by OF Ezequiel Carrera, one of the regular left fielders.

3B Darwin Barney got his first home run of the season -- he had only four last season -- with a solo shot in the eighth to give Toronto a 2-1 win over the Rays. Runs have been hard to come by for the Jays, but Barney came through with the game-winner Sunday.

3B Darwin Barney came into the game hitting 5 for 8 in previous games against Red Sox starter Rick Porcello. Barney added to that with one hit in three attempts and two RBIs. He also made some great plays in the field.

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis was removed from the team's American League Championship Series roster due to a knee injury.Travis missed the final two games of the AL Division Series against the Texas Rangers with a bone bruise in his right knee. He aggravated the injury in the fifth inning of Friday's Game 1 at the Cleveland Indians."There's enough information to suggest that the injury has changed and there is more of an injury than just the bone bruise," Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said. "I don't want to get into the specifics of it yet until we get more information as the swelling gets down, as the inflammation gets out of there. I'd rather have a much clearer picture, but there was enough information to suggest that the injury was new." Major League Baseball approved the request to remove Travis from the roster, and the Blue Jays replaced him with Justin Smoak. Darwin Barney got the start at second base in Game 2 on Saturday."We're going to move forward," Barney... [More]

INF Darwin Barney was activated from the family medical emergency list on Saturday. He was away from the team for three days.

IF Darwin Barney left the team after being placed on the Family Medical Emergency List. The Jays recalled IF Ryan Goins from Triple-A Buffalo for that spot.