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Rangers left-handed hitting first baseman prospect Chris McGuiness will in the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick at 7 p.m. Dallas time. The game will be broadcast on MLB Network.

McGuiness, 24, is hitting .278 with three homers and 13 RBIs. He is playing for Surprise right now.

He played 2012 for Double-A Frisco and batted .268 with 23 homers and 77 RBIs in 123 games (456 at-bats). He had 107 strikeouts and 69 walks.

McGuiness was co-player of the week in the AFL in early October, going 7-for-16 with two homers and a 1.078 OPS. He came to Texas as part of the Jarrod Saltalamacchia deal with the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline in 2010.

Do YU want to know what happened? Do YU really? Here YU go!  The day had come to see the highly anticipated Yu Darvish finally take the mound after what seems like light years since he actually signed with the Texas Rangers.

Yu got off to a good start striking out the first Padres batter. He gave up a double to second baseman Orlando Hudson, then retired Guzman and Quentin. First inning pitch count:19. Not bad for his first outing.

In the second, Will Venable led off with a double (doubles scare me, but it’s early and they did no harm) but Yu showed off his athletic ability with some great plays covering first. Darvish threw 36 pitches, 26 which were strikes(he struck out 3). He seemed like he had great command and like he was happy to be back on the mound. 

In his press conference after the game, he stated:

“First, I was happy to compete again against an opponent. I was with my four seam fastball and my slider. It’s an early part of the season and I’m not worried about the negatives of today. I’m just happy to throw.”

We’re happy you’re throwing too Darvish! And the Rangers? Did I mention they won 6-2?