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Right-hander Andrew Cashner is going home for a spot in the Texas Rangers rotation.A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Friday that the free agent pitcher and the team had reached an agreement on a $10 million, one-year deal. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and wasnt finalized, and the AL West champions had not made an official announcement.Cashner, a Texas native who was a first-round draft pick out of TCU in 2008, finished last season with the Miami Marlins after the San Diego Padres traded him July 29. He was 5-11 with a 5.25 ERA in 28 games last season.Texas had inquired about Cashner before the non-waiver trading deadline last summer, and had previously been interested in him.The 30-year-old Cashner will join a Rangers rotation thats led by aces Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish, and includes Martin Perez.After a standout career at TCU, about 20 miles from the Rangers ballpark, Cashner was drafted 19th overall by the Cubs in 2008. He made his major league debut two years later with 53 appearances for Chicago. The Cubs traded him to San Diego after the 2011 season, in the deal that sent first baseman Anthony Rizzo to Chicago, and Cashner eventually became a starter for the Padres.Cashner has a 31-53 record with a 3.89 ERA in 202 career games. He has started 103 of his last 104 games since making five relief appearances for San Diego the first month of the 2013 season.Texas earlier this month declined its $11 million option for left-handed starter Derek Holland, instead electing a $1.5 million buyout and making him a free agent. The 30-year-old Holland was part of Texas only two World Series teams in 2010 and 2011, but missed significant time because of injuries the past three seasons.Game notesThe Rangers received RHP Tyler Wagner on waiver claim from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 25-year-old Wagner spent most of the 2016 season on the disabled list at Triple-A Reno with a strained right lat muscle. He made three relief appearances for Arizona in April. ... Texas purchased the contract of 1B Ronald Guzman from Triple-A Round Rock, a move that protects him from the Rule 5 draft during the winter meetings next month. ... 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The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game.Forget seeing red - its the colour orange that will have the Western Bulldogs snarling for Saturdays AFL preliminary final.Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy admits they quickly have developed a rivalry with the Giants that has an edge to it.The two clubs have had a succession of connections since the Giants joined the AFL five years ago and Murphy says there is no love lost.Giants coach Leon Cameron and co-captain Callan Ward are former Bulldogs players.More recently, Tom Boyd went from the Giants to the Bulldogs two years ago and Dogs captain Ryan Griffen headed the other way in a monster player swap.In a short space theres been a fair bit of history and there have been some pretty spirited games of footy, Murphy told AFL360.It will all be on the line ... it will be a ripper.Theres not a lot of love lost there and it will be played hard and fast and tough.Murphy said unlike their three-straight losing preliminary finals in 2008-10, this time the Dogs have momentum.Their semi-final triumph last Friday night ended Hawthorns bid for four-straight premierships and itt followed their much-lauded elimination final win in Perth over West Coast.ddddddddddddIn the three Septembers between 08-10, they had to rebound from a losing qualifying final.Murphy added the ending to last Friday night, when teammates mobbed Caleb Daniel after he kicked a goal on the final siren, was another big moment for the club.He compared it to last seasons win over Sydney at the SCG, which showed the Dogs were a fast-emerging team.The last couple of years, it just has felt like the horizon has lifted, every so often, Murphy said.The win up in Sydney last year - for me, it (last Friday nights finish) was that moment again.A knee reconstruction ended Murphys season after only three games, but he is rapt for his team.Im good - Im having the odd moment, of course, he said.Youre aching not to be out there, but its small fry in the bigger picture.Where the club has been, to now, where its at, it fills me with enormous pride. 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