THE NEWBERG REPORT -- April 25, 2008

Matt Patterson of the Daily Oklahoman reports that Texas has decided to recall catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, in light of the bruised throwing hand that catcher Adam Melhuse sustained handling a pitch in the dirt in yesterday afternoon's game.  Nothing official yet, though, and in fact Jon Daniels told T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com that the club wouldn't make a decision until evaluating Melhuse further today.  It could just be that the club is bringing Saltalamacchia in from Oklahoma City so that he'll be in town and available just in case.

The switch-hitting Saltalamacchia, in the first AAA assignment of his career, has hit .291/.391/.491 for the RedHawks (.462/.500/.769 against lefthanders, .238/.360/.405 against righties, .300/.417/.400 with runners in scoring position).  He has caught 15 of the club's 21 games, sporting a spotless fielding percentage and cutting down three of 11 would-be basestealers.