The Rangers made a handful of strikes earlier than tonight’s collection opener in Oakland. Texas chosen veteran infielder Matt Duffy onto the roster and recalled outfielder/infielder Dustin Harris for what’ll be his large league debut. The Rangers additionally activated reliever Josh Sborz from the 15-day injured record.
Texas positioned third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day IL, optioned lefty reliever Walter Pennington and put utilityman Ezequiel Duran on the paternity record. Tyler Mahle moved from the 15-day to the 60-day IL in a procedural transfer to open a 40-man roster spot for Duffy. Texas had already shut Mahle down on account of shoulder soreness.
The 33-year-old Duffy will get a short alternative to return to the majors. Duffy has been in Triple-A since signing a minor league deal in Spring Coaching. The veteran infielder hasn’t produced a lot offensively, delivering a .218/.296/.280 slash throughout 216 plate appearances within the Pacific Coast League. Texas was out of wholesome infielders on the 40-man roster, although, so that they’ll give Duffy a shot to play within the large leagues for a ninth season. He’ll again up Marcus Semien, Josh Smith and Jonathan Ornelas for the ultimate six video games of the 12 months. Duffy shall be a free agent in the beginning of the offseason and shall be in line for one more minor league contract someplace.
Harris, 25, has a little bit of third base expertise himself. He has began 12 video games there with Triple-A Spherical Rock this season. He’s primarily an outfielder, logging greater than 900 frames between left and heart area. The left-handed hitter carries a .272/.358/.391 slash with 10 longballs throughout 564 journeys to the plate. That’s minimal energy manufacturing for the hitter-friendly PCL, however Harris has stolen 35 bases and has sturdy plate self-discipline numbers over his minor league profession.
Texas added Harris to their 40-man roster over the 2022-23 offseason. They’ve remained intrigued sufficient by his bodily instruments to maintain him on the roster even whereas he was on non-compulsory project within the minors. Baseball America ranked Harris because the #11 prospect within the system on its midseason replace. He may make his MLB debut in opposition to the group that drafted him. Harris was an Eleventh-round choose by the A’s in 2019. Oakland traded him to the Rangers the next summer season in a deadline deal for lefty Mike Minor.
Jung’s season involves a detailed due to proper wrist discomfort. The All-Star third baseman broke his wrist on a hit-by-pitch within the first week of the season. He underwent surgical procedure that sidelined him till the top of July. Jung hasn’t performed as much as his 2023 degree since returning and he’ll end the 12 months with a .264/.298/.421 slash in 46 video games. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning Information wrote this week that Jung will go to a specialist on Thursday to find out the supply of his ongoing discomfort. He’ll hope for a largely wholesome offseason.
