The Rangers designated right-hander Roansy Contreras for task. Texas wanted to open a 40-man roster spot after finalizing their free agent offers with Jacob Webb and Nathan Eovaldi.
Contreras departs the Texas roster inside six weeks. The Rangers grabbed him off waivers from the Angels within the opening days of the offseason. There was all the time an honest probability that he wouldn’t stick on the roster all winter. He’ll both be traded or, extra doubtless, positioned again on waivers inside the subsequent few days.
The 25-year-old was as soon as thought to be one of many recreation’s higher pitching prospects. Initially a Yankee farmhand, he was a key piece of the package deal that New York despatched to the Pirates for Jameson Taillon. Contreras had an honest debut season with the Pirates in 2022, handing over a 3.79 ERA throughout 95 innings. He seemed like a long-term rotation piece on the time, however his manufacturing has dropped sharply over the past two seasons.
Contreras struggled to an ERA close to 7.00 throughout 68 1/3 MLB frames in 2023. He exhausted his final minor league possibility that 12 months. The Pirates carried him within the season-opening bullpen in ’24. He pitched 12 instances in medium-leverage spots earlier than the Bucs took him off the roster. They dealt him to the Angels for money in Could. Contreras performed out the 12 months with the Halos in an extended aid position, posting a 4.33 ERA with subpar peripherals in 37 appearances.
For the reason that begin of the 2023 season, Contreras owns a 5.47 earned run common over 136 2/3 innings. His 18.5% strikeout share and 10.5% stroll fee are worse than the respective MLB averages, as is his 1.4 residence runs allowed per 9. The efficiency and the lack to ship him to the minors with out placing him on waivers may result in him bouncing across the league. Contreras ought to nonetheless intrigue groups as a depth arm, as he sits round 95 MPH together with his four-seam fastball and throws six totally different pitches.
