Adolis Garcia has been placed on the disabled list with a strained left ankle, and Bruce Bochy observes that the silver lining is that they’ll still be getting the same production from him as they were before the injury.
Evan Carter was activated from the IL in a corresponding move after landing there on August 2 with back spasms.
Pitching prospect Winston Santos, who has been sidelined since May with a stress reaction in his back, is expected to return to Frisco soon.
Cole Winn has undergone a transformation since moving to the bullpen in 2023, and leads all MLB pitchers who have pitched at least 20 innings in ERA.
Phil Maton struck out the last batter of the eighth inning last night, the first two batters in the ninth and then gave up two home runs and the game.
Merrill Kelly did his part against his former team, throwing six innings of two run ball to collect a quality start.
The loss dropped the Rangers back to .500 and it is looking increasingly unlikely that this is a playoff team.
The Rangers’ organization has been drafting a lot of injured pitchers lately, in part because they’ve developed a system that aims to take a pitcher that may be undervalued because of their injury and then systematize their rehabilitation.