NOTES: Well, so much for the second go around of Robbie Ross. Back to the pile with him. In his place is another guy who I’ve never heard of pitching for the Rangers. It’s very much a theme this season.
NOTES: The way this season has gone, might as well try Robbie Ross again. Not confident there, though.
NOTES: Well, it was inevitable. Darvish is on the DL. Initial reports are saying “elbow inflammation”. Not the words I wanted to hear about him. That phrase in my mind leads to larger problems. Hope we’re not going there.
This is also the 24th roster move the Rangers have made this season because of the disabled list – a major league record.
As for Alex Claudio, hope the kid comes up and isn’t knocked around, be nice to have a kid come up and do well. Especially this season.
NOTES: Well, Soto is back again. Jerome Williams is gone. Can’t think of anything terribly exciting to say about either move at the moment. Still annoyed at the DFA of Gimenez from a few days ago. :(
NOTE: That’s a pretty uncool thing to do, IMO. I know about the “business” of all of it, but man, cutting the guy loose when he’s home dealing with a brand new baby? I lost a job I loved dearly six days before my son was born, and that sucked. Really did not enjoy hearing this news – not from a baseball standpoint, but from a human standpoint. Bleargh. :)
NOTES: Mike Carp was claimed on waivers from Boston on Sunday and then added to the roster on Monday. He’s a player that had an awesome 2013 season, and then fell down in 2014, and was dfa by Boston. A friend of mine who is a Sox fan says he can be a great player if you give him time to play, something he didn’t really get in 2014 in Boston. We shall see. :)
NOTES: The pitching carousel continues.
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NOTES: The last two there were mostly just procedural. Smokin’ Joe Ortiz was activated, but optioned immediately. Kouzmanoff, who I was bummed went to the DL (and someone probably won’t play for the Rangers again) was moved to the 60 to make room.
However, the bigger news is Jerome Williams. Formerly of the Angels, he was purchased on Friday to make the start for the Rangers, becoming the 32nd pitcher used this season (including the two position players Mitch Moreland & Chris Gimenez). Kind of a bummer about Smolinski, I was digging that kid. But hey, we’d gone a few days without someone being hurt – it was overdue!
NOTES: With Soria gone to Detroit, Nate Adcock is brought up to take his spot on the 25 man roster. Moreland was moved to the 60 day DL to make room for Adcock on the 40 man. Hmm. another pitcher. We’ve used a couple this year already. :)