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The Rangers have signed right-hander to a minor league deal, according to his at MLB.com. He has been a signed to Triple-A Round Rock for now but will presumably receive an invite to major league spring training. Boushley, 31, has a small amount of major league experience. He made one appearance for the Brewers last year and two for the Twins this year. He has thrown 6 1/3 innings in the big leagues, allowing three earned runs. He has naturally had a larger body of work in the minors. Over the past three years, he has made 80 Triple-A appearances, including 77 starts. In his 397 1/3 frames, he has a 4.55 earned run average, 18.4% strikeout rate and 7.3% walk rate. He was outrighted Chas Mccormick Jersey off the Twins roster in September and was able to elect free agency at seasons end, which has led to this deal with Texas. The Rangers have plenty of rotation uncertainty, having recently lost , , and to free agency. They have interest in bringing back some guys from that group but they are planning to duck under the competitive balance tax next year, which could lead to some budgetary constraints this winter. On paper, the current rotation includes , , , , , , and others, though there are plenty of question marks in that group. deGrom and Mahle returned from Tommy John surgery in 2024 but each of them made just three major league starts this year. Gray and Bradford mi sed decent chunks of the 2024 season as well. Dunning has been deployed as more of a depth/swing guy and could be a . Rocker and Leiter each have le s than 40 innings of major league experience. Boushley will give the club a bit of non-roster depth. Even if he doesnt earn a job out of camp, the Rangers might need a spot start or long reliever as the season goes along. Should Boushley get on the 40-man roster at some point, he still has options and could be freely moved to Round Rock and back, though a player can only be optioned five times in one season. Ryan Pressly Jersey |
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