The Rangers have signed right-hander Caleb Boushley to a minor league deal, in line with his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He has been assigned to Triple-A Spherical Rock for now however will presumably obtain an invitation to main league spring coaching.
Boushley, 31, has a small quantity of main league expertise. He made one look for the Brewers final 12 months and two for the Twins this 12 months. He has thrown 6 1/3 innings within the massive leagues, permitting three earned runs.
He has naturally had a bigger physique of labor within the minors. Over the previous three years, he has made 80 Triple-A appearances, together with 77 begins. In his 397 1/3 frames, he has a 4.55 earned run common, 18.4% strikeout fee and seven.3% stroll fee.
He was outrighted off the Twins’ roster in September and was in a position to elect free company at season’s finish, which has led to this take care of Texas. The Rangers have loads of rotation uncertainty, having just lately misplaced Nathan Eovaldi, Andrew Heaney, Max Scherzer and José Ureña to free company. They’ve curiosity in bringing again some guys from that group however they’re reportedly planning to duck underneath the aggressive stability tax subsequent 12 months, which may result in some budgetary constraints this winter.
On paper, the present rotation contains Jacob deGrom, Tyler Mahle, Jon Grey, Cody Bradford, Dane Dunning, Kumar Rocker, Jack Leiter and others, although there are many query marks in that group. deGrom and Mahle returned from Tommy John surgical procedure in 2024 however every of them made simply three main league begins this 12 months. Grey and Bradford missed first rate chunks of the 2024 season as properly. Dunning has been deployed as extra of a depth/swing man and may very well be a non-tender candidate. Rocker and Leiter every have lower than 40 innings of main league expertise.
Boushley will give the membership a little bit of non-roster depth. Even when he doesn’t earn a job out of camp, the Rangers would possibly want a spot begin or lengthy reliever because the season goes alongside. Ought to Boushley get on the 40-man roster in some unspecified time in the future, he nonetheless has choices and may very well be freely moved to Spherical Rock and again, although a participant can solely be optioned 5 occasions in a single season.