Toronto — The Texas Rangers today announced several transactions to set the club’s 28-man Opening Day roster ahead of Thursday’s 11:00 a.m. CT deadline:
- RHP Matt Bush, INF Charlie Culberson, and RHP Greg Holland contracts selected from Triple-A Round Rock.
- RHP Garrett Richards placed on 10-day Injured List, retroactive to April 4 (right middle finger blister).
- RHP José Leclerc placed on 60-day Injured List (recovering from right elbow surgery).
- OF Jeferson Espinal acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for INF Yonny Hernandez.
- INF Sherten Apostel designated for assignment.
- RHP Spencer Patton optioned to Triple-A Round Rock.
- 1B/OF Joe McCarthy assigned to Triple-A Round Rock.
- INF Josh Jung placed on Round Rock (AAA) Injured List (recovering from left shoulder surgery).
The Rangers’ season opener is Friday at 6:37 p.m. CT against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The first date Richards would be eligible to be activated from the Injured List is April 14. The Rangers have seven days to trade, release, or outright Apostel to the minor leagues.
Espinal has been assigned to the Arizona Complex League Rangers. The 19-year-old has a career slash line of .303/.376/.397/.773 over two professional seasons in the Diamondbacks system since signing with the club on July 2, 2018. The left-handed batter and thrower saw his first stateside action in 2021, batting .259 with 2 home runs and 23 RBI over 62 games for the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks (Rookie) and Visalia (A).
Hernandez appeared in 44 games for the Rangers last season in his Major League debut. He was originally signed by Texas as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2014.
With today’s transactions, the Rangers are at the 40-man limit on the club’s Major League roster, along with two players (Jonathan Hernández and José Leclerc) on the 60-day Injured List.
Pitchers (15)
Albert Abreu
Kolby Allard (L)
Joe Barlow
Brock Burke (L)
Matt Bush
Dane Dunning
Jon Gray
Taylor Hearn (L)
Greg Holland
Spencer Howard
John King (L)
Brett Martin (L)
Martin Perez (L)s
Dennis Santana
Josh Sborz
Catchers (2)
Mitch Garver
Jonah Heim
Infielders (5)
Charlie Culberson
Andy Ibáñez
Nathaniel Lowe
Corey Seager
Marcus Semien
Outfielders (6)
Kole Calhoun
Willie Calhoun
Adolis García
Brad Miller
Nick Solak
Eli White
10-Day Injured List (1)
RHP Garrett Richards (right middle finger blister)
60-Day Injured List (2)
RHP Jonathan Hernández (right elbow surgery recovery)
RHP José Leclerc (right elbow surgery recovery)