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Rangers Move Tyson Ross To Bullpen

By Jeff Todd | August 24, 2017 at 7:42pm CDT

The Rangers will move righty Tyson Ross into the bullpen, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News tweets. Nick Martinez will take his spot in the rotation.

Texas inked the 30-year-old Ross to a one-year, $6MM pact last winter after he was non-tendered by the Padres. The hope was that he and fellow former San Diego rotation mate Andrew Cashner would bounce back and help form a quality starting five.

Though Cashner has overcome middling peripherals to provide 125 2/3 innings of 3.44 ERA ball, Ross has faltered. In ten starts since fully rehabbing from thoracic outlet surgery, he owns a 7.04 ERA with 35 strikeouts against 36 walks over just 46 frames.

Ross’s struggles have been rather all-encompassing. He is averaging just 91.7 mph on his fastball after sitting around 94 for most of his career. Ross is generating swings and misses on just 6.2% of his pitches — nearly half his rate from the prior four seasons. And he has permitted more home runs and generated fewer groundballs than ever.

With Texas still hanging in the AL Wild Card picture, the club will hope that Martinez can provide a boost. He, too, has struggled this year in the majors, carrying a 5.38 ERA with 2.24 homers per nine innings over his 80 1/3 frames thus far. He is sporting a 2.15 ERA at Triple-A, though that’s over a shorter sample and comes in spite of a less-than-inspiring combination of 5.5 K/9, 1.7 BB/9, and a 43.1% groundball rate.

Looking ahead a bit, Martinez will also aim to firm up his chances of taking a rotation spot entering 2018. Texas faces quite a few questions on its staff, with Cashner and Ross set to hit the open market and Yu Darvish already pitching with the Dodgers after being traded this summer. Martinez will join Martin Perez, A.J. Griffin, and Austin Bibens-Dirkx as potential options along with Cole Hamels, but that group doesn’t inspire much confidence at all based upon recent results.

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  1. ReverieDays

    5 years ago

    Glad the Cubs missed out on this train wreck at that price.

    Reply
    • partyatnapolis

      5 years ago

      that’s what i was just thinking

      Reply
    • GareBear

      5 years ago

      But let’s be honest, a 6 million it’s a bad deal but hardly damning. Plus if he can even produce league average results in the pen then 6 mil isn’t outlandish.

      Reply
      • ReverieDays

        5 years ago

        There’s a month left of the season. A month of average pen work on a bad team with a terrible stretch as a Starter isn’t worth 6 million.

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        • GeauxRangers

          5 years ago

          They’re more of a mediocre team than a bad team. Only a game or two out of the WC

        • JKB

          5 years ago

          If Ross would have pitched at least league Average the Rangers would already be in the wildcard lead. What a bust!

    • Priggs89

      5 years ago

      Yah, their payroll would’ve been totally screwed.

      Reply
    • mikecav19

      5 years ago

      Yeah!!!!! And got Anderson instead!!!!

      Reply
      • egrossen

        5 years ago

        Lol!!

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