The Rangers have re-signed right-hander Bartolo Colon and infielder Trevor Plouffe to minor league contracts, according to a team announcement. Both players will report to Triple-A Round Rock.
It’s not surprising that the Rangers brought back Colon, whom they were reportedly interested in re-signing when they released him on Saturday. The accomplished and well-liked 44-year-old will serve as depth behind the starting quintet of Cole Hamels, Matt Moore, Doug Fister, Mike Minor and Martin Perez.
Plouffe, 31, looked into other opportunities after the Rangers released him from his previous minors deal last week, but he apparently came up empty in that search. Once a quality regular in Minnesota, where he combined for 5.9 fWAR from 2014-15, Plouffe’s career has taken a terrible turn in recent years. He was especially poor in 2017 between Oakland and Tampa Bay (.198/.272/.318 in 313 plate appearances), leaving him to rebuild his stock this season in the minors.
Saw him sitting outside their offices with a sign that read “Will work for Food”…
Makes it an expensive contract then
YAY!
O hello EB
Just enough time to dodge a test and sign for his fedex package…
Wow…how original. Did you come up with this one all by yourself?? Try leading instead of following
BIG BART
Welp……..there goes your savior, Giants fans.
They both will be brought up really soon. Great re-sign by the Rangers
are you sure it’s a great re-sign?
Likely by May I figure. I say give Colon some chances.
I love it when you call me Big Sexy!
As some who goes to Round Rock games I am excited to see Colon in person. Hope he is cool to the fans.
I’m with you on that! We’ve been hoping to see him down here playing for the express. I’ve watched him pitch live before, but he a had an upper 90s fastball, so this will be very different.
Met him in person a few times when i worked for the Rangers, he was pretty nice to everybody. Out of the 8 years i worked at the ballpark, only a handful of players were complete jerks!
As soon as I saw this post, I couldn’t wait to read the comments. I’ll throw one out there….Invest in Whataburger franchises in the Arlington area, Big Sexy is coming to town….
Lol
Big Sexy eating his way through AAA this year
Big Sloppi
I’ve met him and he was polite and respectful .
That dude going to win the CY Young this year watch. Dude can pitch.