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Rangers Re-Sign Bartolo Colon, Trevor Plouffe

By Connor Byrne | March 26, 2018 at 2:55pm CDT

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.

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  1. Polish Hammer

    4 years ago

    Saw him sitting outside their offices with a sign that read “Will work for Food”…

    Reply
    • darkstar61

      4 years ago

      Makes it an expensive contract then

      Reply
  2. RiverCatsFilms

    4 years ago

    YAY!

    Reply
    • velorum

      4 years ago

      O hello EB

      Reply
  3. thegreatcerealfamine

    4 years ago

    Just enough time to dodge a test and sign for his fedex package…

    Reply
    • jbaker3170

      4 years ago

      Wow…how original. Did you come up with this one all by yourself?? Try leading instead of following

      Reply
  4. Gunnerson

    4 years ago

    BIG BART

    Reply
  5. Yelsnit

    4 years ago

    Welp……..there goes your savior, Giants fans.

    Reply
  6. Realtexan

    4 years ago

    They both will be brought up really soon. Great re-sign by the Rangers

    Reply
    • jessecc08

      4 years ago

      are you sure it’s a great re-sign?

      Reply
    • madmanTX

      4 years ago

      Likely by May I figure. I say give Colon some chances.

      Reply
  7. acarneglia

    4 years ago

    I love it when you call me Big Sexy!

    Reply
  8. asuchrisc

    4 years ago

    As some who goes to Round Rock games I am excited to see Colon in person. Hope he is cool to the fans.

    Reply
    • Pablo

      4 years ago

      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.

      Reply
    • willthathrill

      4 years ago

      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!

      Reply
  9. stratcrowder

    4 years ago

    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….

    Reply
    • Long Duc Dong

      4 years ago

      Lol

      Reply
  10. charty321

    4 years ago

    Big Sexy eating his way through AAA this year

    Reply
  11. Polish Hammer

    4 years ago

    Big Sloppi

    Reply
  12. CowboysoldierFTW

    4 years ago

    I’ve met him and he was polite and respectful .

    Reply
  13. michaelw

    4 years ago

    That dude going to win the CY Young this year watch. Dude can pitch.

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