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Rangers Designate Austin Jackson

By Jeff Todd | July 11, 2018 at 11:12am CDT

The Rangers have designated outfielder Austin Jackson for assignment, per a club announcement. He had been acquired recently from the Giants but never reported to his new team, at its request.

As Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News explained at the time, the swap that brought Jackson and reliever Cory Gearrin to Texas was designed from the outset as a prospect purchase. “Our primary motivation was acquiring Jason Bahr,” GM Jon Daniels said of the deal. The Giants, who are just barely south of the $197MM luxury tax threshold, were willing to give up the young hurler in order to clear over $5MM in salary from their books as part of their own deadline maneuvering.

Jackson, 31, struggled badly at the plate this year in San Francisco. Over 165 plate appearances, he carries a meager .242/.309/.295 batting line. That power outage came along with a 35.8% strikeout rate that is far higher than the ~20% level Jackson has maintained in recent seasons.

It’s still possible, of course, that the Rangers will try to line up a trade involving the veteran outfielder. He did have a productive 2017 campaign, leading the Giants to give him a two-year, $6MM contract over the winter. But it seems unlikely that there will be much of a market for his services at the moment. Certainly, no other teams will have interest in taking on the salary, if any are even willing to give him a MLB roster spot.

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  1. Solaris601

    5 years ago

    No, Cleveland. While Jackson’s availability at pro-rated league minimum (once he clears) is tempting, do you really want Jackson and Rajai Davis on the same roster? There are better options.

    Reply
    • Wolf Chan

      5 years ago

      his availability @ the minimum would be if he is released. If he goes on minor league assignment, claimed or is traded it is at his full salary.

      Reply
      • Solaris601

        5 years ago

        Based on his horrific performance so far this season and the fact his contract runs through 2019, it would be truly shocking if any team claimed him. The fact that TEX advised him not to report after the trade suggests they have no intention of retaining him in any fashion. I think the Rangers agreed to eat his contract to obtain Bahr from SF.

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        • Deke

          5 years ago

          I feel like he really didn’t get a lot of playing time at SF. Not sure why, I suspect because Gorkys played way better than SF expected him to. That ballpark turns an average hitter into a terrible hitter.

        • Wolf Chan

          5 years ago

          when the season opened he was the starting CF most days – he got a lot of playing time but when he couldn’t get it going and gorkys heated up, it doesn’t make sense to keep him there

        • Wolf Chan

          5 years ago

          yeah but unless they release him rather than assigning him to AAA he is still at full salary. If they think that they can either trade or salvage him (eg stash him and include him a a trade with hamels, etc) it makes more sense to do it rather than to pay someone else to play him.

    • pd14athletics

      5 years ago

      I have a feeling Indians trade for Adam Jones

      Reply
      • sufferfortribe

        5 years ago

        I don’t. They have more pressing needs, like a real bullpen.

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        • pd14athletics

          5 years ago

          Miller coming back healthy is a big part of that. Indians have been linked to Machado and I don’t see it but if those teams are talking I can easily see them side stepping and working on other deals like Jones or Britton. As an outsider I feel like Indians should be playing a lot better than they are. Maybe they go on a run like last year. But I see them being active in the trade market.

        • Michael Chaney

          5 years ago

          Bingo. Part of me would love to see the Indians get Machado, but with the price they’d have to pay I’d rather they just pay more and get Brad Hand

      • madmanTX

        5 years ago

        You mean Pacman?

        Reply
      • Polish Hammer

        5 years ago

        Yes the Tribe needs bullpen help but I’ll take Jones in Cleveland.

        Reply
  2. cubsfan100

    5 years ago

    Cubs? Since they want an outfielder

    Reply
    • CubsRule08

      5 years ago

      It’s weird how the Cubs are looking for OF help, when they already have 5 OFs who are producing now (Schwarber, Happ, Almora, Heyward, and I’ll include Zobrist, even though he’s more of a utility guy now with Baez taking over 2nd).

      Reply
      • ray_derek

        5 years ago

        they aren’t until they trade Happ which is likely to happen if they trade before the deadline.

        Reply
        • CubsRule08

          5 years ago

          I don’t see the Cubs trading Happ by the deadline.

        • ray_derek

          5 years ago

          i do, unless they don’t make any moves

  3. Anonymous Man

    5 years ago

    Are they doing this to activate Martin Perez?????

    Reply
    • 2weeks

      5 years ago

      hopefully Perez never gets recalled

      Reply
      • Dalton1017

        5 years ago

        no. they are doing this so they don’t have to take someone off the 25 man roster… Jackson was technically never added and this is a measure so they don’t have to add him. when Martin comes back against the O’s my guess is they send do Rodriguez.

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        • Dalton1017

          5 years ago

          they send down Rodriguez.

  4. Johhos

    5 years ago

    Phillies for not much more than future considerations?

    Reply
    • CaseysPartner

      5 years ago

      WHAT?

      You have a very dry sense of humor?

      Reply
      • pinkerton

        5 years ago

        only if he’s younger than Bryce or Manny.

        Reply
      • Johhos

        5 years ago

        I do but that’s besides the point .

        Reply
  5. johnsilver

    5 years ago

    Funny stuff. 1 way to tell a player they stink and are not wanted.

    Reply
    • xabial

      5 years ago

      I was thinking the same thing. One has to factor Jackson was never a HR hitter (I think he hit 16 HR once) AT&T Stadium is one of the hardest stadiums to hit HR’s.

      I think someone will claim him.

      2017: He had .318/.387/.482 with 7 HR in 318 PA.

      Reply
      • Phillies2017

        5 years ago

        Based on money he won’t be claimed. Traded maybe but I doubt an outright claim

        Reply
  6. kimjongun2.0

    5 years ago

    Yankees shld pick him up wld be good addition

    Reply
  7. hughcapet987

    5 years ago

    Jonathan Daniels, the Ranger GM, must be dreaming that he could unload Jackson to some other team. He has to be one of the worst GM’s in baseball.

    Reply
    • tsc32

      5 years ago

      Dude got a good prospect out of it. And if he can’t trade Jackson away for another prospect, he’ll simply release Jackson. JD has done nothing wrong with this series on moves.

      Reply
    • oz10

      5 years ago

      I have never heard of him referred to as Jonathan so love to know how you know if that is his real name as I can only find him called Jon online. He also made it very clear that they were buying Bahr at the cost of Jackson and told him not to report. He also knows he has no trade value hence the release and not adding him and hoping to trade him. This is the measure put in place to outright release a player so there is no hope someone will pick him up, just the process the CBA agreed upon. Many ways to build a team and the Rangers have done a bad job at pitching, albeit we have some good ones lower in the minors, so this is a way to buy a prospect. It was actually pretty creative.

      Reply
  8. Phillies2017

    5 years ago

    Only way Jackson is traded is if the Rangers eat the $. Even then, they get a lottery ticket at best. I wouldn’t be opposed to grabbing him for the league minimum over the next two years as a depth option. Nothing to lose for a team like KC

    Reply
    • Wolf Chan

      5 years ago

      or they can package him at the deadline with someone more desirable to get rid of him

      Reply
    • oz10

      5 years ago

      And they would be all over that as they are already planning to eat the contract. I think it was written that if he signs for league min then the Rangers would recoup about $700k so the prospect would have to be worth that much to them. So most likely they just let him walk.

      Reply
  9. tyguy11

    5 years ago

    Austin Jackson is underrated

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