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Rangers Outright Chris Rowley

By Steve Adams | September 10, 2018 at 3:32pm CDT

The Rangers announced Monday that they’ve outrighted right-hander Chris Rowley off the 40-man roster after he cleared waivers. Texas’ 40-man roster now sits at a total of 39 players.

Rowley, 28, began the season in the Blue Jays organization but was claimed off outright waivers by the Rangers back in late July. While he didn’t appear for the big league club, Rowley did turn in 41 2/3 solid innings at the Triple-A level in the Rangers organization, working to a 3.46 ERA with 7.1 K/9, 3.5 BB/9 and a 44.4 percent ground-ball rate. In all, he has a 3.34 ERA in 145 2/3 Triple-A frames this season.

Despite a fairly encouraging performance in the minors, it doesn’t seem that Rowley will get a chance to improve upon his limited Major League experience. He tossed just two-thirds of an inning for the Jays earlier this season, plus another 18 2/3 innings in 2017, and has yielded a total of 17 runs in those 19 1/3 MLB innings. While that’s obviously not a very encouraging sample of work, Rowley does have a career 2.90 ERA in the minors — including a 3.13 mark in 207 innings at Triple-A.

Rowley doesn’t have much heat on his fastball, averaging 88.8 mph in the Majors, and he’s never been one to miss many bats or rack up grounders at a prolific rate. However, his typically low walk rates and solid run-prevention numbers in the minors should make him a somewhat appealing depth option this offseason — be it for the Rangers or another club.

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5 Comments

  1. benintendiimpersonator

    7 years ago

    Ah the guy who Xander Bogaerts hit a walk off GS against!

    Reply
  2. bravesfan

    7 years ago

    West Point grad right? He’ll land on his feet

    Reply
    • kenneth cole

      7 years ago

      Yes. And nah

      Reply
  3. terrymesmer

    7 years ago

    He’s very bad.

    Reply
  4. mt in baltimore

    7 years ago

    He has had a difficult year. I believe that he still has a lot to prove.

    Hopefully, some team will get him and help him become a successful pitcher–he is a very fine young man.

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