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Rangers Agree To Minor League Deal With Jett Bandy

By Steve Adams | November 8, 2018 at 7:58am CDT

The Rangers have agreed to a minor league pact with catcher Jett Bandy, reports Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News. He’ll add a bit of catching depth to the Texas system after the Rangers’ surprising decision to move on from catcher Robinson Chirinos.

Bandy, 28, has spent the past two seasons in the Brewers organization after Milwaukee acquired him in the trade that sent Martin Maldonado to the Angels. Bandy, a former 31st-round pick, was with the Halos for the entirety of his career prior to that swap.

Bandy showed some decent pop in his limited big league time with the Angels, swatting nine homers and nine doubles through his first 233 big league plate appearances in 2015-16. That came on the heels of a solid .291/.347/.466 showing through 344 Triple-A appearances in 2015 (albeit in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League), so it’s understandable how the Brewers would’ve been optimistic that he could hit enough to hold down a roster spot. That, however, simply didn’t happen with the Brewers. Bandy’s two seasons in Milwaukee were disappointing, as he struggled to a .202/.282/.326 batting line through 259 trips to the plate.

To his credit, Bandy has thrown out 31 of 98 runners who’ve attempted to steal on him in the Majors (32 percent), though Baseball Prospectus also gave him slightly below-average marks in terms of pitch blocking and framing during his time with the Brewers.

With Chirinos no longer in the fold, the Rangers are severely lacking in catching options, so it’s natural to see them add some depth. Jose Trevino, who has all of eight MLB plate appearances and hit .234/.284/.332 with Double-A Frisco last season, sits atop the catching depth chart alongside Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who spent more time as an infielder than a catcher in the bigs last season. Texas will likely add further catching depth throughout the winter.

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  1. fearthecub

    5 years ago

    The stove is TOO hot.

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  2. dudeman40

    5 years ago

    WoW – this certainly solves our catching issue!!!!
    Still shaking my head over letting Chitinos walk

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  3. Soapbox

    5 years ago

    Jon Daniels again shows his dislike for good catchers who can hit.. First Jonathan Lucroy now Robinson Chirinos.. Best of luck to Jett Bandy, don’t worry about your 202 batting average last year. Rangers hitting coaches will teach you launch angels [the Gallo Swing] and you an hit a zillion home runs and strike out only 402 times in the season, 101 times with bases loaded.. Good luck.

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    • PMerkel

      5 years ago

      What an insane comment…

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    • RyanR

      5 years ago

      Lucroy didn’t hit to well during his Tx stint.

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    • tsc32

      5 years ago

      Lucroy was terrible in Texas. Agreed that we shouldn’t have let Chirinos go though.

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  4. bighiggy

    5 years ago

    Cards got a catcher wasting at triple a, would be a good matchup trade for kelly?

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    • CardsNation5

      5 years ago

      Kelly is gonna back yup Yadi next year. So…

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  5. Fire Jon Daniels

    5 years ago

    I get that chirinos had a poor season and is older but how was he not the best option as a bridge to whomever Jon has in mind to take over.

    He always always ALWAYS takes the cheaper option. What a clown he is.

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