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Rangers Sign Ben Revere

By Connor Byrne | February 17, 2019 at 8:49am CDT

The Rangers have signed outfielder Ben Revere to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. The deal comes with a $1MM salary if Revere makes the majors, per Jon Heyman of Fancred.

Revere, out of work since the Angels released him last August, is coming off a year spent solely at the Triple-A level. The 30-year-old took 166 trips to the plate with the Angels’ top affiliate and hit .277/.319/.406.

Before 2018, Revere – a first-round pick of the Twins in 2007 – saw major league action in seven straight and was successful at times. With the Twins, Phillies and Blue Jays from 2010-15, the lefty-hitting speedster posted four seasons of at least 1.5 fWAR and stole between 22 and 49 bases in five campaigns. At the same time, Revere batted a solid .295 with a .328 on-base percentage across 2,660 plate appearances, though a complete lack of power (four home runs, .054 ISO, .348 slugging percentage) tamped down his offensive impact.

After his decent early career run, Revere’s production fell below replacement level from 2016-17 with the Nationals and Angels, thus keeping him out of the majors last year. The center field-capable Revere could resurface in Texas in 2019, though the team already has six outfielders on its 40-man roster (Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Delino DeShields, Willie Calhoun, Carlos Tocci and the injured Scott Heineman), not to mention veteran minor league signings Hunter Pence and Danny Santana vying for spots in camp.

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  1. DarkSide830

    7 years ago

    perhaps he may actually get a chance this year…

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  2. southern lion

    7 years ago

    Revere rides again!!

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  3. hurricanewar23

    7 years ago

    If he does make the team, that’s a a lot of lefties in that batting lineup

    1
    Reply
    • Melchez

      7 years ago

      So, I take it they won’t be going after Harper?

      1
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      • Breezy

        7 years ago

        Harper, Revere, what’s the difference.

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        • Stratocaster

          7 years ago

          Right now the difference is that Revere has a contract to play baseball.

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          Reply
  4. gomerhodge71

    7 years ago

    You can do far, far worse than Ben Revere.

    1
    Reply
  5. Z-A 2

    7 years ago

    Wheres that guy from the Live Chat? Here’s your moment to shine… Rangers made a move… WS bound.

    Reply
  6. djhorvath

    7 years ago

    He has always been revered by his teammates

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    • odogfenway

      7 years ago

      I can’t believe the Rangers are REVEREting to this

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      Reply
  7. Ricky Adams

    7 years ago

    Im a rangers fan, but i just dont get some of these moves, unless they plan to trade off everybody at deadline.

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    • tigersfan1320

      7 years ago

      That’s what rebuilding is, you sign guys to one year contracts and if you’re lucky you can get a prospect or two at the deadline

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      Reply
      • Ricky Adams

        7 years ago

        Yes, i get that. But i meant more of possibility of gallos, mazara, and deshields being traded. In order to sign guys and then flip them, they have to get playing time to build value. And when is revere gonna play with those 3 in lineup and pence likely ahead of him

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      • Ricky Adams

        7 years ago

        The way this team is constructed i dont see him ever playing in arlington

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        • Daryl125

          7 years ago

          Depth – literally everyone could get injured. Not bad to have MLB experience at the AAA level either.

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          Reply
  8. Chicks Dig the Longball

    7 years ago

    Will he hit a home run this year?

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    • kripes-brewers

      7 years ago

      Set the line at .5 and I’ll take the under…

      2
      Reply
    • wv17

      7 years ago

      No better park in the A.L. to try to!

      Reply
      • angels fan 3

        7 years ago

        Yankee stadium

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        Reply
  9. jleve618

    7 years ago

    Man 30 seems so young for him yet.

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    Reply
  10. Hiro

    7 years ago

    Ever since the Storen for Revere (1 for 1) trade happened, both players went from above-average MLB player to people struggling to find an MLB contract…

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    • angels fan 3

      7 years ago

      He did pretty well for the Angels as the 4th OF and had a decent contract that he signed in December that off-season

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  11. nuschler22

    7 years ago

    Surprising that the Giants didn’t get him first. Seems like a Zaidi special.

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    • pustule bosey

      7 years ago

      aw man, you said what i was going to say almost word for word

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    • gmenfan

      7 years ago

      Headline should have read “Revere Inexplicably Escapes Farhan’s Grip.”

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  12. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    Happy for this dude. Always liked him.

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