The Rangers have designated righty Shane Carle for assignment, per a club announcement. His 40-man spot will go to fellow right-hander Luke Farrell, who was activated from the 60-day injured list.
Farrell is also heading onto the active roster for the Texas organization. He’ll take the place of southpaw Locke St. John, who was optioned down.
Carle was picked up from the Braves in late July after being designated by the Atlanta club. He has not appeared in the majors since. Though he turned in excellent results in 2018, the performance was driven by home run (0.29 per nine) and BABIP (.258) suppression that never seemed terribly likely to continue.
This year, Carle struggled mightily in six outings for the Braves before he was sent packing. He hasn’t been much better this year at Triple-A, where he carries a 5.62 ERA with 7.9 K/9 and 3.8 BB/9 over forty total innings.
I’m glad we are showing some up-side —- this choo Choi train is getting hard to follow
Locke St. John sounds like he should be the main character in a series of detective novels.
Didn’t the Rangers release Shelby Miller to make room for Shane Carle? Did Miller get picked up by Detroit? Anyone know how he’s doing? I know Shelby has been bad but I still was surprised Texas released him for Carle because Shelby still has way more upside than Carle ever did.
He’s in the Brewers system.