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Rangers Release Wei-Chieh Huang

By George Miller | August 8, 2020 at 3:52pm CDT

The Rangers announced today that they have released right-handed pitcher Wei-Chieh Huang, who had been playing at the team’s alternate training facility.

Huang was a member of the Rangers’ 60-man player pool, though he was not on the 40-man roster. He was acquired in the 2018 trade that sent Jake Diekman to Arizona.

Huang appeared in four games for the Rangers last year, tossing 5 2/3 innings and working to a 3.18 ERA. He struck out just two batters while walking seven. That said, he has been a strikeout pitcher throughout his minor league career, averaging 12.6 K/9 across three levels of the minors last season.

He hit a bit of a wall at Triple-A in 2019, but the 26-year-old Huang is still relatively inexperienced in the upper minors: since debuting in affiliated ball in 2015, he’s played just 43 games at Double-A or above. With that in mind, the lack of a minor league season in 2020 might be especially costly to his development; this year would have been pivotal for Huang.

Nonetheless, Huang has two option years remaining and, as mentioned, is just 26 years old. He’ll likely get another shot as a depth option with another club who can offer him more exposure in the upper minors.

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Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    Klentak

    Reply
  2. Ricky Adams

    3 years ago

    ????? Dont get this move. 25yo 5 career ip and 3.18 era and rangers pitching depth in past has always been a problem, and their pitching so far this season has been too hot

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      might have been requested by Huang

      Reply
    • Briffle

      3 years ago

      His 2.2 WHIP is more telling than his 3.18 era.

      Reply
      • Ricky Adams

        3 years ago

        Still only 5ip.

        Reply
  3. HaloHonk4Life

    3 years ago

    Is he the cousin of Wei Cei Hung? Asking for a friend

    Reply
  4. madmanTX

    3 years ago

    Not a fan of Huang, but I bet a lot of other commenters here probably are.

    Reply
  5. retire21

    3 years ago

    I saw this guy open for The Cars back in the mid 80s.

    Reply
    • HALfromVA

      3 years ago

      Everybody have fun tonight

      Reply
  6. Red Eye

    3 years ago

    Huang Soto

    Reply
  7. RockHard

    3 years ago

    I’m going to speculate he did something stupid behind the scenes. No real reason to release him on a team that is going nowhere. Doesn’t make sense.

    Reply

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