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Rangers Sign Spencer Patton To Minor League Deal

By Connor Byrne | February 2, 2021 at 3:18pm CDT

The Rangers have signed right-hander Spencer Patton to a minor league contract, the team announced. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training.

This will be the second Rangers stint for Patton, who pitched with the organization from 2014-15. Patton was most recently in the majors in 2016 as a member of the Cubs. In all, he has pitched to a 6.26 ERA/3.89 SIERA with a 23.7 percent strikeout rate and an 11.4 percent walk rate in 54 2/3 innings at the sport’s highest level.

After struggling in the bigs, Patton went to Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, where he spent the previous four seasons with the Yokohama BayStars. The 32-year-old put up a 3.68 ERA across 205 2/3 innings in Japan, and though he managed a much less impressive 4.92 mark in 2020, he did lead his league with 57 appearances. Patton then garnered interest from various MLB and NPB teams before choosing to return to the Rangers.

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  1. Rangers29

    4 weeks ago

    Isn’t this the guy from the KBO?

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    • Moneyballer

      4 weeks ago

      why don’t you just read the article, it tells you.

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  2. justinwatry

    4 weeks ago

    WHO????

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    • jocpedersonsmom

      4 weeks ago

      One of 1,908 people to own a 2016 World Series ring.

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  3. metvibes

    4 weeks ago

    Who the inferno is this guy ?

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  4. Cohn Joppolella

    4 weeks ago

    Nice!

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    • mlbnyyfan

      4 weeks ago

      Rangers are a long away from a team that makes the playoffs on a regular basis. I wonder if Jose Bautista put a curse on them.

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      • Dalton1017

        4 weeks ago

        of anyone was cursed it was Bautista… look at his numbers post punch…. but then again I can make the same argument about Odor….

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  5. Dunk Dunkington

    4 weeks ago

    Good to see Patton back

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  6. rangers13

    4 weeks ago

    All this relief depth is good, but still, need 1B and 3B back up ala Lamb or Nunez a fourth OF ALA Duvall or Puig, and either Folty or Archer.

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    • westex87

      4 weeks ago

      Why do we need a backup 1B?

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      • rangers13

        4 weeks ago

        If Guzman does not win job in Spring Training, he has no options so he will be traded for a roll of toilet paper. If he does beat out Lowe at first base then we don’t need a back up because can also play 3b. Woody will not keep GUzman for the bench if Dahl and Calhoun perform as hoped, since he is useless as anything but a 1B or DH and if Dahl plays well he will be in LF and Calhoun DH so no place for Guzman. That is why Rangers need Lamb, Shaw or Nunez to cover if Lowe or Andrus gets injured.

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        • chris44

          4 weeks ago

          Very clear that this is Guzman’s last chance. I think Lowe could easily DH and let Willie play LF on occasion, I doubt they fully ditch Guzy until the deadline if he doesn’t play well.

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        • westex87

          4 weeks ago

          I get what your saying but we have Ibanez and Tejeda who could fill in at 3B or SS if needed. No point in wasting guaranteed money on so so players. I do think Lamb might have a decent season but the lineup is two left handed heavy already. Duvall would be a nice add but don’t know if there will be room for him, you are not wrong but I doubt any of those guys get added.

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    • gw9999

      4 weeks ago

      I only see them interested in securing the best possible draft position. Any of these signings that go in their favor just get flipped at the deadline for a prospect. Think the Odor/Andrus bench work will just end up being they fill in all around the infield no matter how ugly it might play out.

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    • Rsox

      4 weeks ago

      The Rangers got Lowe from the Rays and just brought back DeShields. I wouldn’t expect much more than that

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  7. G_G

    4 weeks ago

    He also broke his hand by smashing a wall or something out of rage after an outing, so there’s that

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  8. Peart of the game

    4 weeks ago

    Well, if you can’t get Mike Patton of Faith No More then Spencer Patton is an adequate fallback option. (Just Kidding, he’s likely going to be one of the Rangers best relievers in 2021 and they’ll need him because their best starting pitchers are Kohei Arihara and Dane Dunning.)

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