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Rangers Place Kohei Arihara on Injured List, Claim Jack Kruger

By Anthony Franco | May 9, 2021 at 4:10pm CDT

Before this afternoon’s game against the Mariners, the Rangers placed starter Kohei Arihara on the 10-day injured list with a right middle finger contusion. Utilityman Eli White has been recalled in his place. Additionally, Texas announced they’ve claimed catcher Jack Kruger off waivers from the Angels. Right-hander Kyle Cody was transferred to the 60-day injured list to open space on the 40-man roster. Cody has a right shoulder impingement.

After a productive career with the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Arihara signed a low-cost, two-year deal with the Rangers. His MLB career hasn’t gotten off to a good start, as the righty has worked to a 6.59 ERA/5.54 SIERA over his first seven starts. Arihara has thrown a decent amount of strikes, but his 6.3% swinging strike rate and 13.4% strikeout rate are among the worst in the league. He’s also been too susceptible to the home run ball, having coughed up seven dingers in just 28 2/3 innings. With Arihara on the shelf, the Rangers could turn to Hyeon-jong Yang or Kolby Allard to fill his spot in the rotation.

Kruger is a 26-year-old catcher who made his MLB debut with Los Angeles this year. Ironically enough, he lost his spot on the Angels’ 40-man roster when L.A. acquired fellow backstop Drew Butera from the Rangers for cash considerations earlier in the week. The two catchers will essentially wind up swapping places. Kruger has a .262/.309/.354 line in 560 career Double-A plate appearances.

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  1. HalosHeavenJJ

    4 years ago

    Angels lose six years of a young catcher to make room for Drew Butera. Epic failure.

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    • implant

      4 years ago

      Jack is a 26 year old career minor leaguer

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      • iamdb

        4 years ago

        Jared Walsh is 27

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    • mlb1225

      4 years ago

      Is Kruger known for being a good defender behind the plate? If he is, I can see why you feel this way about losing him over Butera.

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  2. Rangers29

    4 years ago

    Kohei’s just flat out bad, and with the offense becoming the powerhouse it has become for the past month, we’ll be replacing Lyles and Kohei very soon. Allard and Benjamin will be their replacements, probably.

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  3. Rsox

    4 years ago

    So basically the Angels traded Kruger for Butera

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    • Atheletic Mariner’s Angel

      4 years ago

      Kruger + Cash considerations for Butera

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