The Rangers announced they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Nick Snyder and recalled infielder Nick Solak. Righty Joe Barlow has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a blister on his right index finger, and lefty John King was transferred from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Additionally, utilityman Charlie Culberson has been placed on the COVID-19 IL. Culberson has flu-like symptoms, relays Levi Weaver of the Athletic, but he has not tested positive for the coronavirus.
Snyder joined the Rangers as a 19th-round draft choice in 2017 out of a Florida junior college. He’s worked exclusively in relief as a professional, posting strong performances at every level up through Double-A. Snyder has compiled a 3.05 ERA across 105 career innings in the minors, punching out a strong 29.6% of batters faced while walking a tiny 6.7% of opponents. Entering this season, Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs noted that Snyder works in the 93-96 MPH range with his fastball. He’s been dominant with Double-A Frisco this season, working 16 1/3 frames of 1.65 ERA ball, but has very little in the way of Triple-A experience.
Solak began the year as Texas’ regular second baseman. After a strong start to the season, his bat tailed off considerably. He was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock in late July, carrying a subpar .225/.295/.353 line for the year. Solak has earned himself another look with a strong .353/.409/.459 showing over 93 plate appearances with the Express. The rebuilding Rangers figure to give the 26-year-old another regular look, as Solak was one of the more promising offensive players in the organization during his time as a prospect.
King’s injured list placement was backdated to July 7, and today’s move rules him out for sixty days from that date. He’ll be eligible to come back in early September after missing a couple months with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. The southpaw has been on a rehab assignment with Round Rock but recently felt some unexpected soreness, as Kenndi Landry of MLB.com wrote this week. The expectation still seems to be that King will make it back next month, and today’s transfer gives him a little extra recovery time while opening up 40-man roster space.
Excited to see how he does! Heard and seen there’s some life in that arm.
Another pitcher to make his MLB debut in 2021. As of right now. MLB teams have used 827 different pitchers this season. The all-time record is 831 in 2019. In all likelihood, a new record will be set this weekend. By comparison, a total of 557 pitchers were used in 1998, which was the first year of the 30-team.
This is the next Pete Fairbanks and Emmanuel Clase to come out of Texas. Snyder is nasty.
Hope we don’t trade him after 15 appearances like we did the other two lol
No kidding. Emanuel Clase trade is really stinging us this year
Are you encouraged by what they got for Lynn? Dunning was mostly a reliever in college. It seems like they’re bringing him along slowly as a starter due to his not pitching in 2019 and 2020. Future in the rotation?
Its hard to argue with the results, Dunning was billed as a backend rotation guy and it looks like he is settling into that role.