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Rangers Acquire Billy McKinney, Zach Reks From Dodgers

By Anthony Franco | November 22, 2021 at 3:48pm CDT

The Rangers announced they’ve acquired corner outfielders Billy McKinney and Zach Reks from the Dodgers in exchange for cash considerations. Both players were designated for assignment by Los Angeles last Friday, as many teams cleared roster space for prospects whom they didn’t want to leave eligible for the Rule 5 draft.  Texas’ 40-man roster tally is up to 39.

McKinney has bounced around the league a fair amount this year. He opened the season with the Brewers but landed with the Mets via minor trade a few weeks into the season. After two months in Queens, McKinney was designated for assignment and traded to the Dodgers. The 27-year-old finished out the season in Southern California.

Between the three clubs, the left-handed hitting McKinney tallied exactly 300 plate appearances. It was a career-high in playing time, but the former first-rounder didn’t consistently perform at the plate. While he had a solid run with the Mets, McKinney struggled badly with the Brew Crew and Dodgers and ultimately managed a meager .192/.280/.358 season line with nine home runs. His 10.7% walk rate was solid, but McKinney also fanned at a higher-than-average 26.3% clip and didn’t hit for a ton of power. He’s out of minor league option years, so he’ll need to either break camp with Texas in 2022 or again be made available to the rest of the league.

Reks has essentially no big league body of work to speak of, with just ten MLB plate appearances under his belt. The 28-year-old is an accomplished minor league hitter, though, with a career .295/.383/.487 line on the farm. That includes a .282/.382/.529 showing across 764 plate appearances with the Dodgers’ top affiliate in Oklahoma City, where Reks has shown a promising combination of patience and power.

He’s a defensively-limited player with strikeout concerns, but there’s little harm for the Rangers in adding him for nothing more than cash considerations. The left-handed hitting Reks still has a pair of options remaining, so he can shuttled up and down between Arlington and Triple-A Round Rock through the end of the 2023 campaign if he sticks on the 40-man roster.

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  1. Kewldood69

    1 year ago

    With the addition of DJ Peters last year, the Rangers now have a full outfield of Dodger retreads.

    Reply
    • dodgerskingsfan

      1 year ago

      i was just about to say that.

      Reply
      • Chipper Jones' illegitimate kid

        1 year ago

        Chris Taylor coming soon…?

        Reply
    • bkbk

      1 year ago

      Had to reread this twice

      Reply
    • amk1920

      1 year ago

      And Sbortz and Santana for the pen along with Woodward as manager

      Reply
    • hunteralan

      1 year ago

      Willie Calhoun as well.

      Reply
      • Kewldood69

        1 year ago

        He never played for the Dodgers major league squad.

        Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      1 year ago

      Reeks follows Odor, Rangers sure smell things up.

      Reply
  2. Chief Two Hands

    1 year ago

    Good luck with that, Rangers.

    Reply
  3. dale123

    1 year ago

    Why?more minor league crap

    Reply
    • Hector Villanueva

      1 year ago

      Rangers gonna Ranger.

      Reply
      • dale123

        1 year ago

        Hectir.thats what I’m afraid of.

        Reply
  4. msqboxer

    1 year ago

    Seems like Billy McKinney has been around forever, yet still just 26. Guys that are out of options and teams that have 40 man roster space.

    Reply
    • bucketbrew35

      1 year ago

      Should have picked up Billy McMillon instead.

      Reply
    • solaris602

      1 year ago

      McKinney is Drew Stubbs/Ryan Langerhans 2.0. Fleet outfield defender who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.

      Reply
    • lady1959

      1 year ago

      Local Dallas area is McKinney. Plano West hs ⚾️

      Reply
  5. Mitchell Page

    1 year ago

    Boy that Billy sure gets around . I was so pissed when my A’s drafted Billy in the fist round , because I wanted a second chance at Aaron Judge . A’s passed on Judge who they drafted before , and get some bony Billy ????? Real mad I was .

    Reply
    • elmedius

      1 year ago

      Even if the A’s had drafted Judge; they’d have traded him the moment his arbitration total went over $10mm. You’d have hardly known him.

      Reply
      • iang2424

        1 year ago

        No guarantees he develops the same either

        Reply
  6. CravenMoorehead

    1 year ago

    THE HOT STOVE IS COOKIN

    Reply
  7. Dodger Dog

    1 year ago

    Rangers looking to acquire Terrance Gore, Trace Thompson, and Scott Van Slyke… Probably

    Reply
    • Rbase

      1 year ago

      Don’t forget andrew toles

      Reply
      • Rangers29

        1 year ago

        I feel sorry for Toles. If you haven’t seen his recent story, please check it out.

        Reply
        • MannyBeingMVP

          1 year ago

          Agree, hope Toles gets better, they said Dodgers have him under contract so he can keep health benefits.

        • SalaryCapMyth

          1 year ago

          Andrew Toles story kind of hit me in the feels as well. The Dodgers demonstrated some class when they didn’t remove him from their system so he could still have access to medical assistance.

    • Daniella

      1 year ago

      Gore was on back to back championship teams where he never appeared in a game

      Reply
  8. zacharydmanprin

    1 year ago

    Billy McKinney now with his 8th organization since being drafted in 2013. He has less than 3 years of service time.

    Reply
  9. Old York

    1 year ago

    Great acquisitions. Both are going to have monster years next year and lead the Rangers to the championship!

    Reply
    • Vizionaire

      1 year ago

      AAA Championship!

      Reply
    • cubanmonie

      1 year ago

      Where is Mrlol

      Reply
  10. MasterCal

    1 year ago

    4 former Dodger OFs now

    Don’t mind taking a flier on Reks, but don’t want McKinney. He adds no value and we have enough other OFs as is (before making a big splash at the position like Suzuki or Marte or Castellanos)

    Reply
  11. iang2424

    1 year ago

    I’m still trying to understand why they grab 2 outfielders, leave Thompson unprotected and keep White to probably non-tender him here shortly. I get Reks and McKinney have some MLB experience so not bad for depth and bench but I’d rather have Thompson on the 40 to at least see how he develops over the next couple years than lose him for basically nothing.

    Reply
    • empirejim

      1 year ago

      Thompson has had years to develop. He looks more like a nice AAA player than a legit Big Leaguer.

      Reply
      • iang2424

        1 year ago

        I mean he may end up being that but this is the first year he had been healthy and did well enough I thought to at least buy a little more time. A team like the Pirates or Baltimore will probably take a chance on him.

        Reply
  12. MannyBeingMVP

    1 year ago

    This trade is a breath of fresh air for the Dodgers, but it reeks for the Rangers.

    Reply
    • Chief Two Hands

      1 year ago

      Pretty much.

      Reply
  13. MetsFan22

    1 year ago

    He said in a interview there was no place like the nY meats

    Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      1 year ago

      I think you butchered the spelling.

      Reply
    • pinstripes17

      1 year ago

      That’s definitely true, but not in a good way.

      Reply
  14. stymeedone

    1 year ago

    This is the type of move typical of a rebuilding club, like the Rangers should be. Not spending big money before the young players are up.

    Reply
  15. TommyLasutton

    1 year ago

    Something for nothing. Rangers quickly becoming my favorite AL team with all the old Dodgers

    Reply
  16. mack423

    1 year ago

    Reks might have some upside left, but hard to see McKinney having any at all. I guess the defense will make him a backup OF candidate.

    Reply
  17. BlueSkies_LA

    1 year ago

    The Dodgers are sending the Rangers all their old Reks.

    Reply
  18. angt222

    1 year ago

    McKinney is serviceable.

    Reply
  19. AshamedMethGoat

    1 year ago

    Zach Reks = 80-grade baseball name.

    Reply
  20. Metsin7

    1 year ago

    I liked Mckinney on the Mets. I think hes a good hitter that needs consistent playing time to do well instead of being used here and there. If hes shuffled around it affects his hitting

    Reply
    • Ron Tingley

      1 year ago

      The Dodgers gave him plenty of play, mostly at first. Maybe why he struggled getting on base, again.

      Reply
  21. Ron Tingley

    1 year ago

    Rangers on to something here. They once had De gaus with Santana, Sborz and Cotten in the bullpen with an outfield of Reks, Peters and Mckinney. Calhoun at DH and Culberson on the bench.. Dodgers gonna pay for there mistakes

    Reply
  22. bluepelotas

    1 year ago

    Not mistakes, just loaded. I like most of these names and not surprised to see some upside with Rangers.

    Reply
  23. Cosmo2

    1 year ago

    A yes, Billy McKinney, the guy who was sooooo good for a month that some around here had anointed him the Mets’ starting corner outfielder. Derp.

    Reply
  24. Daniella

    1 year ago

    Dodgers always end up on the rangers

    Reply
  25. Groucho

    1 year ago

    Maybe the Rangers have developeda way to stack these guys together and create a Mega Ex-Dodger

    Reply
  26. TheRealMilo

    1 year ago

    The Dumpster Diving Rangers. It really the only strategy they seem to have. They come up empty on the draft, scouting and player development. The NY Jets of MLB.

    Reply

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