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Rangers Designate Nick Mears For Assignment

By Simon Hampton | December 27, 2022 at 10:40pm CDT

The Rangers have designated right-hander Nick Mears for assignment, the team announced. Texas needed a 40 man roster spot after signing Nathan Eovaldi to a two-year, $34MM deal tonight. Mears spent less than a week with the team, having been claimed off waivers from the Pirates on December 23.

Mears, 26, tossed 30 1/3 innings of relief for the Pirates over the past three years, working to a combined 4.75 ERA. He’s shown solid strikeout stuff, punching out batters at an almost perfectly league-average 22.7% clip. Walks were a problem though, as Mears worked to a well below-average 14.9% walk rate over the past three seasons.

Originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates back in 2018, Mears came through their system posting big strikeout numbers as a reliever in the lower levels of the minor leagues. He struggled a bit once he reached Triple-A though, maintaining a good strikeout clip but seeing the walks rise. Over the past few seasons at Triple-A, Mears has worked to a 4.98 ERA over 43 1/3 innings of work.

Mears has just over one year of service time, and still has a minor league option remaining, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a team with 40-man roster space put in a claim for him as a bullpen depth piece.

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  1. soxfan1

    3 years ago

    Here comes Chaim

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    Reply
    • GASoxFan

      3 years ago

      And the strategy to get 8 or 9 guys becomes clear. Let your MLBers walk and claim whoever needs to get waived by the signing teams.

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      Reply
    • gmenfan

      3 years ago

      “Rock, paper, scissors?” – Farhan Zaidi

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      • GASoxFan

        3 years ago

        Wouldn’t work. Chaim will throw out a made up fourth sign because he doesn’t understand that game either.

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  2. In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

    3 years ago

    So why designate Eli White for assignment when this guy wasn’t really a main guy they even wanted?

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    • j817

      3 years ago

      Because they felt Eli White needed to be designated assignment regardless. The question is why did they bother to sign Nick Mears?

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      • In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

        3 years ago

        They didn’t sign him; they claimed him off waivers.

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      • GASoxFan

        3 years ago

        You never know if you’re going to be the team that successfully passes him down to the minors and off the 40man. Why not take a shot?

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  3. Bill nd

    3 years ago

    Sign this many veteran pitchers, some with past injury issues. Use a six man rotation to take the strain off the older arms.

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  4. oscar gamble

    3 years ago

    The Nick Mears era in Texas comes to an end….

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  5. LarsAnderson

    3 years ago

    Some people prefer cucumber to pickle.

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    • LGM!

      3 years ago

      Ahhhhhhhhh………

      Reply
  6. BuJoBi

    3 years ago

    Now they dfa Mears and hope to pass him thru waivers. The guy just got claimed. It’s really tough for these guys, I hope they figure out a better system then this merry go round the dfa/waiver game is for these guys.

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    • FrankP

      3 years ago

      The 40 man needs to be bigger. Maybe 44. Covid really hurt teams with good farm systems. A year of not playing but still counted as time.

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