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Rangers, Joe McCarthy Agree To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | December 21, 2022 at 7:09pm CDT

Outfielder Joe McCarthy is signing a minor league deal with the Rangers, reports Robert Murray of FanSided (Twitter link). He’ll receive an invitation to big league Spring Training.

It’s the second consecutive offseason in which McCarthy and the Rangers lined up on a minor league pact. Texas granted him his release a couple weeks into this past season, paving the way for the University of Virginia product to sign with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. The lefty-hitting outfielder appeared in 59 games with the Buffaloes, hitting .225/.344/.343 with four home runs through 212 trips to the dish. Strikeouts proved problematic, as he punched out in 27.4% of his plate appearances.

While it wasn’t a great NPB stint, McCarthy is an accomplished Triple-A hitter. He posted a quality .306/.384/.542 mark in 74 games with the Giants top affiliate in Sacramento in 2021. That brought his career line at the top minor league level to .255/.355/.464. McCarthy has a robust 12.1% walk rate at the level, striking out 24.2% of the time in the process.

McCarthy, the older brother of Diamondbacks outfielder Jake McCarthy, has just four games of MLB experience. Those came with the Giants during the abbreviated 2020 season. He’ll look to carve out a longer big league look in his age-29 campaign. McCarthy is primarily a corner outfielder whose best position is left field, an area in which the Rangers are searching for upgrades. Texas surely won’t cease a pursuit of targets like Michael Conforto because they’ve added McCarthy, but the signing adds some extra depth at a questionable position while giving him an opportunity to compete for a roster spot next spring.

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

    3 years ago

    Great news! He tore it up in spring training!

    Reply
  2. Buzz Killington

    3 years ago

    Jake is better.

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

      3 years ago

      Having both is even better.

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

    3 years ago

    Looking at the Twitter thread, it seems that Mets fans are stalking any Rangers news because they are still offended DeGrom rejected them. I don’t get it. You have sore losers… and then, you have sore winners. They got all these guys and yet guys like Jon “Arson” Heyman are still obsessed with deGrom.

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  4. Bart Harley Jarvis

    3 years ago

    The question needs to be asked of Joe McCarthy – have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?

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    • AHH-Rox

      3 years ago

      It makes no sense that somebody with that name is a lefty.

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      • .

        3 years ago

        Ahh, nicely done.

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      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        3 years ago

        ahh,
        Bravo! Bravo!

        5
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      • In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

        3 years ago

        It is fitting that he didn’t choose to live in a communist state.

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

          3 years ago

          Offended easily? Idk how this went from a joke to this

          Reply
        • Bart Harley Jarvis

          3 years ago

          I get it that some of us are challenged by satire. No problem though, we all have our weak spots. Work on it, I’m here to help.

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

          3 years ago

          It’s obvious that was satire. I was going along with the joke. Do you live in California or something? Seriously, chill out. Stop calling states you don’t like fascist states. This was literally a joke about Russia, a “a state” that Americans call a country. See “Secretary of State.” Your toxic political injection was not necessary. I just changed my username.

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        • Bart Harley Jarvis

          3 years ago

          So, you don’t get satire, correct?

          Reply
        • Bart Harley Jarvis

          3 years ago

          In order to be accurate, please change it to ‘Easily Triggered Snowflake’ or something along those lines. Good work here!

          Reply
    • rabidrabbit

      3 years ago

      Ahahaha, after that comment, I think I will forever remember the fact that Joe McCarthy is a lefty even if I forget everything else about baseball:P

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  5. .

    3 years ago

    He must of put on one heck of a display in Japan if he is coming back to the Show!

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    • PLINKO

      3 years ago

      He was very earthly and sweaty

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  6. getrealgone2

    3 years ago

    Woulda been funnier if he was signed by the Reds.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      3 years ago

      getrealgone2,
      A truly spit-take worthy comment. Well done!

      3
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      • .

        3 years ago

        Dammm that one was so slick it took me a minute…Well done getreal…

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    • phenomenalajs

      3 years ago

      We have a winner! Well played!

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      Reply
  7. Kevin Illyanovich Rasputin Kubusheskie

    3 years ago

    Joe McCarthy was also a Hall Of Fame Manager.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      3 years ago

      Yeah, but this is more fun.

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  8. etex211

    3 years ago

    We really need for him to get to work weeding out the Communists again. We are flooded with them today.

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    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      3 years ago

      He’s too busy inadvertently weeding out the morons…

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