The Rangers introduced that catcher Tucker Barnhart has elected free company. That signifies that he has handed by waivers unclaimed after being designated for project over the weekend.
Barnhart, 34, signed a minor league cope with the Rangers within the offseason. He was known as as much as the large leagues on the finish of April as Kyle Higashioka battled a hamstring harm, changing Higashioka because the backup to Jonah Heim. Higashioka was on the injured record for a lot of the first half of Might. Barnhart caught on the roster even as soon as Higashioka was reinstated, giving the membership three catchers for some time.
Naturally, that didn’t result in a number of taking part in time for Barnhart. Although he spent over a month on the roster, he solely received into eight video games and stepped to the plate simply 15 occasions, producing a .231/.333/.231 line in these.
As a veteran with years of huge league expertise, Barnhart can’t be despatched to the minors with out his consent, so the Rangers bumped him off the 40-man. His expertise additionally provides him the appropriate to reject an outright project and elect free company, so he’ll now search for his subsequent alternative.
The truth that he cleared waivers suggests there isn’t a significant league job accessible for him proper now however he shouldn’t have any bother discovering a minor league supply if he desires one. He has now appeared in 924 main league video games courting again to his 2014 debut. His .241/.318/.351 line interprets to a wRC+ of 78 however he has a powerful repute for his work whereas donning the instruments of ignorance.
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