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3rd in AL West

Texas Rangers Transactions - 2019

April

DATE	TRANSACTION
April 20, 2019	Optioned LHP Kyle Bird to Nashville (PCL).
April 18, 2019	Optioned LHP Kyle Bird to Nashville (PCL).
April 13, 2019	Placed 2B Rougned Odor on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Thursday. Selected the contract of INF/OF Danny Santana from Nashville (PCL). Transferred RHP Edinson V?lquez to the 60-day IL. Signed RHP David Carpenter to a minor league contract.
April 7, 2019	Placed 1B Ronald Guzman on the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Patrick Wisdom from Nashville (PCL).
April 5, 2019	Placed RHP Edinson V?lquez on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Kyle Bird from Nashville (PCL).
April 3, 2019	Traded RHP Connor Sadzeck to Seattle for RHP Grant Anderson.
April 1, 2019	Selected the contract of RHP Adrian Sampson from Nashville (PCL). Optioned LHP Kyle Bird to Nashville. Transferred LHP Yohander Mendez from the 10-day to the 60-day IL. Acquired RHP Grant Anderson from Seattle for RHP Connor Sadzeck and assigned Anderson to Hickory (SAL).

March

DATE	TRANSACTION
March 28, 2019	Placed LHP Yohander Mendez on the 10-day IL, retroactive to March 25, and RHP Luke Farrell on the 60-day IL. Optioned OF Zack Granite to Nashville (PCL). Assigned RHP Adrian Sampson to Nashville. Designated RHP Connor Sadzeck for assignment. Selected the contracts of RHP Jeanmar Gomez, 2B Logan Forsythe and OF Hunter Pence from Nashville (PCL).
March 26, 2019	Claimed RHP Kyle Dowdy off waivers from the N.Y. Mets. Assigned C Jeff Bandy, INFs Chase d'Arnaud, Matt Davidson, and Nolan Fontana, and OF Danny Santana in minor league camp. Released OF Ben Revere from minor league contract.
March 25, 2019	Released RHPs Jason Hammel and Zach McAllister. Assigned RHPs Matt Bush and Rafael Montero to their minor league camp..
March 24, 2019	Returned MLB Rule 5 Draft selection RHP Jordan Romano to Toronto.
March 23, 2019	Announced the retirement of RHP Jason Hammel.
March 22, 2019	Optioned OF Willie Calhoun to Nashville (PCL).
March 21, 2019	Optioned RHP Ariel Jurado to Nashville (PCL) and LHP Brett Martin to Frisco (TL).
March 19, 2019	Optioned C Jose Trevino to Nashville (PCL).
March 15, 2019	Optioned LHP CD Pelham, INF Patrick Wisdom, and OF Carlos Tocci to Nashville (PCL). Reassigned RHP Phillips Valdez, C Tony Sanchez, and INF Eli White to minor league camp.
March 12, 2019	Optioned RHP Nick Gardewine and LHP Taylor Hearn to Nashville (PCL); and LHP Brock Burke and RHP Wei-Chieh Huang to Frisco (TL). Assigned RHPs Tim Dillard, Yoel Espinal, and Ariel Hernandez, C Adam Moore and OF Ben Revere to their minor league camp.
March 10, 2019	Assigned INF Christian Lopes to their minor league camp.
March 9, 2019	Assigned RHPs Taylor Guerrieri and Michael Tonkin and LHPs Miguel Del Pozo and Brady Feigl to minor league camp.
March 8, 2019	Optioned RHP Jonathan Hernandez and LHP Joe Palumbo to Frisco (Texas). Assigned RHP Richelson Pena, LHP Zac Curtis, and INF Andy Ibanez to their minor league camp.
March 6, 2019	Signed RHP Jose Leclerc to a four-year contract.
March 5, 2019	Signed LHP Jarret Martin to a minor league contract.
March 3, 2019	Placed OF Scott Heineman on the 60-day DL.
March 1, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHPs Luke Farrell, Nick Gardewine, Jonathan Hernandez, Wei-Chieh Huang, Ariel Jurado, Jose Leclerc, Jordan Romano, and Connor Sadzeck; LHPs Kyle Bird, Brock Burke, Taylor Hearn, Brett Martin, Yohander Mendez, Joe Palumbo, CD Pelham, and Jeffrey Springs; Cs Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Jose Trevino; INFs Ronald Guzman and Patrick Wisdom, and OFs Willie Calhoun, Joey Gallo, Scott Heineman, and Carlos Tocci on one-year contracts.

February

DATE	TRANSACTION
February 26, 2019	Signed INF Logan Forsythe to a minor league contract.
February 16, 2019	Signed OF Ben Revere to a minor league contract.
February 7, 2019	Agreed to terms with OF Hunter Pence and INF Matt Davidson on minor league contracts.
February 5, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHPs Ricardo Rodriguez and David Carpenter and LHP Chris Nunn on minor league contracts.
February 1, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Hammel on a minor league contract.

January

DATE	TRANSACTION
January 29, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Kelley on a one-year contract. Designated OF John Andreoli for assignment.
January 24, 2019	Agreed to terms with INF Asdrubal Cabrera on a one-year contract. Designated INF Jack Reinheimer for assignment.
January 22, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHP Zach McAllister on a one-year contract and with RHPs Taylor Guerrieri and Michael Tonkin and C Tony Sanchez on minor league contracts. Promoted Todd Slavinsky to senior director/baseball systems, Ryan Murray to director/baseball analytics, Adam Lewkowicz to assistant director/amateur scouting, Ben Baroody to assistant director/baseball operations, Hamilton Wise to assistant director/international scouting, Brett Hayes to coordinator/run prevention, Jonny Clum to assistant/international scouting and Bobby Bandelow to junior analyst. Named Alex Burg coordinator/run production, Bradley Ankrom senior developer/baseball systems, Vinesh Kanthan junior analyst/baseball anal
January 16, 2019	Announced the retirement of RHP Shawn Tolleson.
January 15, 2019	Claimed OF John Andreoli off waivers from Seattle.
January 11, 2019	Agreed to terms with OFs Nomar Mazara and Delino DeShields on one-year contracts.
January 10, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHP Jeanmar Gomez and OF Danny Santana on minor league contracts.
January 9, 2019	Agreed to terms with RHP Shelby Miller on a one-year contract.
January 8, 2019	Named Eric Gagne bullpen coach of Nashville (PCL); Alex Rodriguez trainer of Frisco (TL); Corey Ragsdale manager, Chase Lambin and Turtle Thomas coaches, Luke Teeters trainer and Adam Noel strength and conditioning coach of Down East (Carolina); and Jared Goedert and Josh Johnson coaches and Bronson Santillan trainer of Hickory (SAL).
January 4, 2019	Claimed RHP Luke Farrell off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels. Agreed to terms with RHPs Adrian Sampson and Rafael Montero on minor league contracts.