The Rangers have introduced again Ian Kennedy on a minor league contract, the membership knowledgeable reporters (together with Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News). He’ll be a part of their high farm group in Spherical Rock tomorrow.
Kennedy spent a month on the open market after being designated for project by Texas in early Could. He’d cracked the Opening Day roster after an offseason minor league deal, marking his second stint in Arlington. Whereas Kennedy was a wonderful high-leverage arm for the Rangers again in 2021, he had much less inspiring outcomes this time round. Regardless of a top quality 13:3 strikeout-to-walk tally via ten innings, he surrendered ten runs on 11 hits.
The 17-year MLB veteran has had a pair robust seasons since shifting to the bullpen 4 years again. He has struggled going again to the beginning of the 2022 marketing campaign, posting a 5.36 ERA via 50 1/3 frames for the Diamondbacks final season. Except for damage rehab stints, Kennedy hasn’t pitched in Triple-A since 2009.
He’ll look to make his keep in Spherical Rock temporary by recapturing a spot within the Texas bullpen. Rangers relievers rank twenty second in MLB with a 4.31 ERA on the yr, although they’ve posted a serviceable 3.92 mark throughout the previous month.