Rangers To Select Dane Dunnin Rangers To Select Dane Dunnin
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Right-hander https://www.timberwolvesprostore.com/minnesota-timberwolves-jeresy/josh-okogie-jersey is going to be added to the Rangers roster, per . Fellow righty will be optioned to get Dunning onto the active roster but the club will need to make a corresponding move to open a 40-man roster spot. The club has not announced the moves yet. Dunning, 30, was outrighted off the clubs 40-man roster just ahead of Opening Day. He had just wrapped up a tough spring showing, allowing 10 earned runs in 11 innings. He also had a pretty rough campaign in 2024. He posted a 5.31 ERA around some injured list stints last year. He had come into the season with a 4.16 career ERA, so that was a notable jump. Over the course of the season, he was bumped to the bullpen and also optioned to the minors for a while. Since being outrighted, hes been pitching out of the rotation for Triple-A Round Rock. He has a 5.40 ERA acro s five starts for that club, pitching in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. His 22.6% strikeout rate and 9.7% walk rate are both close to average but he has allowed four home runs, a rate of 17.4% per fly ball. Hes likely ticketed for a long relief role with the big league club. The Rangers have , , , and making up their current rotation. The team has completed six contests in a 13-game stretch without an off-day, leading to heavy bullpen usage. Of their eight relievers, all of them have pitched at least twice in the past six days. , and have each pitched in three of the past four days. With the staff fairly ga sed, Dunning will provide manager Bruce Bochy with a guy who could potentially take a few innings of mop-up duty. Dunning to sed 5 1/3 innings in his most recent outing, which was on Thursday. He still has an option remaining, so he can be optioned back down to Round Rock whenever the need for a fresh arm arises again. Photo courtesy of William Purnell, Imagn Images https://www.timberwolvesprostore.com/minnesota-timberwolves-jeresy/anthony-edwards-jersey