On Sunday the Rangers announced that right-handed pitcher Shane Carle has been assigned outright to Triple-A Nashville. He had been designated for assignment on Friday.
Carle, 27, will remain in the Texas organization, though he’ll no longer occupy a spot on the 40-man roster. Since he was acquired from the Braves, he has pitched out of the Triple-A bullpen and has yet to appear in a Major League game for the Rangers.
After a 2018 season in which Carle posted a 2.86 ERA for Atlanta, he fell out of the organization’s good graces after he regressed to a 9.64 mark in six games this year. During his career year in 2018, Carle was an interesting case, tallying relatively few strikeouts (6.1 K/9) compared to high walk totals. His 1.59 K:BB ratio alone may have been interpreted as a red flag that his sub-3.00 ERA wouldn’t hold up in the long run. However, his value came from an extreme groundball tendency that greatly limited home runs, as he allowed just two round-trippers in 63 innings of work. Despite the unspectacular strikeout and walk numbers, that ability to keep the ball in the yard contributed to a 3.54 FIP. While still a notch below his ERA, that’s a solid mark that is usually enough to hold a spot in a Major League bullpen.
This season, though, Carle’s carrying skill vanished entirely while his shortcomings were exaggerated. In just six games of work with the Braves, Carle surrendered more home runs (3) than the entire season prior. While his strikeouts remained essentially unchanged, his walks ballooned to untenable levels, conceding nine bases on balls in 9 1/3 innings. That was enough to earn him a demotion to the minors, though his performance didn’t quite return to ideal levels.
HaloShane
The Angels organization and players are completely lost with zero direction PERIOD
If you disagree, I suggest you watch the series VS the Astros. It Varsity (Astro’s organization) VS Freshman (Angels organization). It’s one thing to be bad and try…. it’s another to be bad, not competiti
HaloShane
It’s another to be bad and not competitive…. Angels organization should be embarrassed of themselves.
Sirsleepit
What does that have to do with this article?
bravesfan
Right… not related to the article at all. Not even related teams
The Infinity Gauntlet
Hey Buddy. I think you meant to post this to the “cutting Odors Playing time” Article.
jorge78
He’s so frustrated he couldn’t wait for an Angel’s article!