The Rangers announced that they have placed infielder Brock Holt on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 3, with a right hamstring strain. In other moves, the team selected the contract of infielder Andy Ibanez from Triple-A Round Rock and moved catcher Sam Huff from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL. Huff is recovering from right knee surgery.
This is already the second time this season that a right hamstring strain has forced Holt to the IL, as he missed time in April with the same issue. When Holt has been healthy enough to play, the offseason minor league signing has given the Rangers respectable offensive production with a .250/.377/.295 line in 53 plate appearances. Defensively, Holt has lined up exclusively at third base, where he has shared time with Charlie Culberson.
With Holt down, Ibanez will provide the Rangers with some extra depth in their infield. The Cuba native was Baseball America’s third-ranked international prospect in 2015, when he wound up scoring a $1.6MM payday with the Rangers. Ibanez was one of BA’s top 10 Rangers prospects during his first couple of seasons with the organization, but the 28-year-old’s stock has fallen since, and he still hasn’t appeared in the majors. As a minor leaguer, Ibanez is a .285/.352/.443 hitter with 53 home runs in 1,949 plate appearances.
BROCK HOLT!
I clicked on Holt player link and he looks like Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone with the stache.
Or Matt Damon as the self important tub in the Informant.
Most fake mustache ever, Kurt Russell in the same Tombstone flick. It’s like the trailer comes on and everyone goes, “Hey! Thats Kurt Russell with a fake mustache!”
That movie reeked, but at least they had a nice pizza promotion. See Tombstone, eat a Tombstone.
But I digress.
Hey. If we filibuster, can we get up to 10 comments on a Brock Holt post?
Ten total, not just responses.
Though it looks like the comments counter treats responses the same as total comments. So 10. Somebody help plz. Sincerely, Brock Holts mom.
Loved seeing his hit sink the Sox in the final game of their series. I think the Redsox would be a couple games better with the Brockstar and Mitchy two bags instead of Renfroe and Marwin. Tada! The magic number is 10.
I have an Ibanez 7 string, highly recommend.