The Rangers will promote right-handed pitching prospect Glenn Otto to make his Major League debut tonight, per an announcement from their VP of communications, John Blake. They’ll need to formally select his contract to the Major League roster in order to do so, but Texas currently has multiple vacancies with several players in Covid-19 protocol.
The team has yet to specify whether Otto will be a permanent addition to the 40-man roster or a replacement player who can be removed from the roster without being exposed to waivers. He’d be eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft this winter though, so he’ll be formally added to the 40-man at some point between now and late November one way or another.
Otto, 25, was one of four players acquired from the Yankees in the trade that sent outfielder Joey Gallo and left-hander Joely Rodriguez to the Bronx. He currently ranks 12th among Rangers farmhands at Baseball America, where he draws praise for a newly added slider that has given him legitimate out pitches against both right- and left-handed hitters.
While Otto’s call to the big leagues is in part out of necessity — Dane Dunning, Mike Foltynewicz and Drew Anderson are all currently in Covid protocols — the right-hander has very much earned this opportunity with his results. He’s racked up 95 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A so far in 2021, pitching to a combined 3.20 ERA with outstanding strikeout and walk rates (35.4 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively). Otto has been particularly impressive in his two most recent Triple-A outings, firing 11 shutout innings with just two hits and three walks allowed against the top affiliates of the Padres and Dodgers.
Otto adds to a growing stable of young arms who could potentially form the core of the Rangers’ staff for the foreseeable future. He’ll join Dunning, fellow deadline acquisition Spencer Howard and lefties Kolby Allard and Taylor Hearn as immediate options for the Rangers, who also have a pair of Top 100 pitching prospects on the rise: 2018 first-rounder Cole Winn and this year’s No. 2 overall pick, Jack Leiter. The team could very well turn to the open market to add to that group this offseason, as general manager Chris Young has already stated he expects the team to be “very active” in free agency this winter.
I have a feeling that he’s probably going to stay up the rest of the year and another guy like Folty or Lyles will be let go once they are activated and a 40 man spot is needed for Otto to stay up. Excited to see how he does!
Excited to see what Otto has, since it cost us Gallo to acquire him.
If i were a Rangers fan, i’d be excited to see any pitcher not named Foltynewicz
Let me try this name: Lyles
Dude, Lyles is so sad to watch. Folty has had a couple of decent games in there. Jordan is just a mess
If his parents had named him Otto we wouldn’t still await baseball’s first full palindrome.
still have plenty of nickname options: otto-matic, otto-pilot, grand theft otto etc
I think you have that backwards
How do you know that his first name isn’t Glennelg?
His best two pitches are a front door screwball and a back door slider.
go glenn! i always root for former yankee farmhands and he’s a texas kid so it would be great if he debuted in a ranger-astro series, ideally in front of family
Lets see what the kids got.
Are the Mets the best team ever not to make the playoffs??? I mean talk about a team hit with the worst luck and the worst injuries… Braves getting lucky doesn’t help.
Maybe like the 7Th or 8th best team to miss them , nobody will ever pass the 93 giants
No Ukininam.
This article has nothing to do with the Mets…my goodness, I understand they are your favorite team and you are heartbroken, but at least keep it relevant. Curb your narcissism.
You play the injury card every chance you get. Yes, the Mets have had a ton of injuries, but unlike the Braves, the Mets have had no luck with replacements filling in for those injuries. The Braves are not in first place because of luck or because of the injuries to the Mets. They are in first place because they are the better team at overcoming adversity.The Braves lost Ronald Acuna for the year and even I wrote them off. However, the offense came together and has been better without Acuna. The Mets simply can’t overcome adversity and went 2-11 against LA and SF. .
I’m tired of people trying to say the Braves and the Mets have had to deal with the same thing. It’s not even close. The Braves aren’t in first bc of their depth. They are in first bc they lost less depth.
In all honesty, the Braves are in first place because they simply have played better the last 2 weeks. I’m not saying the Braves have had more injuries than the Mets. Lindor hasn’t been Lindor and who knows what is really wrong with Degrom.. Players have stepped up for the Braves and have not for the Mets. Every year this great Mets team is put before us only for it to never work over a complete season.
I want to mute him so badly, but these threads are so pathetically entertaining I just can’t.
Is this a Mets post
Nope not even close, they aren’t even the best team to miss the playoffs in their own division. The Mets suck.
The Yankees suck, literally.
Well played, MetsFan22. As of this writing, nearly half of the posts are about the Mets rather than the Rangers.
You have an uncanny knack for getting under peoples skin even though you are clearly attempting to do so and don’t really believe half the stuff you write.
The owners of this site owe you a debt of gratitude for driving up the number of views and comments.
The Mutts have done exactly what I predicted back in spring training- wet the bed! Screwed the pooch! This was always a garbage roster! You should hide in shame you’ve made an absolute fool of yourself the entire season!
Hope he does well. Interested to see if the Yanks depth in RH pitching is legit
Glenn Otto
Take it to the Matthews Bridge
Didn’t want Yankees to trade him but I still hope he does well.
Otto pitched well 5IP 2H 0R 0BB 7Ks. Will get W if Texas can hold on to the lead.
Definitely did not expect a Limp Bizkit reference this morning. Well played.