The Texas Rangers announced three roster moves today. Brock Burke has been moved to the injured list for a broken hand. Young rookie Justin Foscue’s oblique strain was far worse than initially believed, so he has been shifted to the 60-day injured list. Following those two moves, the Rangers have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Austin Pruitt from the Round Rock Express.
Brock Burke
After a disastrous outing from Brock Burke, it is reported that he returned to the clubhouse and punched a wall, resulting in a broken hand. Burke came out of the bullpen in the bottom of the 7th with a nine-run lead. He managed to strike out Jose Altuve, but he followed that with a hit to Yordan Alvarez and a home run by Kyle Tucker to cut the Rangers’ lead to seven. He left two men on for Grant Anderson to inherit. Texas went from a nine-run lead to a four-run lead in that single inning.
Austin Pruitt
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 9th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Debut on April 2, 2017 for the Rays. In his six-year career in the MLB, he has been with the Rays (2017-2019), the Houston Astros (2021), the Miami Marlins (2021), and the Oakland Athletics (2022-2023). He departed the Athletics organization as a free agent during the offseason and was signed to a minor league deal by the Texas Rangers on January 30th, 2024. In his MLB career, he has a W/L record of 14-16 across 150 games, 17 game starts, 47 game finishes, and six saves. He has an ERA of 4.43 and has allowed 321 hits, 168 runs, 153 earned runs, 43 home runs, 71 walks, five intentional walks, and 220 strikeouts across 310.2 innings. In the 2024 season with the Round Rock Express he has appeared in four games and has a W/L record of 1-1. His current season ERA is 3.86 across 4.2 innings, allowing five hits, two earned runs, one walk, and one strikeout.
