The Rangers fortify their bullpen after yesterday's disaster by recalling Jon Edwards and Alex Claudio
After yesterday's bullpen-taxing disaster, the Rangers needed to get some fresh arms up as reinforcements today, and thus have recalled righthanded pitcher Jon Edwards and lefty Alex Claudio from AAA Round Rock.
Phil Klein, who did yeoman's work in throwing 5 IP in the last two days while allowing 0 earned runs, was rewarded by being sent down to clear a 25 man roster spot. This isn't surprising, since Klein's heavy workload the past two days -- he threw 38 pitches Monday and 49 pitches yesterday -- likely has him unavailable for the next several days, and so he's expendable to get a fresh arm up and in the pen.