Willie Calhoun, the prized prospect in the Yu Darvish deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the July 31 trade deadline, will join the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, according to a series of tweets from him, his brother and his girlfriend.
Club officials didn’t return late-night text messages, either because they were asleep or they don’t want to confirm the move because they haven’t made the corresponding roster move required to get Calhoun on the 40-man roster.
However, they didn’t need to confirm Calhoun’s promotion based on a look at Twitter.
Calhoun tweeted the emoji for an airplane followed by “Dallas.