Carlos Tocci is back on the Texas Rangers' active roster after they reinstated him from the disabled list following a lengthy, lengthy rehab assignment.
The Rangers like the player, a defensive-minded outfielder who knows how to move around the bases. Or at least they thought he did.
He doesn't yet know how to get on the bases, though, with any regularity.
But the Rangers couldn't option him to Triple A Round Rock, where he had been playing on assignment. Tocci is a Rule 5 pick who must be on the active roster all season, or for at least 90 days, or the Rangers risk losing him to the waiver process or to the team that lost him in the Rule 5 draft.