The Texas Rangers have signed free agent reliever Jesus Tinoco to a minor league deal, per Jon Heyman on Twitter. The deal hasn’t been officially announced by the Rangers, though they usually tend to announce a bunch of minor league signings at once, so we may be waiting a little while for an official announcement.
The 29 year old Tinoco spent the 2023 season pitching for Seibu in the NPB, throwing 50 innings in 52 appearances, striking out 43 and walking 22. Originally part of the Toronto Blue Jays organization, Tinoco was traded to the Colorado Rockies in the 2015 deadline deal that sent Jose Reyes to Colorado and Troy Tulowitzki to Toronto.