Texas Rangers transactions: Brett Martin has been optioned to AA Frisco, and Ariel Jurado has been optioned to AAA Nashville, the team announced today.
Jurado, a righthanded starting pitcher, being optioned is not really news, as he had no realistic shot of making the Opening Day roster unless a starting pitcher or two got hurt. Jurado will be on his final option this season, and will toil away at AAA, offering the Rangers rotation depth while trying to figure out a way to miss enough bats to be a viable major league pitcher going forward.