Tony Barnette, righthanded reliever, is a Texas Rangers, with the team having announced that Barnette has re-signed with the Rangers on a one year deal. The beat guys on Twitter say it is for $1.5 million.
I’m absolutely on board with this deal for the Rangers...Barnette was signed by the club in the 2015-16 offseason to a two year deal with a $4 million club option for 2018. Barnette was very good in 2016, putting up a 2.09 ERA in 60.1 innings of middle relief work, but had an up-and-down 2017 campaign which saw him struggle early in the year and again in September, ending the year with a 5.