Texas Rangers transactions: Tony Barnette, righthanded relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers, has been placed on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain, John Blake announced this afternoon. Replacing Barnette on the disabled list is relief pitcher Chris Martin.
This is a weird sequence of events, as Martin was optioned yesterday to make room on the active roster for Ronald Guzman, a move that Jeff Banister acknowledged was due to a roster crunch issue and needing to “protect” players on the active roster, and not due to ineffectiveness on Martin’s part.