https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/rangers-sign-jen-ho-tseng.html
The Rangers announced Wednesday that they’ve signed right-hander Jen-Ho
Tseng to a minor league contract. The former Cubs righty, who was designated
for assignment released recently, will head to extended Spring Training begin
a throwing program, per Rangers executive vice president of communications
John Blake.
Tseng, 24, was a fairly high-profile signing for the Cubs back in 2013,
receiving a $1.625MM signing bonus as an 18-year-old amateur out of Taiwan.
He was considered one of the Cubs’ more promising young arms for years after
his signing and breezed through much of his minor league tenure, posting
quality numbers against older, more experienced competition en route to a
brief cup of coffee with the big league team in 2017.
The 2018 season, however, was a disaster for Tseng. After logging a 1.80 ERA
in 55 1/3 Triple-A innings in 2017, Tseng was tattooed for a 6.27 earned run
average in 136 1/3 frames there last year. He allowed a career-high 2.9 walks
per nine innings pitched and a career-worst 1.32 homers per nine frames in
last year’s ugly showing. While Tseng’s modest strikeout rate made that
2017 ERA look ripe for at least some regression even at the time, few would’
ve expected such a stark downturn in his performance. Spring Training wasn’t
any prettier in 2019, as Tseng yielded eight runs on eight hits and two walks
with just one strikeout in 4 2/3 innings in Major League camp.
Those struggles were enough for the Cubs to move on, but the Rangers, known
to be on the lookout for rotation depth, are in a better position to give a
chance to a young arm not far removed from success in the upper minors.
Unlike the Cubs, the Rangers didn’t enter the season with legitimate
postseason aspirations. Given the patchwork nature of their rotation (plus
injuries to Yohander Mendez and Edinson Volquez), Texas not only has a need
for depth but also a relatively clear path to an opportunity for Tseng if he
can get out to a strong start once he joins a minor league affiliate.
原文如上
內文前面都在介紹曾仁和
作者最後寫到 比起小熊 曾仁和在遊騎兵會有相對多的機會
首先由於遊騎兵這季開始就沒有期望要進季後賽 因此會有更多的機會給年輕人
此外 遊騎兵的拼裝先發輪值以及 Yohander Mendez 和Edinson Volquez的傷病史
相信曾仁和可以在這裡得到更多機會