Rangers adds Merrill Kelly in Diamondbacks, Fuentes

The Rangers are acquiring the right opening launcher Merrill Kelly of the Diamondbacks in exchange for three pitchers, sources told AM850.

The Texas Rangers made a movement to reinforce the upper part of their rotation minutes from the end of the deadline of changes on Thursday, acquiring Merrill Kelly of the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to Fuentes to JEFF Passan de AM850.

Kelly, 36, is winning $ 7 million in the last season of his contract and has had a good year, with a 9-6 record and an effectiveness of 3.22 in 22 openings for a rotation of the D-backs that, apart from him, has had a lower performance. Since the beginning of June, Kelly has an effectiveness of 2.56.

Diamondbacks will receive left -handed pitchers in return Kohl Drake and Mitch Brattand to the right hand David Hagamanof the Rangers.

Rangers openers have the lowest effectiveness of the largest, with 3.16. Meanwhile, the offensive has finally begun to recover recently, which allowed them a 16-8 record in July that has put them in the center of the contest by the playoffs.

Kelly joins a body of pitchers headed by Nathan Eovaldi and Jacob Degrom, the latter could face ticket restrictions due to their recent injury history. The young and promising right -handed launchers Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter also make up the body of pitchers, which could allow the return of Tyler Mahle before the end of August.

Kelly is considered a pitcher who strives to the maximum launching tickets, and has launched well lately with an effectiveness of 2.56 in her last 10 openings, which has reduced her effectiveness of the season to 3.22. After being beaten at the beginning of his second opening of the season, he has launched at least five entries in each opening since then.

It does not have a powerful repertoire, registering the second lowest average straight speed between the pitchers, with 115 inputs released before the Star Game. His speed change is his best launch by a wide margin, and manages with the location and slow throws.

Kelly, who has spent his seven seasons in the MLB with Arizona, was a key piece in the trajectory of the diamondbacks towards the 2023 World Seriesstruggling to 28 and registering an effectiveness of 2.25 in 24 entries.

The Rangers made two other movements on Thursday. They acquired the left -handed Danny Coulombe of the Minnesota Twins in exchange for the left -handed Leagues Garren Horn, as announced on Thursday. Fuentes informed Passan that the right reliever Phil Maton leaves Texas from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Couple, 35 years old, has registered an effectiveness of 1.16, a 0.97 and 31 strikeouts whip in 31 tickets released for twins this season.

Maton, 32, has registered an effectiveness of 2.35, a 1.12 and 48 strikeouts in 38.1 tickets released for cardinals this season.

Kiley McDaniel de AM850 contributed to this report.