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The Texas Rangers acquired former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder after series loss to Toronto
The Texas Rangers lost their series against the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this week and decided to sign former Blue Jays outfielder Billy McKinney to a deal right after the series.
The Blue Jays ended up walking away with the series win earlier this week against the Rangers in an extremely low scoring series where a total of 7 runs scored between both teams.
Rangers sign former Blue Jays outfielder Billy McKinney
The Rangers announced that they decided to sign former Blue Jays outfielder Billy McKinney to a minor league deal as he has already been assigned to the minor league team in Round Rock.
The Rangers signed Alan Trejo and Billy McKinney to minor league contracts. Both moves were initially reflected on the MiLB.com transaction log, and they've each already appeared for Triple-A Round Rock. -Franco
McKinney was recently released by the New York Mets after struggling with their minor league affiliate team in which he had a .184 batting average with a .285 on base percentage and 3 homeruns on the season.
He'd been out to a rough start for the Mets' top farm team, hitting .184/.285/.307 with 34 strikeouts over 33 games. -Franco
Since landing in Texas, McKinney has already been playing much better in his first few games as he currently has a .300 batting average with a .417 on base percentage and .817 OPS which is on a small sample size but is still much better.
McKinney's best season in the MLB came back in 2019 with the Blue Jays in which he played in 84 games as he finished the season with a .215 batting average, .274 on base percentage and 12 homeruns with 28 RBIs.
The chances of McKinney seeing anymore time in the MLB if he does figure out a way to dominate in Triple-A are very slim as his numbers over the last few years between the majors and minors.
Source: MLB Trade Rumors
Rangers Sign Alan Trejo, Billy McKinney To Minor League Deals
Rangers Sign Alan Trejo, Billy McKinney To Minor League Deals
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