The Rangers declined team options on pitchers Scott Feldman and Yoshinori Tateyama, the club announced Tuesday. Both have become free agents.
Feldman, 29, posted a 5.09 ERA in 123 2/3 innings (21 starts, eight relief appearances) for Texas this season. He recorded a sharp 3.0 K/BB, but a poor 10.1 hits allowed per nine innings kept runners circling the bases. He is largely a control-and-finesse pitcher, striking out just 96 batters and allowing a high 82.5 percent contact rate. The danger of giving up contact so often -- particularly with a fastball averaging just 90.5 mph -- is plenty of chances for hits to fall in, and that did in Feldman this season.
Tateyama pitched in just 14 games for the Rangers this season, allowing a 9.00 ERA and 5.09 FIP thanks to four home runs in 17 innings. The 36-year-old throws a screwball, but that might be the only intriguing aspect to his free agency this offseason.
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