Johnson missed a little over five weeks with a balky shoulder, but he recorded two strikeouts over a scoreless inning for the ACL Rangers in his July 18 return, Josh Norris of Baseball America reports.
A 6-foot-3 righty whom the Rangers gave $300K after selecting him in the 11th round of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft, Johnson has a 2.70 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 32:13 K:BB in 23.1 innings through seven starts in his first pro season. His 33 percent strikeout rate and 54.5 percent groundball rate are intriguing enough to look past his control woes (13.4 percent walk rate) in the early going.