Rangers' Stephen Villines: Reinstated from injured list
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Villines (undisclosed) was reinstated from the injured list and transferred to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, Levi Weaver of The Athletic reports.
Villines spent two and a half weeks on the injured list due to contact tracing, but he'll progress to the Triple-A club now that he's been cleared to return. Across 24 appearances at Double-A Frisco to begin the year, the right-hander posted a 3.38 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 40 innings.
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Rangers' Stephen Villines: Lands on injured list
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Villines was placed on the injured list at Double-A Frisco on Wednesday due to contact tracing, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
Villines was one of several players with the Double-A affiliate placed on the injured list Wednesday. The right-hander has made 24 relief appearances at Double-A Frisco this year and has recorded a 3.38 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 40 innings.
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Rangers' Stephen Villines: Dealt to Rangers
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The Rangers acquired Villines on Sunday in a trade with the Mets, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
A 2017 10th-round pick out of Kansas, Villines spent the 2019 season between the Triple-A Syracuse and Double-A Binghamton bullpens, logging a 2.66 ERA and 54:22 K:BB in 61 innings. He'll move on to a new organization after the Mets made him the player to be named later in the Aug. 5 deal that sent Ariel Jurado to New York.
