The Rangers called up right-handed pitcher Hunter Wood on Saturday, adding another pitching option out of the bullpen and a possible fifth starter with Kohei Arihara still on the injured list.
Wood holds a career 3.32 ERA over 66 games and 10 starts between Tampa Bay (2017-19) and Cleveland (2019). He hasn’t made an MLB appearance since Sept. 28, 2019, with Cleveland, when he went two-thirds of an inning, allowing one hit and one run. He spent all of 2020 at Cleveland’s alternate training site.
Manager Chris Woodward said he’s not worried about Wood’s lack of recent big league innings.
“I think what we saw in spring and just talking to this guy, he was pretty comfortable,” Woodward said. “He's had some success in the big leagues. He's not a guy that gets too rattled about things. He's going to do his thing and go out and use his pitches well, throw strikes. He’s gonna throw that fastball at the top, use his own curveball and the cutter to attack hitters. That's what this guy does, and he doesn't seem to be bothered by a lot of it. He's just been dying to get back.”
Wood was one of the Rangers' most consistent pitchers in Spring Training, making 11 relief appearances and posting a 3.27 ERA and notching 17 strikeouts. Woodward said the coaching staff was impressed with him and considered putting him on the Opening Day roster.
“The way he's been throwing since Spring Training, sometimes in Spring Training obviously you take it with a grain of salt, because you don't know if it's going to show up, but you know he's been pitching well,” Woodward said. “The stuff is still there. He can pitch multiple innings too, so that's a huge plus for us.”
Woodward said they considered calling up Demarcus Evans, the club’s No. 27-ranked prospect, from Triple-A along with Wood. Evans made his MLB debut last season, pitching four games at one inning apiece. He’s only pitched three games at Round Rock this season, and Woodward said it shouldn’t be too long until he’s back with the big league club.
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