Rangers Place Holland on DL; Purchase Scheppers From Round Rock
By: Texas Rangers Communications
Updated: June 7, 2012
Oakland, Calif. -
The Texas Rangers announced this morning that left-handed pitcher Derek
Holland has been placed on the 15-day disabled list,
retroactive to Wednesday, with left shoulder fatigue. To take his place
on the roster, the club has purchased the contract of right-handed
pitcher Tanner Scheppers (#52) from Triple-A Round Rock. To make room
for Scheppers on the 40-man roster, the team has
designated left-handed pitcher John Gaub for assignment.
Holland
has gone 5-4 with a 5.10 ERA (38 ER/67.0 IP) in 12 games/11 starts for
Texas this season. He earned his 5th win on Tuesday night in Oakland,
allowing 3 runs in 5.1 innings. This is just his second career stint on
the disabled list. The first date Holland would be eligible to return
is June 21.
Scheppers,
25, will be available in the bullpen for today's series finale in
Oakland, looking to make his major league debut. He has spent the
entire
season with Round Rock, going 1-2 with 9 saves and a 3.72 ERA (12
ER/29.0 IP) in 25 relief appearances. Pacific Coast League opponents
have batted .270 (30-111) with 4 walks, 27 strikeouts, and just 2 home
runs. Scheppers is 9-for-12 in save chances this
season and has allowed 4 of 11 inherited runners to score. He last
pitched on Tuesday vs. Albuquerque, allowing one run in 2.0 innings.
Selected
by Texas in the supplemental first round (44th overall) of the 2009
June draft, Scheppers has been a non-roster invitee to major league
spring
training each of the past three years. He made 7 Cactus League
appearances for the Rangers this spring, allowing 6 runs in 8.1
innings. A native of Mission Viejo, Calif., he pitched three seasons at
Fresno State, but missed the school's run to the College
World Series title in 2008 due to injury.
Gaub,
acquired by Texas on a waiver claim from Tampa Bay on May 24, has
pitched 4.1 scoreless innings over 5 appearances since joining Round
Rock. The
Rangers have 10 days to trade, release, or outright Gaub to the minor
leagues.
With these moves, the Rangers still have a full 40-man roster.
