Santos up, Corniell optioned
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The Texas Rangers have recalled pitcher Winston Santos, the team announced today. To make room for Santos on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned pitcher Jose Corniell to AAA Round Rock.
This is part of the domino effect resulting from Jack Leiter going on the injured list (and then having ankle surgery yesterday). Corniell was called up to take the place of Leiter on the active roster, with Cal Quantrill, the team’s long man, starting in Leiter’s place yesterday. Corniell threw 69 pitches yesterday, and thus would not be available to pitch again until, most likely, this weekend. Not wanting to be left without someone who can give them length out of the pen, Corniell is now sent down and Santos is up.
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Santos, a 24 year old righthander who was added to the 40 man roster after the 2024 season, has spent 2026 at AA Frisco, and has not performed in such a way that you would expect him to get a call up. He has a 7.44 ERA on the year in 42.1 innings over 11 starts, though with an impressive 12.3 Ks per 9 (and a less impressive 2.1 HRs and 4.5 walks per 9). Interestingly, has allowed exactly three runs in each of his last six games, in which he has faced exactly 21 batters four times (and 25 and 18 batters the other two times).
So why is Santos the guy called up? The only other pitchers on the 40 man roster who are not short relievers are Leandro Lopez, currently on the injured list, and David Davalillo, who was assigned to the ACL Rangers where, I would assume, he’s working on things. Davalillo had started the season at Frisco and was pitching for Round Rock before he got sent to the desert. And there’s no one in the system who is not on the 40 man roster who is making a compelling case to be added to the 40 man roster (which would mean DFA’ing, say, Blaine Crim, or pre-emptively putting Jack Leiter on the 60 day injured list under the assumption he won’t be available until mid-August) and sit in the bullpen as the emergency long man.