It’s all the time enjoyable to see fan favorites return to their former groups, and it appears that evidently you see it occur in baseball a bit of extra usually than you do in different sports activities.
Texas Rangers followers will now get to expertise this after the entrance workplace simply made a pleasant early-season commerce to bolster the outfield.
The Rangers formally introduced that they’ve acquired outfielder Robbie Grossman from the Chicago White Sox in change for right-handed pitcher Anthony Hoopii-Tuoionetoa.
Welcome again, Robbie!
We have acquired OF Robbie Grossman from the Chicago White Sox in change for RHP Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa. pic.twitter.com/OVh6m1E741
It was not an extended keep in Chicago for Grossman, as he spent all of 2023 with the Rangers and gained a World Collection ring earlier than he signed a minor league cope with the White Sox this previous offseason.
Grossman hit 10 homers and drove in 49 runs for the Rangers final season and was off to a poor begin to this season in Chicago with only a .211 batting common in 71 at-bats.
Texas is at present sitting atop the AL West and has scored the 4th-most runs within the league up to now, however the Rangers aren’t getting a lot offensive manufacturing out of their outfield spots outdoors of Adolis Garcia.
Evan Carter is hitting .222 with a .749 OPS, Wyatt Langford is hitting .224 with only a .588 OPS and one house run, and Leody Taveras has a .685 OPS.
Rotational outfielder Travis Jankowski isn’t hitting both, so bringing in some acquainted assist on the plate is a sensible transfer.
It stays to be seen what number of at-bats Grossman will get, but when he may even repeat his efficiency from final yr, it is going to assist this offense proper now given the struggles of the younger guys.