AUGUST 22, 2022•STAR-TELEGRAM.COM
GAME PREVIEW: Rangers Out To Win Twins SeriesTexas continues its six-game road trip Monday night with the final of a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins.
Elier Hernandez - Stays in organizationThe Rangers outrighted Hernandez to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday.
ImpactHernandez will stay in the Texas organization after he went unclaimed off waivers upon being designated for assignment Tuesday. The 27-year-old posted a .442 OPS in 35 plate appearances with the Rangers prior to being booted off the 40-man roster.
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Aaron Zavala - Makes return from ILZavala (undisclosed) was reinstated from the 7-day injured list Saturday and went 1-for-3 with two walks, a stolen base and two runs in his return to the Double-A Frisco lineup.
ImpactZavala spent about a week and a half on the IL before he was reinstated from the IL. The 22-year-old outfielder has gotten off to a hot start at Double-A, producing a 1.327 OPS to go with a pair of steals in nine games for Frisco since his promotion from High-A Hickory in late July.
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Brad Miller - Plates three in Sunday's winMiller went 2-for-3 with a walk, three RBI and a run in Sunday's 7-0 win over the Twins.
ImpactThe three-RBI performance exceeded Miller's output (two) from his previous 24 games combined, a drought that extends back nearly two months. Even though he's holding down a mediocre .584 OPS for the season, the lefty-hitting Miller appears to have at least resolidified himself as a strong-side platoon player at designated hitter. He'll start at DH in Monday's series finale and will bat eighth.
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Bubba Thompson - On bench again vs. rightyThompson remains out of the lineup for Monday's game in Minnesota.
ImpactThe righty-hitting Thompson's absence from the lineup for a second straight game in which the Rangers have faced a right-handed pitcher (Sonny Gray) seemingly confirms that he'll move into a short-side platoon role in the wake of the lefty-hitting Kole Calhoun coming off the injured list Sunday. Since making his MLB debut Aug. 4, Thompson has provided five stolen bases in 16 games but has offered little else (.250 average, zero home runs, five RBI and three runs).
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Gary Sánchez - Sitting again MondaySanchez will sit Monday versus the Rangers.
ImpactSanchez will take a seat for a second straight game Monday. Sandy Leon will start again behind the plate and bat ninth in the series finale.
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Jorge Polanco - Gets rest MondayPolanco is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers.
ImpactAfter missing two games with a knee injury early last week, Polanco checked back into the lineup Friday and played each of the first three contests of the series with the Rangers, going 3-for-10 with a double and a walk. The Twins haven't provided any indication that Polanco is dealing with a setback with the knee, so he's presumably sitting out Monday in a pre-planned maintenance day. Luis Arraez will spell Polanco at the keystone.
AUGUST 22, 2022•ROTOWIRE
