Surprise, Arizona – The Texas Rangers today announced that 11 players have agreed to terms on one-year contracts for the 2013 season.
No further terms were disclosed.
The
eight are pitchers Wilmer Font, Roman Mendez, Alexi Ogando, Joe Ortiz,
Martin Perez, Tanner Scheppers, Matt West, and Coty Woods and infielders
Leury Garcia, Mitch Moreland,
and Jurickson Profar.
Font,
Moreland, Ogando, Perez, Profar, and Scheppers each spent all or parts
of the 2012 season with the Rangers. Woods was selected by Texas from
Colorado in last December's Major
League Rule 5 Draft. Garcia, Mendez, Ortiz, and West were all in the
Rangers' minor league system a year ago and have no major league
experience.
With
the agreements, 36 of the 40 players on Texas' major league roster are
under contract for 2013. The unsigned players are pitcher Josh Lindblom
and outfielders Engel Beltre,
Julio Borbon, and Craig Gentry.
Texas will play intersquad games on Tuesday and Wednesday at 12 noon MT at the team's Surprise, Arizona complex. The team opens Cactus League play on Friday against the Kansas City
Royals at 1:05 p.m. MT at Surprise Stadium.
