ARLINGTON, Texas -- Free-agent outfielder Delino DeShields has agreed to a minor league contract with Texas that includes an invitation to spring training with the Rangers, who traded him away just more than a year ago.
The Rangers said Monday that free-agent right-hander Sam Gaviglio also signed a minor league deal with a spring training invitation.
DeShields and hard-throwing reliever Emmanuel Clase were traded to Cleveland in December 2019, with two-time AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber going to the Rangers. Kluber pitched only one inning for Texas in his debut last July 26 before exiting with a torn muscle in his right shoulder, and last week signed an $11 million, one-year, free-agent deal with the New York Yankees.