Joe Palumbo recalled, David Carpenter DFA’d, Phillips Valdez up

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsTexas Rangers transactions: Joe Palumbo has been recalled from AA Frisco to start game one of today’s doubleheader, and Phillips Valdez’s contract has been purchased from AAA Nashville as the 26th man for today’s doubleheader. To make room for Valdez on the 40 man roster and Palumbo on the 25 man roster, David Carpenter has been designated for assignment.

Palumbo makes his major league debut today, and you can read Connor’s firsthand report on Palumbo here, and Tepid’s write-up on him here. He’s probably not major league ready, and against a righty-heavy Oakland lineup, there’s a good chance he will struggle, but he’s someone who should have a nice MLB future,…