The Texas Rangers announced today that they have purchased the contracts of minor league pitchers Marc Church, Jose Corniell and Antoine Kelly and infielder Justin Foscue, adding those four players to the 40 man roster. The 40 man roster now stands at 37.
These were the four players who we identified as near-locks to be added to the 40 man roster before today’s deadline to protect players from potentially being selected in the Rule 5 Draft, which will take place on December 6. While there were other players who seemed to be possible candidates to be added to 40 man roster, those four were the only ones who seemed more likely than not.