The Texas Rangers have claimed outfielders Billy McKinney and Zach Reks on waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team announced today. The Rangers 40 man roster now stands at 39.
McKinney and Reks are both lefthanded hitting corner outfielders, and each is on the older side — McKinney is 27, while Reks is 28. McKinney is out of options and has two-plus years of service time, while Reks has a pair of options and less than a year of service time. Neither has been outrighted before, it appears, so if the Rangers waive one or both of them later and they clear waivers, they can be outrighted.