Rangers receive Chester as PTBNL

Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for USO of Metropolitan New YorkThe Texas Rangers announced yesterday that they had received minor league outfielder Carl Chester as a player to be named later from the Tampa Bay Rays. This completes last month’s deal that brought Nate Lowe and Jake Guenther from the Rays to the Rangers, with Texas sending Heriberto Hernandez, Osleivis Basabe and Alexander Ovalles to the Rays.

Chester was a 12th round pick of the Rays out of the University of Miami in 2017. He is a righthanded hitting centerfielder who turned 25 last month. He split the 2018 season between low-A and high-A, slashing .292/.330/.427, and split 2019 between high-A and AA, slashing .257/.310/.358.…