The Texas Rangers have outrighted outfielder D.J. Peters to AAA Round Rock and have non-tendered outfielder Billy McKinney and catchers David Garcia and Yohel Pozo, it was announced today. In addition, the team announced the signing of free agent outfielder Kole Calhoun.
Today was the deadline to tender contracts to players on the 40 man roster, and with spots on the 40 man needed it was expected that the Rangers would potentially non-tender players who were not arbitration eligible in order to get them off the 40 man roster without exposing them to waivers. The Rangers have done this frequently in recent years, and pretty much always re-sign the non-tendered player, either to a minor league deal or a major league deal.