Lone Star Ball · Feb 5, 2021
Rangers signing Foltynewicz, per report
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images We have a Texas Rangers rumor, as Mike Foltynewicz and the team are apparently close on a one year deal, per Kiley McDaniel. The free agent righthander became a free agent after the 2020 season, having previously been waived by the Atlanta Braves and outrighted.
Foltynewicz, 29, broke in with the Houston Astros in 2014, and then was traded after the 2014 season to the Atlanta Braves in the Evan Gattis deal. He was a guy who threw hard, had command issues, and struggled to make an impact until the 2018 season, when a 2.85 ERA in 31 starts and 183 IP for the Braves led to an All Star appearance and an 8th place finish in the Cy Young balloting.