The Texas Rangers have recalled Zach Reks and purchased the contract of Josh Smith, the team announced today. To make room on the 40 man and active roster for Smith, the Rangers have designated pitcher Albert Abreu for assignment. To make room on the active roster for Reks, the Rangers have placed Brad Miller on the injured list.
Reks has been up previously this year, and I was thinking there was a good chance that he would be activated today once Brad Miller left yesterday’s game due to a hip issue. Mitch Garver is apparently ready to play again, but he’s still limited to DH duties, which means that the Rangers’ bench would be down to two players if a move hadn’t been made to get a position player up.