The Texas Rangers have non-tendered pitchers Nick Martinez, A.J. Griffin, and Chi Chi Gonzalez, as well as utility infielder Hanser Alberto, the club announced today. These moves drop the 40 man roster down to 35.
Today is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to players under team control. Martinez and Griffin were both arbitration-eligible, and we're looking at getting $2-3 million apiece in arbitration. While both have been nice depth pieces, neither had a lock on a major league job for 2017, and Texas appears to have decided those millions can be better allocated elsewhere.