Texas Rangers transactions: Brock Burke, Taylor Hearn, Wei-Chieh Huang and Nick Gardewine were all optioned today, with Hearn and Gardewine going to AAA Nashville and Huang and Burke going to AA Frisco. In addition, Tim Dillard, Yoel Espinal, Ariel Hernandez, Adam Moore and Ben Revere were all assigned to the minor league camp.
None of these nine players were expected to be in contention for an Opening Day roster spot, so these moves aren’t surprising. Burke and Espinal both came over from Tampa Bay in the Jurickson Profar trade, and both have earned good reviews this spring.