The Texas Rangers have promoted righthanded pitcher Tyler Phillips from AA Frisco to AAA Round Rock, it was announced yesterday.
The timing of this move is interesting, as his last time out, he threw a scoreless first inning, and then went home run-single-home run-home run before being lifted, resulting in a 1 IP, 4 run outing. Before that, he threw 12 pitches in a relief outing against Northwest Arkansas, where he started the sixth inning, gave up a first pitch single, elicited a ground out, walked a batter on a 3-2 pitch, started pitching to Bobby Witt, Jr.