Rangers decline options on Scott Feldman, Yoshinori Tateyama
The Rangers declined team options on pitchers Scott Feldman and Yoshinori Tateyama.
The Rangers declined team options on pitchers Scott Feldman and Yoshinori Tateyama, the club announced Tuesday. Both have become free agents.
Feldman, 29, posted a 5.09 ERA in 123 2/3 innings (21 starts, eight relief appearances) for Texas this season. He recorded a sharp 3.0 K/BB, but a poor 10.1 hits allowed per nine innings kept runners circling the bases. He is largely a control-and-finesse pitcher, striking out just 96 batters and allowing a high 82.5 percent contact rate. The danger of giving up contact so often -- particularly with a fastball averaging just 90.5 mph -- is plenty of chances for hits to fall in, and that did in Feldman this season.
Tateyama pitched in just 14 games for the Rangers this season, allowing a 9.00 ERA and 5.09 FIP thanks to four home runs in 17 innings. The 36-year-old throws a screwball, but that might be the only intriguing aspect to his free agency this offseason.
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