Robbie Grossman traded to Rangers

The Rangers acquired veteran outfielder Robbie Grossman from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa.

To make room for Grossman on the 40-man roster, left-handed pitcher Kolton Ingram was designated for assignment. The Rangers will make an additional trade to welcome Grossman to the active roster when he reports to the club.

Grossman, 34, spent this season with the White Sox, hitting .211/.329/.268/.597 (15-71) with no homers and 4 RBIs. The switch hitter went 6-for-16 (.375) with 2 doubles, 4 walks and 4 strikeouts against left-handed pitchers in 2024. Last year, Grossman hit .309/.416/. 536/.952 (34-110) with 5 home runs, 10 doubles and 23 walks/32 strikeouts against left-handed pitchers, posting the 3rd highest on-base percentage and 6th highest OPS figure against lefties of the American League (minimum 100 PA against LHP). The veteran is a career .283 hitter against left-handed pitchers with an OPS of .810.

Grossman has made 19 starts for the White Sox this season in right field (10), left field (5) and designated hitter (1). Last year with the Rangers, he slashed .238/.340/.394/.734 (84-353) with 10 homers, 23 doubles and 49 RBIs in 115 games in his first season with Texas. He started 99 of the team’s 162 games in left field (39), designated hitter (36), and right field (24). He drew walks in 13.6% (57 of 420) of his plate appearances for the season and appeared in 7 games during the Rangers’ postseason run to the 2023 World Series title.

The 12-year MLB veteran has a career .243 batting average with 90 home runs and 419 RBIs in 1,151 games with Houston (2013-15), Minnesota (2016-18), Oakland (2019-20), Detroit (2021-22). ), Texas (2023) and Chicago-AL (2024).

Hoopii-Tuionetoa went 1-0 with one save and a 0.00 ERA (1 R-0 ER/12.1 IP) in 10 relief appearances for Frisco (AA) this season in his first Double-A action in career. The Hawaii native has spent his entire professional career in the Texas organization since being selected in the 30th round of the 2019 MLB Draft.

Ingram was acquired by the Rangers from the New York Mets on waivers on April 24 and assigned to Triple-A Round Rock. He has pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief for the Express since joining the Texas organization. The Rangers have seven days to trade, release or outright Ingram to the minor leagues.

With these transactions, Texas remains at the limit of 40 players on the club’s Major League roster, with six players on the 60-day injured list: Brock Burke, Carson Coleman, Jacob deGrom, Justin Foscue, Josh Jung and Tyler Mahle.