Rangers activate 3B Josh Jung and LHP Cody Bradford among 11 moves after Michael Lorenzen trade – MLB

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SF. LOUIS (AP) — The Texas Rangers activated third baseman Josh Jung and left-hander Cody Bradford from the 60-day disabled list on Monday, among 11 player moves by the defending World Series champions after they traded right-handed starter Michael Lorenzen.

Right-hander Jon Gray was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained right groin. It came a day after he felt discomfort while warming up in the bottom of the first inning at Toronto and did not throw a pitch in the game.

Jung, voted an All-Star starter as a rookie last season, broke his right wrist after being hit by a pitch on April 1. He was not in the starting lineup for the series opener against St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. He hit .412 (7-for-17) with two homers and six RBIs and five runs scored in the first four games of the season.

Bradford was 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA in three early season starts for the Rangers, the last on April 10. He went on IL the next day with a back strain that was eventually determined to be a rib strain. fracture.

Texas, also before Monday’s game, recalled infielder Ezequiel Duran and right-hander Gerson Garabito from Triple-A Round Rock, while optioning infielders Justin Foscue and Jonathan Ornelas and catcher Andrew Knizner to that major league club minor. Outfielder Evan Carter (lower back sprain) was transferred from 10-day IL to 60-day IL, infielder Davis Wendzel was designated for assignment and right-hander Austin Pruitt was released.

The Rangers traded Lorenzen (5-6, 3.81 ERA) to Kansas City on Monday for minor league lefty Walter Pennington, a day after acquiring shortstop Carson Kelly from the Detroit Tigers for two minor league players.

Lorenzen signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Rangers at the end of spring training and made his season debut on April 15. On Saturday, the right-hander allowed four runs and five hits, recording just two outs. Toronto. He then pitched again Sunday and gave up one run in four innings of relief.

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