Tuesday, August 24, 2021
6:10 PM CT
Progressive Field | Cleveland, OH
Probables:
TEX: LHP Taylor Hearn (2-4, 3.97 ERA)
vs
CLE: RHP Eli Morgan (2-5, 5.80 ERA)
Texas Rangers
TV: Bally Sports Southwest
Radio:
105.3 The Fan, KFLC
Cleveland Indians
TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes
Radio: WTAM, WMMS
More bad news came on Tuesday regarding the Rangers and their COVID-19 outbreak. Three more players were removed from the team either because of positive COVID-19 tests or other contact tracing purposes:
The Rangers now have a total of five players on the COVID IL:
The Rangers will make corresponding roster moves for Spencer Howard and Dane Dunning on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The duo were supposed to start on Wednesday and Thursday, but due to the issues with COVID-19, Jordan Lyles was moved up to Thursday's game while Dunning's spot in the rotation was moved back to Friday.
The Rangers made the following roster moves on Thursday to supplement the roster:
The new probables for this week's series in Cleveland are:
The Rangers have not yet announced who will be added to the roster to start Friday's game with Houston at Globe Life Field.
NOTE: Players added to the COVID IL are automatically removed from the 40-man roster, same as a when a player is added to the 60-day IL. Players who are added to the 40-man roster as replacements do not have to clear waivers when they are later removed.
Here is the Rangers roster heading into Tuesday night's game:
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