He Boston Purple Sox acquired right-hander Zack Littell from Texas Rangers on Friday for money concerns, MLB.com reported.
Littell was with him Forest ranger‘ Triple-A affiliate in Spherical Rock and was 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in eight appearances
Littell, 27, has but to pitch within the majors this season regardless of making 145 main league appearances (4 begins) over the earlier 5 seasons with the Minnesota Twins (2018-20) and San Francisco Giants. (2021-22).
Littell went 3-3 with a 5.08 ERA in 39 appearances for the Giants final season. He fell out of favor with the crew after getting right into a shouting match on the mound with supervisor Gabe Kapler as he was being carried out of a sport towards the Atlanta Braves on September 12.
He was demoted to Triple-A Sacramento the following day and subsequently signed with the Forest ranger as a free agent in February
Earlier Friday, Boston positioned right-hander Kutter Crawford (hamstring) on the 15-day disabled listing and recalled fellow right-hander Kaleb Ort from Triple-A Worcester.
Crawford, 27, was 1-1 with a 3.51 ERA in seven appearances (two begins) this season.
Ort, 31, is 1-0 with a 7.30 ERA in 12 appearances for Boston. He was optioned to Worcester on Sunday and had not appeared for the Triple-A membership.
–Discipline degree media
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