Billy

McKinney

He declined the assignment and became a free agent. McKinney finished the season in the majors with the Rangers and went 4-for-20. He’s hit .209/.283/.382 in 964 plate appearances over parts of eight big-league seasons.

The 32-year-old slugger has been dealing with a nagging quad injury and with nothing left to play for there’s no real reason for the Rangers to push him, much to the chagrin of Tigers’ fans who would like to see the Rangers put their best effort forward against the Guardians. Billy McKinney will make his third straight start in right field and will bat eighth against Guardians’ right-hander Slade Cecconi.

García was on the bench on Wednesday, as well, after starting on Tuesday; however, he also missed both games over the weekend due to a quad injury. It remains to be seen if the Rangers will feel the need to play the 32-year-old while he’s at less than 100 percent, but he doesn’t need to be on rosters in redraft fantasy leagues anymore. Billy McKinney will start in right field for the second straight game since being called up from Triple-A.

McKinney joins Texas’ outfield mix for the final handful of regular-season contests to close out the year with Wyatt Langford out with an oblique strain. The well-traveled 30-year-old got into a pair of contests for the Rangers earlier this season.

McKinney returns to Texas as extra organizational outfield depth at Triple-A Round Rock. The well-traveled 30-year-old got into a pair of games last week for the Rangers while Evan Carter was away from the club on bereavement leave.

McKinney will head to the open market after passing through waivers unclaimed and refusing an outright assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. The 30-year-old journeyman was up last week as a temporary replacement while Evan Carter was away from the club on the bereavement list.

McKinney hits the waiver wire with Evan Carter back with the Rangers off the bereavement list. McKinney likely will go unclaimed and can either report back to Triple-A or elect free agency.

It’ll likely wind up being a brief stint for McKinney in the big leagues with Evan Carter on the bereavement list until Friday’s game against the Padres. The 30-year-old journeyman outfielder latched on with Texas back in late May on a minor league deal as emergency depth. He’s gotten into 321 games between seven different organizations dating back to 2018.

McKinney winds up with the Rangers just a few days after being cut loose by the Mets. The 30-year-old journeyman outfielder has appeared in 321 games between seven organizations since 2018. He’ll function as emergency depth for Texas at Triple-A Round Rock.

McKinney has been cut loose after batting just .184 (21-for-114) with three homers across 33 games this season for Triple-A Syracuse. The 30-year-old former first-round pick has gotten into 321 games between seven different franchises dating back to 2018.