Joely Rodriguez traded to Rangers

Joely Rodriguez was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Texas Rangers on June 13, 2017 for a PTBNL. The LHP was 1-2, 6.33 ERA, 18 K, 1.93 WHIP, .325 BAA in 27.0 IP over 26 games with the Phillies in 2017. Over two MLB seasons with the Phillies he was 1-2, 5.40 ERA, 25 K, 1.75 WHIP, .304 BAA in 36.2 IP over 38 games. He originally signed with the Pirates in 2009 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic and was traded to the Phillies in 2014. Rodriguez turned 25 on November 14.