Rangers agree to sign pitchers Dane Dunning and Josh Sborz, leaving 3 players eligible for fork – MLB

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers agreed to one-year deals with right-handed pitchers Dane Dunning and Josh Sborz before Friday night’s bid deadline, leaving them with three players still eligible for salary arbitration board

Dunning received a $2.66 million contract that includes $985,000 in pitching bonuses in 2025, down from his $3,325,000 salary this season when he was twice placed on the injured list due to problems with my right shoulder. He would have earned $50,000 for 30, 40, 50 and 60 innings, $75,000 for 70, 80 and 90, and $80,000 for 100, 105, 110, 120, 130, 140 and 150.

Sborz, who had surgery on his right shoulder this month, received $1.1 million, including $250,000 in pitching bonuses, after earning $1,025,000 this year. He will earn $25,000 for five innings, $50,000 for 10, $75,000 for 15 and $100,000 for 20.

Texas has offered contracts through 2025 to all 27 eligible players on its major league roster. They included first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, catcher Jonah Heim and center fielder Leody Taveras, who are all eligible for salary arbitration.

After getting the final seven outs in the World Series championship-clinching win over Arizona in Game 5 in 2023, Sborz missed 107 games this year, landing on the injured list four times with right shoulder issues.

The Rangers announced Friday that Dr. Neil ElAttrash performed a debridement on Sborz on Nov. 13 in Los Angeles. The team said there is a reasonable expectation that Sborz will be able to return to play during the first half of the 2025 season.

Sborz has pitched only 16 1/3 innings in 17 appearances this year. He was 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA.

Dunning missed 29 games during his time on the IL and was demoted to Triple-A Round Rock at one point in the season. While with the Rangers, he went 5-7 with a 5.31 ERA in 26 games (15 starts), splitting time between the rotation and bullpen, as he also did during the World Series season.

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