The Rangers made a pair of roster moves Tuesday, reinstating catcher Danny Jansen from the 60-day injured list and designating Austin Wynns for assignment to clear a spot.
Texas also announced that left-hander Marco Gonzales, who had been designated for assignment a few days earlier, cleared outright waivers and elected free agency.
Jansen’s return gives the Rangers the catching setup they opened the season with alongside Kyle Higashioka. Jansen landed on the injured list in June with a right forearm strain, and the club turned to Elias Díaz at that point. Wynns entered the picture in June as a minor league signing after spending time with the Athletics and Atlanta earlier in the year, then was called up in July when Higashioka went on the IL with a flexor strain.
For nearly a month, Díaz and Wynns handled the catching duties together. Wynns appeared in 14 games during that stretch and hit .276/.323/.379.
But his season line across all three clubs sits at .146/.195/.183, and with Jansen and Díaz now back behind the plate, he was the odd man out. Because Wynns is out of options, the Rangers had to expose him to waivers.
That process will begin in the coming days now that the trade deadline has passed. Wynns has never been much of a threat at the plate, carrying a career .230/.274/.344 line, but teams have continued to value him as a backup and depth catcher.
This is his eighth big league season, and he has already been with eight teams. If he gets through waivers, he can choose free agency.
Gonzales’ situation is a little different, but the outcome was the same for now. Once viewed as a dependable big league starter, he’s now functioning as a depth arm.
He missed the 2025 season while recovering from flexor tendon surgery, then logged 6 2/3 innings of long relief for Texas with a 1.35 ERA. The downside has shown up in Triple-A, where he posted a 7.70 ERA over 69 innings.
This is the second time the Rangers have designated Gonzales for assignment. Both times, he cleared waivers and elected free agency. He later re-signed on a new minor league deal after the previous move, and that possibility is back on the table again.
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