The Rangers have let Austin Voth out of his minor league deal, according to Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News, ending a stay in Texas that lasted less than two weeks.
Voth appears to have asked for the release after getting into just one game with Triple-A Round Rock. That could point to outside interest, possibly from a foreign league, though nothing beyond that is known from the report. The right-hander spent the 2025 season in Japan with the Chiba Lotte Marines and put up a 3.96 ERA over 125 innings.
The 34-year-old had returned to affiliated baseball this winter on a minor league contract with the White Sox, but he never made it to the majors with Chicago. Voth has, however, logged brief big league stints with the Blue Jays and Twins, where he was hit hard for 12 runs on 19 hits and six walks in 10 combined innings.
His lone start for Round Rock didn’t go smoothly either, with four runs allowed over five innings. Even so, his Triple-A numbers this year have been respectable overall: a 4.01 ERA with a league-average 21% strikeout rate in 12 starts, though he has averaged just over four innings per outing.
Voth’s major league résumé now spans parts of eight seasons, and his career ERA sits just under 5.00 across 370 1/3 innings. He also turned in a useful 2024 with the Mariners, pitching to a 3.69 ERA in 61 innings out of the bullpen.
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