The Rangers have moved on from Jonah Bride, granting the infielder his release, according to the Dallas Morning News’ Shawn McFarland.
Bride spent the season at Triple-A Round Rock and put together a productive run there, batting .271/.389/.418 with nine home runs, 16 doubles, 57 walks and 46 RBI in 80 games. At 30, he now looks like a player searching for the next landing spot, whether that means a club with a more direct route to the majors or a chance to play overseas.
Texas had signed Bride to a minor-league deal in the offseason after he split the 2025 season between the Marlins and Twins. His time in Miami got off to a rough start, as he hit .100/.200/.100 in 45 plate appearances over 12 games before the Marlins designated him for assignment and sent him to Minnesota for cash in mid-April.
The move to the Twins didn’t produce much of a spark at the big-league level. Bride appeared in 33 games and took 80 plate appearances, batting .208/.275/.236 with two extra-base hits and three RBI.
Minnesota designated him for assignment in early July 2025, then outrighted him to Triple-A St. Paul, where he finished the year by hitting .281/.423/.453 with five home runs and nine doubles in 43 games.
Bride’s profile has long been that of a classic “Quad-A” player. In parts of five Triple-A seasons, he has hit .287/.418/.475 with 40 homers and 173 RBI in 1,263 plate appearances across 289 games. In the majors, though, his line sits at .221/.311/.313 with 12 home runs and 57 RBI in 690 plate appearances over 214 games.
Oakland originally took Bride in the 23rd round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of South Carolina. He reached the majors with the Athletics in 2022 and hit .204/.301/.247 with one home run, four doubles and six RBI in 187 plate appearances over 58 games as a rookie. The struggles continued the next season, when he batted just .170/.286/.205 in 206 plate appearances across 40 games for Oakland.
The Athletics later designated Bride for assignment and traded him to the Marlins for cash during the 2023-24 offseason. He responded with a strong 2024 campaign in limited action for Miami, posting a .276/.357/.461 line with 11 home runs, 10 doubles and 39 RBI in 272 plate appearances over 71 games.
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