Rangers pitching prospect Jose Corniell is out for the season. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning Information writes that the 20-year-old righty will endure surgical procedure to restore the UCL in his throwing elbow. It’s unclear if he’ll require a full Tommy John reconstruction or the modified inner brace process.
In both case, it’ll value him all of 2024 and shelve him nicely into subsequent season. Corniell has spent your entire season on the minor league injured record whereas trying to rehab the difficulty with out surgical procedure. That sadly proved unsuccessful. It’s a troublesome follow-up to a season that put Corniell extra firmly on prospect radars. The Dominican-born hurler — whom Texas initially acquired from the Mariners in 2020 for Rafael Montero — turned in a 2.92 earned run common in A-ball a season in the past. He punched out practically 30% of opponents in opposition to a 7.8% stroll price over 101 2/3 innings.
The Rangers added Corniell to their 40-man roster final winter. Texas was involved that one other crew (probably a rebuilding membership) might seize him within the Rule 5 draft and attempt to stash him within the bullpen regardless that he’d but to pitch above Excessive-A. Corniell will proceed to depend in opposition to the 40-man whereas he’s on the minor league injured record.
In the event that they’re prepared to pay him on the the prorated $740K MLB minimal price, Texas might place Corniell on the 60-day IL to open a roster spot. He’d should be reinstated over the offseason, although the Rangers might elect to non-tender him with a watch in direction of bringing him again on a minor league deal as an alternative.
