Rangers trade Calhoun to Giants for OF Duggar

ARLINGTON, Texas — The San Francisco Giants acquired Willie Calhoun on Thursday, sending outfielder Steven Duggar to Texas for the outfielder who was the principle return for the Rangers once they traded pitcher Yu Darvish 5 years in the past.

Will probably be a homecoming for Calhoun, and a transfer he requested after being despatched to the minors on Could 1. The 27-year-old was born within the East Bay metropolis of Vallejo and attended Benicia Excessive College.

“We want Willie the very best in his alternative with San Francisco,” Rangers president Jon Daniels stated. “It is a contemporary begin for him, in addition to being near dwelling.”

San Francisco additionally receives money within the deal.

Calhoun has spent all five-plus years of his main league profession with the Rangers, enjoying 253 video games and hitting .241 total. He had a .136 common with a homer and two RBIs over 18 huge league video games this 12 months. Simply greater than a month after he was optioned to Triple-A, he was designated for task and cleared waivers earlier than being assigned outright to Spherical Rock, the place he hit .217 with 5 homers in 22 video games.

Proper-hander Spencer Patton was designated for task by Texas to make room on its 40-man roster for Duggar, however the Giants did not add Calhoun to their 40-man roster. Duggar, 28, was activated from the 60-day injured listing and the Rangers might want to make one other transfer so as to add him to their 26-man roster when he joins the crew.

The Rangers received Calhoun, pitcher A.J. Alexy and infielder Brendon Davis once they traded Darvish, then a four-time All-Star for Texas, to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deadline deal on July 31, 2017.

Calhoun made his huge league debut that September, hitting .265 with one homer and 4 RBIs in 13 video games, then hit .222 in 35 video games the subsequent 12 months. His finest season with the Rangers was in 2019, when he hit .269 with 21 homers and 48 RBIs in 83 video games.

However he suffered a damaged jaw throughout spring coaching 2020 when hit by a pitch and performed solely 29 video games within the season delayed and shortened by the pandemic. His 2021 season led to June when he was hit by a pitch that fractured his left forearm.

Duggar batted .194 with 4 RBIs in 12 video games for the Giants this 12 months earlier than being positioned on the injured listing April 22 due to a left indirect pressure. Daniels described Duggar as “a robust all-around baseball participant who can add worth to the crew in a wide range of methods.” His talent set is much like speedy outfielder Eli White, who’s on the 60-day IL with a proper wrist fracture from an outfield collision on June 12.

White and Duggar have been teammates at Clemson for 2 seasons earlier than the Giants took Duggar within the sixth spherical of the 2015 novice draft. Duggar has made huge league appearances with San Francisco in every season since his debut in 2017. He has hit .242 with 14 homers, 87 RBIs and 18 stolen bases in his 254 MLB video games. He has began in any respect three outfield positions, primarily in heart.