{"id":6953,"date":"2023-07-24T12:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:10:29","slug":"rangers-trade-taylor-hearn-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2023\/07\/24\/rangers-trade-taylor-hearn-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Trade Taylor Hearn to Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas Rangers<\/a> have traded left-hander Taylor Hearn<\/strong><\/a> to the Atlanta Braves<\/a> for cash considerations. Evan Grant<\/a> of\u00a0The Dallas Morning News\u00a0<\/em>first reported the transaction on Monday morning. The Rangers designated Hearn for assignment last week. This gives the Rangers a little financial cushion, which could be useful at the upcoming trade deadline on August 1. To clear room for Hearn on their 40-man roster, the Braves designated right-hander Dereck Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a> for assignment.<\/p>\n

Elevated ERA<\/h4>\n

Taylor Hearn began the 2023 season with the Rangers and posted a 10.29 ERA over four relief appearances. He was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on April 13. In 24 games with the Express, Hearn registered a 2\u20132 record with a 3.66 ERA. This translates into 16 earned runs over 39 1\/3 innings.\u00a0 The Royse City, Texas native posted a 12\u201315 record and 5.11 ERA with the Rangers over five major league seasons after being acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> at the 2018 trade deadline in exchange for right-handed pitcher Keone Kela<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hearn struck out 30.2% of opponents. He also got grounders at a 45.2% clip and issued walks to 13.4% of batters faced. Despite some encouraging numbers in there, the Rangers wanted to get a look at Alex Speas<\/a><\/strong>, which nudged Hearn off the roster. Hearn will now get a fresh start with an Atlanta club that has a lead of 11.5 games in the NL East. Since no other club has a lead larger than four games, they are the biggest postseason shoo-in at the moment and seem to be making moves aimed at a postseason run.<\/p>\n

Taylor Hearn’s Rangers Tenure<\/h4>\n

Hearn, 28, has pitched for the Rangers since 2019, both as a starter and as a reliever. He has had much better results in the latter role. He\u2019s allowed 6.36 earned runs per nine innings when starting but a far more palatable 3.94 ERA out of the bullpen. Despite that stark difference, Hearn generally got many starting opportunities as the club struggled to put a good rotation together.<\/p>\n

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