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Rangers bolster their roation with the addition of two right-handed starting pitchers in Kyle Gibson and Jordan Lyles – The Dallas Morning News

Posted: December 7, 2019 at 11:42 am

The Rangers doubled down on starting pitching Friday, completing a deal for right-hander Kyle Gibson and agreeing to another with right-hander Jordan Lyles.

In what is becoming an annual December rite, the Rangers on Friday announced a three-year deal with a starting pitcher whom they feel can give stability to the middle/back of the starting rotation. The 2019 version of Mike Minor/Lance Lynn: Kyle Gibson. He will receive $28 million for three years with the ability to earn another $3 million in roster/performance bonuses, a source with knowledge of the contract said.

Gibsons front-loaded deal will pay him $11 million in 2020, $10 million in 2021 and $7 million in 2022.

Lyles, 29, will receive a two-year deal worth $16 million, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. The deal is still pending a physical.

With Zack Wheeler, the clubs big-ticket pitching target now off the market, the Rangers acted quickly to add other depth pieces to round out the rotation.

Are we looking to add more? Yes, general manager Jon Daniels said Friday afternoon. Wed like to add.

Daniels said the club would, all things being equal like to add another right-handed starter.

Lyles fits the bill. And the Rangers willingness to give him a chance to start apparently proved key to getting the deal done quickly. Lyles was 12-8 with 4.15 ERA split in 141 innings in 2019 split between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. He allowed the Rangers a run on three hits in seven innings in an August game in Milwaukee.

The Rangers are not expected to be significantly involved with the biggest names on the market: Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg. Cole appears headed for one of the coasts in a deal worth more than $30 million per year; conventional wisdom is that Strasburg will return to Washington at a renegotiated salary also in excess of $30 million. The Rangers are involved with one potential $30 million player: Third baseman Anthony Rendon.

Gibson, 32, is coming off a year in which he battled stomach ailments that left him drained down the stretch. He was diagnosed with E. coli after a mission trip to the Dominican Republic and Haiti in January. Later, after dealing with stomach cramps and losing nearly 20 pounds, doctors diagnosed him with ulcerative colitis. It is the same condition that former Rangers reliever Jake Diekman has dealt with since childhood. Gibson is currently on a regimen of biologic infusions that doctors hope to wean him off of in the next year. He expects to be ready for the start of spring training.

Through July, he compiled a 4.10 ERA and averaged 5 2/3 innings per outing. But the weight loss took its toll in the late summer. For August and September, he had a 6.80 ERA and averaged just 3 2/3 innings per outing. He pitched only in relief over the final three weeks of the season.

By early September, my legs were just gone, Gibson said. It was one of the most mentally and physically challenging seasons Ive ever gone through.

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