Sources: Heaney to join deGrom on Rangers staff

SAN DIEGO -- The Texas Rangers agreed to presumption connected a two-year woody with escaped cause starting pitcher Andrew Heaney connected Tuesday, further bolstering a rotation that antecedently added Jacob deGrom, a root told ESPN.

Heaney's two-year deal, which is pending a physical, is valued astatine $25 cardinal but tin summation to $37 cardinal with incentives. It includes an opt-out aft Year 1.

Heaney, 31, rebuilt his worth connected a star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers squad past season, acknowledgment successful ample portion to the improvement of a slider. The left-hander accumulated lone 72⅔ innings, but helium posted a 3.10 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP portion striking retired a career-high 13.6 batters per 9 innings.

The Rangers spent a combined $500 cardinal connected mediate infielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien past offseason and person present added 2 salient starting pitchers to a needy rotation aft agreeing to a five-year, $185 cardinal woody with deGrom connected Friday. Those 2 volition articulation holdovers Jon Gray, Jake Odorizzi and Martin Perez.

Heaney has posted a 4.56 ERA successful a nine-year vocation spent mostly with the Los Angeles Angels. He has made 30 starts lone once, with the Angels successful 2018, erstwhile helium contributed a 4.15 ERA successful 180 innings. But Heaney has been highly coveted these past 2 offseasons, with teams believing they tin maximize his imaginable by altering the signifier and usage of definite pitches.

This offseason was nary different.

Ultimately, a root said, Heaney accepted somewhat little wealth to transportation person to his location successful Oklahoma.