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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Entering lineup Thursday
Carson Kelly will start at catcher and bat eighth in Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.Texas will make room in the lineup for both of its catchers Thursday, as top backstop Jonah Heim will get a day off behind the plate and serve as the Texas Rangers' designated hitter. Even though Heim sits atop the depth chart, Kelly has still received a fair amount of playing time by the standards of No. 2 catchers since he was acquired from the Tigers on July 28. In 26 games with Texas, Kelly has slashed .250/.308/.333 with one home run, seven RBI and 10 runs.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Losing work to Heim
Carson Kelly is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.Kelly appeared to have worked his way into a timeshare at catcher with Jonah Heim earlier this month while the latter was slumping, but the playing time behind the dish seems to be tilting back in Heim's favor. Heim will pick up his third start at catcher in four games while Kelly returns to the bench after he had caught in Saturday's 13-5 loss.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: In lineup again
Carson Kelly started at catcher and went 0-for-4 in Sunday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Twins.Kelly made his fifth start in the last six games, including four as the catcher and one at DH. Sunday's hitless effort put a halt to a six-game hit streak, but he could continue to steal at-bats from primary backstop Jonah Heim, who is mired in a 4-for-27 (.148/.233/.296) run.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Extends hit streak in loss
Carson Kelly started at designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Twins.Kelly entered the starting lineup, replacing primary DH Josh Smith, and extended his hit streak to six games. During that stretch, Kelly is 9-for-23 with one home run, six RBI and four runs. He's eaten into the playing time of primary catcher Jonah Heim, who is 2-for-15 over the same stretch. Overall, since the Texas Rangers acquired him from the Tigers, Kelly is batting .344/.382/.500 over 10 contests.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Fourth start in five games
Carson Kelly will start at catcher and bat seventh in Wednesday's game versus the Red Sox.Kelly will get his second straight start and fourth start over the last five games after beginning his Texas Rangers career by going 7-for-21 with a home run. Jonah Heim remains the favorite to see the bulk of the starts at catcher for Texas over the remainder of the season, but the Rangers are riding the hot hand for now.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Clubs eighth homer
Carson Kelly went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and an additional run scored during Sunday's 8-7 loss to the Yankees.Kelly started the final two games of the series and was productive in both contests, going 4-for-8 with a walk, a homer, four RBI and three runs. The 30-year-old was acquired ahead of the trade deadline and was expected to serve as the primary backup to starting catcher Jonah Heim, but Kelly has started five of Texas' 10 games since being acquired. Kelly has a .738 OPS for the season and has gone 6-for-17 with the Texas Rangers, which is significantly more productive than Heim's .619 OPS this year. Kelly could continue carving out a larger share of the playing time if those offensive trends continue.
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Makes Rangers debut
Carson Kelly started at catcher and went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 10-1 loss to the Cardinals.Kelly made his debut for Texas after being acquired from the Tigers on Sunday. Jonah Heim remains the starter behind the dish, while Kelly offers a well-seasoned backup that's provides better offense (100 OPS+) than previous backup Andrew Knizner (12 OPS+).
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Rangers' Carson Kelly: Dealt to Texas
The Texas Rangers acquired Carson Kelly from the Tigers on Sunday in exchange for catcher Liam Hicks and right-hander Tyler Owens, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.Kelly will head to Texas after producing a .242 average with seven home runs, 29 RBI and 21 runs scored over 178 at-bats in 59 games with the Tigers this season. The 30-year-old is likely to replace Andrew Knizner as the No. 2 catcher behind Jonah Heim. Kelly's departure from the Tigers should open up a spot on the active roster for Dillon Dingler, who is expected to be called up from Triple-A Toledo. Dingler will likely challenge Jake Rogers for the top spot on the Tigers' catching depth chart.
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Tigers' Carson Kelly: Sitting again Sunday
Carson Kelly is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against Minnesota, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.Kelly will sit Sunday for the third time in four games. Jake Rogers will start behind home plate and bat eighth against Twins right-hander Bailey Ober.
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Tigers' Carson Kelly: Sitting Saturday
Carson Kelly is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against Minnesota.Kelly will take a seat Saturday after going 1-for-2 with one walk and one run scored in Friday's 9-3 loss to Minnesota. Jake Rogers will start at catcher Saturday and bat eighth against Twins right-hander Joe Ryan.
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