The Texas Rangers have reportedly signed relief pitcher Reyes Moronta to a minor-league deal, per a tweet from The Athletic's Levi Weaver on Wednesday morning. Weaver tweeted the following: "Source: the Rangers have signed right-handed reliever Reyes Moronta to a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league camp. Moronta, 30, pitched for Bruce Bochy in SF in 2017-19." Moronta split time between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks last season, throwing 37.2 innings over the course of 39 appearances. He also added 38 strikeouts, 18 walks, and a pair of saves in the process to go along with a 4.30 ERA and a 4.41 FIP. The veteran will give the Rangers some additional bullpen depth heading into the 2023 campaign. Texas' current late-inning bullpen options include Joe Barlow, Brock Burke, Jose Leclerc, and Brett Martin.

Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Reyes Moronta picked up his first save of the season in a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Tuesday. Moronta threw a scoreless and hitless inning while walking none and striking out one in the outing. The 29-year-old right-hander was designated for assignment by the Dodgers a month ago, but he landed with Arizona and got his first save of the year against his former team. The D-backs are currently using a closer committee with Ian Kennedy, Joe Mantiply and Mark Melancon, but Moronta could be added to that mix over the final weeks of the 2022 season. He's pitched well in 9 2/3 innings for the Snakes, allowing only three earned runs on six hits while walking three and striking out eight.

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Reyes Moronta has been designated for assignment on Saturday. The Dodgers needed to clear a spot on their 40-man roster after Dustin May (elbow) was activated from the 60-day injured list. The 29-year-old has compiled a 4.18 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 27:10 K/BB ratio across 23 2/3 innings of relief (22 appearances) on this season.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First baseman Brandon Belt has resumed baseball activities with the San Francisco Giants at spring training after dealing with what manager Gabe Kapler called a virus without providing further details — though Kapler did say previously it wasn't COVID-19. The 32-year-old Belt already had been worked in slowly given he had surgery in October to remove a bone spur from his right heel. “He had a virus, and he was sick,” Kapler said. “I don’t know if there’s much more than that, sorry.” Belt did some light baseball work Wednesday at Scottsdale Stadium before going through a more extensive workout Thursday, Kapler said. “Had a nice talk out on the field today with Brandon. He was throwing, he's feeling better,” Kapler said via Zoom call after San Francisco's 3-1 win against the White Sox. “Got some work in the cage as well. We're still pushing toward trying to get Brandon ready for opening day. There's not much of a rush right now. We're still pretty early in March. But... [More]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Reyes Moronta agreed to a $695,000, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday to avoid salary arbitration. The 28-year-old reliever didn’t pitch during the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season as he worked back from shoulder surgery. There had been hope he might get into a game before the end of the season, when the Giants lost on the season’s final day to miss the playoffs. Moronta is 8-9 over three seasons with San Francisco, going 3-7 with a 2.86 ERA over 56 2/3 innings and 56 appearances in 2019 after going 5-2 with a 2.49 ERA in 69 outings the year before. Moronta earned $217,963 in prorated pay of his $588,500 salary during the shortened 60-game season. Versatile infielder Donovan Solano was San Francisco's remaining arbitration-eligible player. He asked for $3.9 million and the team offered $3.25 million. “We’re certainly hoping we can get those deals wrapped up this week,” Giants executive Farhan Zaidi said last Saturday. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Reyes Moronta agreed to a $695,000, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday to avoid salary arbitration. The 28-year-old reliever didn’t pitch during the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season as he worked back from shoulder surgery. There had been hope he might get into a game before the end of the season, when the Giants lost on the season’s final day to miss the playoffs. Moronta is 8-9 over three seasons with San Francisco, going 3-7 with a 2.86 ERA over 56 2/3 innings and 56 appearances in 2019 after going 5-2 with a 2.49 ERA in 69 outings the year before. Moronta earned $217,963 in prorated pay of his $588,500 salary during the shortened 60-game seasonr. Versatile infielder Donovan Solano was San Francisco's remaining arbitration-eligible player. “We’re certainly hoping we can get those deals wrapped up this week,” Giants executive Farhan Zaidi said last Saturday. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants right-hander Reyes Moronta has been pulled from a game after suffering what appeared to be a painful arm injury.Moronta fell off the mound and writhed on the grass after throwing a 98 mph fastball to Luis Urias on his third pitch. The reliever delivered a swinging strike, but recoiled with a yell before dropping to the ground. He held his right arm gingerly as he walked off with the help of a trainer.The 26-year-old came into the game in relief of rookie Logan Webb with two outs in the sixth inning of a 1-1 game.Moronta was 3-7 with a 2.86 ERA in 55 relief appearances entering Saturday. The second-year player has 70 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings.__More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Diamondbacks first. Ketel Marte homers to right field. David Peralta singles to left field. Eduardo Escobar flies out to deep left center field to Kevin Pillar. Christian Walker singles to center field. David Peralta to second. Jake Lamb reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Christian Walker out at second. David Peralta to third. Josh Rojas pops out to shallow center field to Brandon Crawford.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Diamondbacks 1, Giants 0.Giants third. Brandon Belt homers to center field. Brandon Crawford pops out to shallow right field to Eduardo Escobar. Jeff Samardzija grounds out to shallow infield, Mike Leake to Christian Walker. Mike Yastrzemski homers to right field. Buster Posey singles to right field. Alex Dickerson flies out to David Peralta.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 2, Diamondbacks 1.Giants fourth. Evan Longoria flies out to deep center field to Ketel Marte. Scooter Gennett singles to left center field. Kevin Pillar homers to left field.... [More]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first two major league home runs Tuesday night, becoming the youngest player in Blue Jays history to touch 'em all.The touted 20-year-old homered in the first inning against Giants opener Nick Vincent, his first in 14 big league games. His drive to straightaway center was measured at 111.3 mph and traveled an estimated 438 feet.The Toronto slugger added an even more impressive blast in the sixth off Reyes Moronta, a three-run drive estimated at 451 feet.Two-sport star Danny Ainge was the youngest Blue Jay to homer, doing so on June 2, 1979 at 20 years, 77 days old. Guerrero is younger by 18 days.The son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero entered the day batting .191 with one RBI. The family already had long-ball history at Oracle Park — the elder Guerrero won the 2007 Home Run Derby at the waterfront stadium.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports