Deshields scheduled to join Riders on rehab
As the Riders return home for their second homestand of the year, they’ll have a little extra help in the outfield, with the scheduled addition of Rangers rehabber Delino Deshields.
Deshields hit the DL with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand after just two games for the Rangers this year. This marks his first time suiting up for the Riders — either as a Minor Leaguer or a rehabber — in his career.
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As Deshields takes the field tonight, he’ll get to do it against his old pals from Corpus Christi, who open a four-game series here tonight. The 25-year-old came up in the Astros system and played all of 2014 with the Hooks, garnering Texas League Midseason All-Star honors in his final year with the Astros before he was taken by Texas in the 2014 Rule 5 Draft.
While no players on the current Hooks roster were with Corpus Christi in 2014, Deshields does get a chance to reunite with Hooks manager Omar Lopez, who was his skipper in the Gulf Coast League during his rookie campaign in 2010.
With all that in mind, the addition of Deshields should make for a fun night at Dr Pepper Ballpark. Plus, it’s the second Deep Ellum Brewing Party @ The Yard, which makes for all the more excitement. Tickets are still available. See you tonight in Frisco.
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TONIGHT’S GAME: Riders vs. Corpus Christi, 7:05 p.m.
PROBABLES: RHP Collin Wiles (0–1, 5.91) vs. RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (1–0, 1.17)
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