JOHN KING NEWS

Rangers Spring Training Preview: John King John King is a young reliever who is hoping to stick with the Texas Rangers in 2023.

JANUARY 11, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Rangers 40-Man Roster Wraps: John King John King proved to be a capable reliever for the Texas Rangers and improved in a key area in 2022.

OCTOBER 25, 2022 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Rangers 40-Man Roster Wraps: John King John King proved to be a capable reliever for the Texas Rangers and improved in a key area in 2022.

OCTOBER 25, 2022 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Story hits 3-run HR; Sox complete 4-game sweep over Rangers

Trevor Story hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster, Xander Bogaerts had his eighth straight multi-hit game and the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep over Texas with...

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lowe's 3-run homer helps Rangers over Athletics 10-3

Nathaniel Lowe hit a three-run home run, Jonah Heim drove in two runs against his former team and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 10-3

AUGUST 18, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sent back to minors The Rangers optioned King to Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday.

Impact King will lose his spot on the 26-man active roster and in the Texas bullpen after Matt Moore (personal) was reinstated from the bereavement list. During his week-long stay with Texas, King appeared in two games and gave up two earned runs on three hits while striking out two over 3.1 innings.

AUGUST 18, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Busy Rangers Add Pitcher From Bereavement Leave Matt Moore rejoins the club with John King being sent to Triple-A.

AUGUST 18, 2022 • SACBEE.COM

Taveras career-high 5 RBIs, Rangers beat Astros 8-4 in 10

Leody Taveras drove in a career-high five runs, including a bases-clearing double as part of a five-run 10th inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 8-4

AUGUST 11, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Returns to big leagues King was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday.

Impact The past few months have not been kind to King. He has a 4.70 ERA over his last five big league appearances. After being sent down to Triple-A, that number grew to 9.00 over 11 innings. King will rejoin the Rangers after they placed Spencer Howard (shoulder) on the 15-day IL retroactive to Monday.

AUGUST 11, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Orioles complete 3-game sweep of Rangers with 2-1 win

Spenser Watkins pitched more than six innings for the first time in his career, and the Baltimore Orioles beat Texas Rangers 2-1 for their first three-game sweep of the season

JULY 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Heading to Triple-A King was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday.

Impact King has been a piece of Texas' bullpen all season but will now make his way to the minors. He has a 4.60 ERA, 1.63 WHIP and 22:13 K:BB across 31.1 innings this season.

JULY 6, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Orioles outlast Rangers 10-9 on Mullins' double in 10th

Cedric Mullins doubled in the winning run in the 10th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 10-9 in a wild game that featured several comebacks and clutch home r...

JULY 6, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tucker goes deep as Astros rally in 8th to beat Rangers 4-3

Kyle Tucker extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, and the AL West-leading Houston Astros rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Rangers

JUNE 15, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Grandal, Mendick key 5-run 8th, White Sox beat Rangers 8-3

Yasmani Grandal hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-3

JUNE 11, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Can't hold lead King allowed one run on two hits while striking out one in one inning of Wednesday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Rays.

Impact King, who's pitched well recently, came on in eighth inning to protect a one-run lead after starter Jon Gray's gem of an outing. Unfortunately, King blew the save -- the second eighth-inning blown save over his last three appearances -- and the Rangers lost in extras.

JUNE 2, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Earns sixth hold King struck out one over a scoreless eighth inning to earn the hold in Tuesday's 3-0 win over the Rays.

Impact King followed up a dominant start by Martin Perez by pitching a perfect eighth inning. The hold was the sixth for King, who has scooped up three holds over the last six appearances. The left-hander has allowed a worrisome number of walks -- nine in 20 innings -- but he's avoided serious damage and pitched better during his recent six-game stretch. Five of those six outings have been scoreless and four have been perfect innings of relief.

JUNE 1, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Pérez keeps rolling after liner off leg, Rangers beat Rays

Martín Pérez retired all 16 batters after taking a 97 mph liner off his right leg and lowered his majors-leading ERA with seven scoreless innings in the Texas Rangers' 3-0 victory...

JUNE 1, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hearn pitches 1-hit ball for 5 innings, Texas beats Royals

Taylor Hearn allowed only one hit in five scoreless innings, Brad Miller homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-1

MAY 13, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Earns shaky hold King allowed two hits and a walk while striking out two over 1.2 scoreless innings in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Royals.

Impact King earned his second hold, but he allowed two inherited runners to score. The left-hander has managed to sidestep serious damage despite allowing 21 baserunners over 13.1 innings -- only two of his 13 appearances have been clean. King has a 2.70 ERA which stands in contrast to a 4.22 FIP.

MAY 11, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Miller homers vs King, Rangers top Yanks 4-2 to split DH

Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s impressive scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees 4-2 to...

MAY 8, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Garver, Heim homer, lead Rangers past Phillies 6-4

Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered and Zach Reks snapped a tie game with a two-RBI double to lead the the Texas Rangers past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4

MAY 4, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Otto outpitches former high school teammate, Texas tops A's

Glenn Otto earned his first major league win, outpitching former high school classmate Adam Oller and leading the Texas Rangers over the Oakland Athletics 8-1

APRIL 23, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

COVID-hit Mariners beat reeling Rangers 4-2 behind Gilbert

Logan Gilbert pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Adam Frazier doubled twice on a three-hit night to lead the COVID-hit Seattle Mariners over Texas 4-2 and send the Rangers to thei...

APRIL 21, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rustles up easy win King (1-0) allowed one walk over 1.1 relief innings to pick up the win over the Angels on Thursday.

Impact Starter Dane Dunning was pulled after eight outs and 86 pitches. The Rangers were coasting at the time with an 8-2 lead, but Dunning's inefficiency created a chance for King's first win of 2022. King, who worked as a multi-inning reliever in 2021, vultured seven wins out of the bullpen last season, when Texas starters often needed relief. The starting staff is off to a similar start this season (6.85 ERA, four innings per start), so guys like King could be needed often in middle innings. Mix in a potent offense (fourth in runs scored) and the recipe is there for more relief wins.

APRIL 15, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Heim puts on show with 5 RBIs off Ohtani in Rangers 10-5 win

Jonah Heim hit an early grand slam off Shohei Ohtani and the Texas Rangers went on to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels

APRIL 15, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS