I originally had posted a news story on Monday morning about the weekend change of Goodwin back from the DL and Green going back to AAA. About two hours after I posted it, I learned that Tom Goodwin was going back to the DL, and Green is back up again. Here’s both press releases:
June 28th: ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) — One day after he was activated, Texas Rangers outfielder Tom Goodwin returned to the disabled list today after aggravating a left hip injury.
Goodwin returned to the lineup on Sunday, 16 days after suffering a small tear in his left hip flexor muscle. He aggravated the injury after going 1-for-4 with a run scored in Sunday’s 5-2 loss at Seattle.
Goodwin, 30, is tied for the league lead with 27 stolen bases and is batting .241 with a home run and 12 RBI in 56 games. He has 240 career steals, all but nine coming in the last five years.
To replace Goodwin on the roster, the Rangers again summoned outfielder Scarborough Green from Triple-A Oklahoma. Demoted Sunday, Green was 0-for-4 with Texas. Initially recalled on June 23 to replace injured rookie Ruben Mateo, Green was batting .224 with a home run and 12 RBI for Oklahoma.
June 26th: SEATTLE, TEXAS (TICKER) — Texas Rangers outfielder Tom Goodwin was welcomed back in time to say goodbye to the Kingdome.
The Rangers activated Goodwin from the 15-day disabled list today and he had a single in four at-bats and scored a run in a 5-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners played their final game at the Kingdome today and will move into a new facility, Safeco Field, after the All-Star break.
To make room for Goodwin, the Rangers optioned outfielder Scarborough Green to Triple-A Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League.
Goodwin has been sidelined since June 12 with a small tear in his left hip flexor, suffered a night earlier while running the bases in a game against the Colorado Rockies.
The 30-year-old Goodwin has stolen 27 bases this season, and was six shy of the New York Mets’ Roger Cedeno for the major league lead at the time of his injury. He has collected 240 steals in his career, all but nine of those coming in the last five years.
Often used as the Rangers’ leadoff hitter, Goodwin is batting just .241 with one homer, 12 RBI and 41 runs scored in 56 games. Coming into this year, he was a career .277 hitter.
Goodwin spent four unproductive seasons with the Dodgers before being dealt in 1994 to Kansas City, where he played three-plus years and became known as one of the league’s top base stealers. He was traded to the Rangers in the middle of the 1997 campaign for third baseman Dean Palmer.
Green was called up from the minors Wednesday when the Rangers placed outfielder Ruben Mateo on the DL. Green is hitless in four at-bats this season.