The Texas Rangers announced today that lefthanded pitcher Corey Lee has been recalled from Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast Lee. Lee will be in uniform for tonight’s game with New York (#37) and will be making his major league debut.
To make room for Lee, righthanded pitcher Danny Patterson has been optioned to Oklahoma.
Lee, 24, has won both of his starts since being promoted to Oklahoma on August 12 with a 1.29 earned run average. He spent the majority of the season at Tulsa, going 8-5, 4.44 in 22 starts and still ranks 5th in the Texas League in strikeouts with 121 in 127.2 innings. Lee was selected by Texas in the 1st round of the June, 1996 draft and is 36-23 in his 4 pro seasons. His last outing was a win versus Las Vegas on August 19 (8 ip, 8 h, 2 r-er, 2 bb, 9 so).
Patterson is 2-0 with a 5.44 era in 43 relief appearances this season. He allowed 5 runs and 5 hits in one inning of work in Monday’s 21-3 loss to New York.