The Texas Rangers have signed right-handed pitchers Dane Dunning and Josh Sborz to one-year contracts before the Friday night deadline for tendering contracts, leaving three players still eligible for salary arbitration.
Dunning received a $2.66 million deal that includes $985,000 in performance bonuses based on innings pitched in 2025. This is a decrease from his $3,325,000 salary last season when he was sidelined twice with right shoulder problems.
He can earn $50,000 for pitching 30, 40, 50, and 60 innings, $75,000 for 70, 80, and 90 innings, and $80,000 for 100, 105, 110, 120, 130, 140, and 150 innings.
Sborz, who had right shoulder surgery earlier this month, was given a $1.1 million deal with $250,000 in bonuses based on innings pitched. He earned $1,025,000 this year. Sborz can earn $25,000 for pitching five innings, $50,000 for 10 innings, $75,000 for 15 innings, and $100,000 for 20 innings.
Texas extended contract offers for 2025 to all 27 eligible players on its major league roster. This included first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, switch-hitting catcher Jonah Heim, and center fielder Leody Taveras, who are all eligible for salary arbitration.
After securing the final seven outs in the World Series championship-clinching win against Arizona in Game 5 of 2023, Sborz missed 107 games this year while being placed on the injured list four times due to right shoulder issues.
The Rangers announced on Friday that Sborz had a debridement procedure done by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on November 13. The team expects Sborz to return to game action in the first half of the 2025 season.
Sborz pitched only 16 1/3 innings in 17 appearances this year, finishing with a 2-2 record and a 3.86 ERA.
Dunning missed 29 games during his time on the injured list and was sent down to Triple-A Round Rock at one point in the season. In 26 games (15 starts) with the Rangers, he went 5-7 with a 5.31 ERA, splitting his time between the starting rotation and the bullpen, much like he did during the World Series season.
