It’s a belated birthday present for Crismatt, who turned 31 on Christmas Day. This is Crismatt’s second stint in the Texas organization, as he spent a month of the 2024 season pitching at Triple-A Round Rock before being released from that minor league deal without any time in the big games. The brief run in Round Rock was one of several stops Crismatt has made on various minor contracts over the past three seasons as he runs out of minor league options.
After racking up 20 MLB innings with the Padres, Diamondbacks and Dodgers in the 2023-24 seasons, the righty got a bit more of a run in the Show by throwing 34 innings for the D’Backs in 2025. Crismatt was named to the active roster in mid-August and posted a 3.71 ERA, 5.9% walk rate and 16.3% walk rate. strikeout percentage during this return to the D’Backs.
While not eye-popping numbers, Crismatt’s performance bore some resemblance to his best years as a member of the Padres relief corps. Crismatt delivered a 3.39 ERA, 21.6% strikeout rate and 7.3% walk rate over 148 2/3 innings out of San Diego’s pen in 2021-2022, but a decline in his performance in 2023 led to the Padres parting ways and Crismatt’s nomadic journey through the league beginning.
The bullpen was an underrated strength for Texas in 2025, yet several of the relievers (e.g Shawn Armstrong, Hobby Milner, Jacob Webb, Phil Maton) who performed so well last year have already left the team free. This has led to the Rangers working to replenish their emergency stock with a new set of pitchers on short-term contracts. Chris Martin, Alexis DiazAnd Tyler Alexander have all signed guaranteed deals, and Crismatt now joins the list of pitchers in camp as non-roster invites. Crismatt expects to have a good chance of breaking camp with the team, but his option-less status could leave him once again the odd man out in a selection crisis.
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