Outfielder Willie Calhoun doesn’t want to play for the Texas Rangers anymore after the team demoted him to the minors over the weekend. Calhoun made this clear in an interview with The Athletic.
Speaking with the media outlet shortly after getting optioned to the Triple-A Round Rock, Calhoun said that his main goal in the minors is to force a trade.
“(I’m) gonna go to Triple-A and put myself in a position to get traded,” the 27-year-old explained. “I do want to be traded.”
Calhoun felt so disillusioned by the Rangers’ move that he doesn’t think he’ll suit up for them anymore.
“I don’t know if I’ll play another game in a Rangers uniform, and I let them know that,” he added.
Calhoun had a rough start to the 2022 MLB season, batting .136 with one home run and two RBIs in 18 games. However, the Vallejo-native believes his struggles are in part because of the way Rangers tried to change his game. According to him, the change of scenery would help him get his career back on track and finally start living up to his potential.
Calhoun joined the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017 as part of the trade that saw Yu Darvish head in the opposite direction. Since then, he has played 253 MLB games for the franchise, batting .241 with 32 homers and 103 RBIs.
