Rangers Acquire Gallardo

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The Texas Rangers have acquired right-handed pitcher Yovani Gallardo and cash considerations from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Corey Knebel, infielder Luis Sardinas, and minor league right-handed pitcher Marcos Diplan.

Gallardo, 28, had an 8-11 record with a 3.51 ERA (75 ER/192.1 IP) over 32 starts for Milwaukee in 2014, posting the lowest ERA in any full season in his career. He also had the fifth-lowest run support average in the National League last year (3.28), and ranked fifth in the league with a 2.70 road ERA. He made his club-record fifth consecutive Opening Day start for the Brewers last season, and in September became the all-time franchise leader in strikeouts.

He is one of 10 MLB pitchers to have made 30-or-more starts in each of the last six seasons (2009-14). Gallardo has pitched at least 180.0 innings in each of those years, one of nine MLB pitchers to accomplish that feat and ranks among MLB leaders in that span in wins (12th, 80) and strikeouts (T11th, 1105). A National League All-Star in 2010, he won at least 12 games in five straight campaigns from 2009-13.