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- Updated: August 5, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — It was 3:45 p.m. on Monday, and catcher Bobby Wilson was on his way to the Rangers’ team charter plane. All of his luggage and equipment were already stowed away, and he was ready to board the flight to Baltimore.
That’s when he got a call saying he’d been designated for assignment. The first-place Rangers traded for All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy, and Wilson’s services were no longer needed. Getting designated and his subsequent pickup by Tampa Bay on Thursday was just a part of what has been an “insane” season for the journeyman catcher.
“I felt [like] such a big part of that team,” Wilson said. “I got there and we weren’t in first place and built a 10-, 11-game lead. … You feel like you’re a big part of that, and then they make that trade — it was obviously difficult.”
The 33-year-old Wilson was claimed off waivers by …
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