The Texas Rangers, looking for a left-handed bat off the bench, acquired Matt Stairs from the Kansas City Royals for minor-league pitcher Joselo Diaz.
Stairs, 38, was hitting .261 with eight homers and 32 RBI for the Royals this season. He’s a career .266 hitter with 215 homers for Montreal, Boston, the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Milwaukee and Kansas City.
Diaz, a right-hander, is 2-0 with four saves this season while pitching primarily in relief for Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma.
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