Texas right-hander Yu Darvish had no complications Tuesday after undergoing ligament reconstruction surgery in Florida.
The Texas ace, who will miss the 2015 season, had the surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews at his facility in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Darvish will have a follow up exam Wednesday.
He's expected to have his right arm in a sling for seven to 10 days and then will have a brace on the elbow. He's expected to return to the club's spring training site in Surprise, Ariz., to continue the rehab process.
Darvish, who was limited to 22 starts last season because of inflammation in his right elbow, left his first and only rehab start of the spring after one inning March 5 because of what he thought was tightness in his right triceps. An MRI the next day revealed the sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament.
While Darvish was busy in Florida on Tuesday, the club was busy making roster moves in Surprise. The biggest one was the decision to release left-hander Michael Kirkman, who has been with the organization since 2005. Kirkman was one of four left-handed relievers in camp trying to win a job.
That field is now down to two as the club also reassigned left-hander Martire Garcia to minor-league camp, leaving Joe Beimel and Alex Claudio as the lone two left-handed relievers in big-league camp.
The Rangers also thinned the competition in left field by optioning Michael Choice to Triple A Round Rock. Right-handers Jerad Eickhoff and Luke Jackson were also sent to the Triple-A camp.
Right-hander Alec Asher and catcher Pat Cantwell were also assigned to minor-league camp.
The moves leave the Rangers with 57 players in big-league camp including Martin Perez, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, and Jurickson Profar. Profar is expected to miss the 2015 season after having surgery to repair a torn labrum.
Kirkman, 28, bounced between Texas and Triple A for the last five years. He made his major-league debut with the Rangers in 2009 but spent most of the 2014 season in Triple A. He made 12 appearances for Texas last season, going 0-1 with a 1.59 ERA.
He was limited early this spring because of a sore left shoulder.
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