What was the last minor league team Derek Holland played for?”
Derek Holland, one of the Rangers’ top Minor League pitching prospects, has arrived at the Major League level. The Rangers are counting on it to be for good, even if he is starting out in the bullpen. Holland was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday to reinforce the Rangers’ struggling bullpen. To make room, the Rangers designated reliever Josh Rupe for assignment. “I don’t even know — it hasn’t even hit me yet,” Holland said, standing in the Rangers’ clubhouse before Saturday’s game with the Royals. “It probably won’t hit me until I get out on the field. Even on the drive down here [from Oklahoma City], it didn’t hit me.” Holland has been used almost exclusively as a starter in the Rangers’ farm system since being taken as a draft-and-follow player in the 25th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. But the Rangers have decided to break him in at the Major League level as a reliever. “As we looked at it, Derek was the best option for our bullpen,” general manager Jon
