Mahle was scratched from Tuesday's scheduled start versus the Angels due to right forearm soreness, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports. The Rangers are saying the move was made out of an abundance of caution.

Jack Leiter replaced Tyler Mahle as the Rangers’ starter Tuesday. Might he do that the first week of the season, too? Mahle was scratched an hour before Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels in what was described by general manager Ross Fenstermaker as a “super precautionary move,