SURPRISE, Ariz., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Russell Wilson won't wait long to test the arm that ended the Seattle Seahawks super bowl season.
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels confirmed Wilson's return appearance to Surprise, Arizona for spring training, according to Fox Sports. Wilson was drafted by the Rangers in the 2013 Rule 5 draft. He was then put on a Double-A roster but was moved to the Triple-A roster this offseason.
2013 and put him on the Double-A roster. He was put on Triple-A roster this offseason in an effort to keep teams from drafting Wilson in the Rule 5 draft. If they would have done so they would have had to put Wilson on the major-league roster. Wilson played 93 games in Class-A, after being drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 2010. In those games, Wilson his .229 with five home runs and 26 RBI.
"I wouldn't put it past him," Daniels told CBS Sports. "He wouldn't be outworked. He would have had to do more offensively than defensively, but I would not bet against the man if he committed himself."
Pitchers and catchers are set to report for Rangers camp on Feb. 20.
"We recognized real early that he is a tremendous all-around athlete," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told the Seattle Times. "He can play basketball, he can play baseball, he can play football obviously. There is nothing that is difficult for him. He can pick up a tennis racket, he can hit a golf ball. He just can do all those things. That's just his make-up. To allow him, and to really kind of promote his opportunities to take advantage of that, is what we do."
