Mizzou Baseball in the Minors

■ C Brett Nicholas assigned to Myrtle Beach (Scout.com)

The Texas Rangers assigned catcher Brett Nicholas to High-A Myrtle Beach on Saturday afternoon. The 22-year-old, who was the Rangers' sixth-round pick out of the University of Missouri last summer, missed most of spring training with a hamstring injury and had been playing in games at extended spring training.

Nicholas batted .245/.319/.344 in 51 contests at short-season Spokane last season. He takes the roster spot of catcher Vin DiFazio, who was placed on the DL with a left hand contusion.