Willie Calhoun has requested a trade after the Texas Rangers optioned him to Triple-A Sunday as part of the club's efforts to pare down to 26 players.

"(I'm) gonna go to Triple A and put myself in a position to get traded. I do want to be traded," Calhoun said. "I do want to be traded. I don't know if '’ll play another game in a Rangers uniform. And I let them know that."

Calhoun is hitting .136/.283/.273 over 53 plate appearances this season.