Choo to let fate decide his Rangers future.

The Rangers indefinitely furloughed about 60 full-time employees, a move announced 10 days before Texas opens its new ballpark without fans due to the pandemic-delayed season.

Texas owner Ray Davis said in March he hoped to avoid furloughs. But the owner said in a statement Tuesday that severe financial consequences of the coronavirus-caused shutdown and lingering uncertainty of when fans will be allowed at games left the organization out of options. The decision was announced after four months of cost-saving measures, budget cuts and salary decreases.

Employees who were furloughed worked in both baseball operations and on the business side, in and outside of Arlington. They made up 12 percent of the team’s roughly 500 full-time employees.

Construction of the $1.2 billion Globe Life Field, which has a retractable roof, was completed in time for what was supposed to be the start of the regular season in late March. The Rangers are set to open the reduced 60-game schedule at home without fans July 24 against Colorado. in their outfield.

Puig hit a combined .267 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs for Cincinnati and Cleveland in 2019. He also stole 19 bases.

The 29-year-old Puig was the last big-name free agent from the offseason who had not signed with a team.