Latest news and updates about the Rangers
Good morning, LSB. Brandon Nimmo was officially introduced as a Texas Ranger on Thursday and will wear No. 24. Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers have already had a busy offseason even before it’s time to start signing new players. Evan Grant breaks down the trade pieces available to the Rangers heading into the start […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads
Tomás Nido was released. Drew Smith was granted free agency. Brandon Nimmo was traded to the Texas Rangers. But against all odds, Jeff McNeil still remains slotted into the first, second, or third spot on nearly half the Mets’ positional depth chart for 2026. McNeil, nicknamed “The Squirrel” for his trademark scrappy, aggressive approach, is […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads
The offseason is in full swing and the stove is hot. We’ve already seen a big trade with Brandon Nimmo heading from the Mets to the Rangers for Marcus Semien. We’ve already seen a huge signing with Dylan Cease landing a seven year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. But the biggest story of this […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 21 hours ago | 0 reads
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at pitcher Carl Edwards, Jr. It is always kind of fun when a […]
From Lone Star Ball | 1 day ago | 1 read
Morning, all! The Rangers have a gaping hole at catcher and don’t have a lot of resources available with which to plug that hole. Texas also has only 34 players on the 40 man roster, which means they have room to be players in the Rule 5 draft. And that’s all I’m seeing out there […]
From Lone Star Ball | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! Ranger Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins is among the 16 member contemporary era committee that will be considering the hall of Fame bids of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and six other candidates who fell short with the BWAA. As the Rangers start treading down the path to 2026 Evan Grant says the 2023 […]
From Lone Star Ball | 2 days ago | 1 read
Good morning. Evan Grant writes that, as we begin to navigate beyond an era which included the Texas Rangers winning the World Series, the players that are departing will be remembered for being the ones that got it done. Kennedi Landry checks out what’s next for the Rangers this offseason with the Winter Meetings kicking […]
From Lone Star Ball | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The Jays signed Max Scherzer to a one-year contract in February of this year. For one-year and $15.5 million. At 40, it wasn’t bad money, even for a future Hall of Famer. In 2024, he started nine games for the Rangers, and, since the Jays had a number of starting pitchers, they could afford to […]
From Bluebird Banter | 3 days ago | 0 reads
With the Texas Rangers having made a trade involving players under contract for a lot of money, and with the non-tender deadline having passed, it is a good time to check in on the current state of the 2026 Texas Rangers’ payroll. We previously looked at the state of things in mid-October. The Texas Rangers […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning. Things aren’t quite as warm right now on the hot stove as last week when the Texas Rangers traded Marcus Semien. With Anthony Rendon’s toxic pact in mind, Cody Stavenhagen checks out the “ugliest” contracts in baseball with Joc Pederson making the list despite a relatively short term. And, with a Pederson-sized sinkhole […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 days ago | 0 reads
The Texas Rangers have signed free agent righthanded pitcher Anthony David Maui La’akea “Bubba” Hoopii-Tuionetoa to a minor league deal, per the MLB.com transactions page. So, this is kind of fun news. Hoopii-Tuionetoa was a 30th round pick of the 2019 draft out of Pierce College by the Rangers, and worked his way up the […]
From Lone Star Ball | 5 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, folks… The Rangers stuff is pretty sparse today. Reliever Ryan Helsley and the Baltimore Orioles have agreed on a 2 year, $28 million deal, per reports. David Laurila has his Sunday notes column up at Fangraphs.
From Lone Star Ball | 5 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, LSB. MLB dot com lists the most difficult challenge awaiting each of the nine new MLB managers. And The Athletic discusses how the Mets will replace Brandon Nimmo, which is kind of a Rangers news story, I guess. We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of content. That’s all for this […]
From Lone Star Ball | 6 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, LSB. Not much out there on this, the day after Thanksgiving. The Athletic offers up one Black Friday free agent deal for every time. Fangraphs has a lovely piece up entitled “Stick Wyatt Langford in Center, You Cowards.” And in case you missed it read this profile on Jared Sandler and his wife […]
From Lone Star Ball | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! Brandon Nimmo was a center fielder that the Mets moved to left after plantar fasciitis limited his mobility, but does he have the arm to play right field for the Rangers? Over at Fangraphs they argue that the concerns about Wyatt Langford’s defense early in his career were misplaced and it is time […]
From Lone Star Ball | 8 days ago | 1 read
Morning, all! The Rangers started the offseason with a pretty lengthy to-do list , but they’ve made significant progress in addressing the bullet points. The Rangers have signed infielder Jonah Bride to a minor league deal. Bride had a breakout year with the Marlins in 2025. Marcus Semien was surprised to hear he was going […]
From Lone Star Ball | 9 days ago | 0 reads
The Mets managed to make a pre-Thanksgiving splash, trading Brandon Nimmo – their longest tenured player – to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien. The Rangers also received $5M as part of the deal. Though Nimmo himself was reportedly surprised by the move, rumors had been out there; Jeff Passan reported a week ago that […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 9 days ago | 1 read
The Detroit Tigers, undeniably, need pitching help. Their starting rotation is Tarik Skubal and then a cluster of arms you can probably call better than average as a group, but each comes with distinct question marks. Reese Olson can’t stay healthy, Casey Mize regressed heavily after the All-Star Break, Jack Flaherty pulled a Jekyll and […]
From Bless You Boys | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Free agent projections are out, and so it is that time again — time for the annual “should the Rangers sign This Player” polls. Today, we are looking at first baseman Ryan O’Hearn. O’Hearn is a 32 year old lefthanded hitting 1B/DH. He did not hit while with the Royals, where he spent parts of […]
From Lone Star Ball | 10 days ago | 2 reads
The Braves didn’t do anything on Monday, so a non-Braves question to fill the gap. The Mets and Rangers executed a relatively rare type of trade over the weekend, moving one productive player for another. Most trades swap some semblance of future value for present value, but occasionally, positional fit and liquidity considerations take center […]
From Talking Chop | 10 days ago | 2 reads
It all happened fast. A Sunday afternoon in May saw the Colorado Rockies pounding the San Diego Padres 9-3 and preparing to get on a plane to play the Texas Rangers. Bud Black was late to his post-game media scrum, and the air was weird. Something was going on, but no one was sure what. […]
From Purple Row | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Meet the Mets The Mets made a farewell video for Brandon Nimmo, and Steve and Alex Cohen released a statement about him following the team’s trade of him to the Texas Rangers. Mark Feinsand looks at the effect of the Nimmo-Semien trade on the trade and free agent markets. Might the Mets sign Kyle Tucker […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 10 days ago | 1 read
The Texas Rangers have officially traded Marcus Semien to the New York Mets for Brandon Nimmo and cash considerations, the team announced this morning. And with that, the deal is done. I offered up some thoughts on the deal earlier this morning, though I admit I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around […]
From Lone Star Ball | 11 days ago | 1 read
No one is going to be accusing Chris Young of being overly sentimental now, are they? In a span of a little over 48 hours, four of the key players from the Rangers’ magical 2023 World Series team were moved on from. Adolis Garcia, Jonah Heim and Josh Sborz were non-tendered on Friday, and while […]
From Lone Star Ball | 11 days ago | 0 reads
Major League Baseball’s offseason is still in its infancy, yet the New York Mets and Texas Rangers shook its pillars late on Sunday evening. The two sides came to an agreement on a deal that sent second baseman Marcus Semien to Queens and outfielder Brandon Nimmo to Arlington, an extremely rare one-for-one swap of nine-figure […]
From Red Reporter | 11 days ago | 2 reads