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Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to terms on a five year, $150 million deal, per multiple reports. In addition, Edwin Diaz and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms on a three year, $69 million deal, per multiple reports. The hot stove, as they see, is heating up. Schwarber, who turns […]
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Congratulations to Sebastian Walcott, who was voted the #1 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting almost 100% of the vote. Moving on… As we do every year, twice a year — once midseason and once offseason — we are voting on who we think is the top prospect in the Rangers […]
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Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes that with Marcus Semien now in Flushing, NY, Josh Smith finally has a shot at an everyday role at second base. Kennedi Landry writes that Smith will be first in line to replace Semien but the Rangers won’t just hand him the job. On a quiet first day of the […]
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The MLB Draft Lottery for the 2026 MLB Draft will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. Central time. For the second year in a row, the Texas Rangers are lottery-eligible, and thus have a chance — albeit a small one — at a top pick. With the MLB Draft Lottery, all […]
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Exciting news, folks… It is time for the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings! As we do every year, twice a year — once midseason and once offseason — we are voting on who we think is the top prospect in the Rangers farm system right now. If the voting is close, we have a runoff. […]
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Good morning. Evan Grant writes about the path back to contention for the Texas Rangers as the Winter Meetings open up today. The folks at MLB dot com check out the biggest need for each team at the start of the Winter Meetings, with Kennedi Landry writing that Texas is in need of a catcher. […]
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Jeff Kent, longtime second baseman who played for six teams but had his best years with the San Francisco Giants, has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee. Kent received votes from 14 of the 16 committee members, two more than the amount necessary to be elected. Carlos Delgado […]
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The Seattle Mariners are acquiring pitcher Jose Ferrer from the Washington Nationals in exchange for catcher Harry Ford and pitcher Isaac Lyon, per reports from yesterday. This is the second year in a row where the Nationals have traded a young, controllable, but unheralded lefty reliever with a 4+ ERA but quality peripherals. Last year, […]
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Good morning, folks… MLB.com takes a look at each team’s biggest need entering this week’s winter meetings. Former Rangers owner Tom Hicks has died. David Laurila has his Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.
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Good morning, LSB. Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers’ offseason plan focuses on external priorities and internal improvements. MLB Pipeline offers up a Rule 5 candidate for every team. Aaaaand that appears to be about all there is this morning. Have a good weekend!
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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 […]
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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 […]
5 days 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 […]
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The Colorado Rockies are hiring Josh Byrnes, senior vice president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as their general manager, per multiple reports. The Rockies hired Paul DePodesta as their president of baseball operations last month, so Byrnes will be the #2 guy with Colorado. Byrnes has been with the Dodgers since November […]
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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 […]
6 days ago | 1 read
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 Jon Gray. What a frustrating and disappointing season for the […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
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The New York Mets and free agent reliever Devin Williams have agreed to terms on a 3 year deal, per multiple reports. According to Jon Heyman, Williams gets a $6 million signing bonus paid out over the next three years, and $15 million per year for each of the three years of the deal, with […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
10 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 […]
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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 […]
12 days ago | 1 read