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Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the GM meetings kick off in Vegas today where the Texas Rangers will be taking a deflating budget into consideration. Jeff Wilson puts together his thoughts on the ideal potential free agent signees, but also the more realistic options for the Rangers this winter. Ken Rosenthal’s notes cover the […]
Nick Kurtz of the Northern California Athletics has been named the American League Rookie of the Year, claiming all 30 first place votes. His teammate, Jacob Wilson, finished second in the voting, with 23 second place votes, four third place votes, a fourth place vote and a fifth place vote. Roman Anthony of the Boston […]
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 starting pitcher Merrill Kelly. Kelly is a righthander who turned 37 last month, and has had a strange professional journey, getting drafted in the 10th round […]
Good morning. FanGraphs’ Michael Baumann writes about the Emmanuel Clase gambling incident. I guess the Texas Rangers did eventually win that trade. David Schoenfield writes about the greatest postseason moments and players of the Wild Card era, of which all Rangers playoff appearances and achievements have been within. And, MLB dot com’s Jesse Borek checks […]
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges related to gambling shenanigans, according to Jeff Passan, with Ortiz having been arrested this morning. Clase has not been apprehended. The two Cleveland Guardians pitchers have been on administrative leave since this summer due to an ongoing investigation into irregularities regarding bets on individual pitches […]
Good morning, folks… The Rangers’ 2026 spring schedule includes an exhibition game against Team Brazil, which is playing in the World Baseball Classic. David Laurila has his Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.
Good morning, LSB. The DMN posted highlights from their podcast episode with Skip Schumaker in which he discusses his hiring, his thoughts on his new team and other musings. The Rangers have won the team wide AL Gold Glove. Hang the banner. And The Athletic has a list of Japanese players about to join the […]
Good morning, LSB. Kennedi Landry writes that Joc Pederson has exercised his player option for 2026 to stay with the Rangers. The Rangers released start times for their 2026 home schedule. Fangraphs’ Ben Clemens dropped his lost of the top 50 MLB free agents of the offseason. Evan Grant spent a day in the life […]
Qualifying offers were tendered to thirteen MLB players today, per multiple reports. The thirteen are: Bo Bichette, SS, Toronto Blue Jays Dylan Cease, SP, San Diego Padres Edwin Diaz, RP, New York Mets Zac Gallen, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks Trent Grisham, OF, New York Yankees Shota Imanaga, SP, Chicago Cubs Michael King, SP, San Diego Padres […]
The Colorado Rockies are set to hire Paul DePodesta as their president of baseball operations, per the Athletic. This would not be that surprising if this were being done a decade ago. DePodesta was one Billy Beane’s top lieutenants with the Oakland A’s beginning in 1999, and was featured prominently in Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball, […]
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 relief pitcher Jacob Webb. Jacob Webb was non-tendered by the Baltimore […]
Morning, all! MLB has released the Rangers spring training schedule with the Rangers playing 29 games in a 30 day stretch. Outfielders Billy McKinney and Dustin Harris cleared waivers and became free agents Tuesday, while the Rangers claimed catcher Willie MacIver and pitcher Michael Otanez off waivers from the Athletics. Bruce Bochy has joined the […]
The Texas Rangers have claimed catcher Willie MacIver and pitcher Michel Otanez from the Athletics of California, the team announced today. In addition, outfielders Dustin Harris and Billy McKinney cleared waivers and have become free agents, the team announced. With those moves, the 40 man roster remains at 35. MacIver, 29, was a 9th round […]
The Hall of Fame has announced the eight players who are on this year’s Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot. Those players will be voted on by a committee of 16 individuals (who are not yet identified), with at least 12 votes — 75% — necessary for induction. The Contemporary Era ballot covers the period […]
Morning, all! On the one hand, most of the Ranger offense is returning in 2026… on the other hand, that probably isn’t a good thing. And that’s about all I’m seeing out there this morning.
Yu Darvish underwent elbow surgery last Wednesday, he announced today. The San Diego Padre pitcher had internal brace surgery to address a damaged UCL and flexor tendon. He is expected to miss the 2026 season. This is unfortunate news for Darvish, who had Tommy John surgery in 2015 while he was with the Rangers. While […]
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 Jake Burger. Jake Burger’s 2025 season was kind of a mess. […]
Good morning. You guys must not have bought enough gold World Series hats as Evan Grant writes that a new era of penny pinching from the Texas Rangers appears to be upon us. Kennedi Landry’s newsletter for the week reveals the strengths of new Rangers skipper Skip Schumaker as a manager. With the World Series […]
The finalists for the American League and National League winners of the Most Valuable Player Award, Cy Young Award, Rookie of the Year Award and Manager of the Year Award for 2025 have been announced. You will not be surprised to learn that no Rangers were among the finalists. For the A.L. MVP Award, Yankee […]
With the Dodgers having finished off the Blue Jays in an appropriately epic Game 7 to conclude one of the all time great World Series, the offseason is officially here and underway. And in just 15 — count ‘em, 15 — days, we have the deadline for teams to add players to the 40 man […]
Congratulations to Marcus Semien, who is the 2025 Gold Glove winner in the American League at second base. it is the second time that Semien has won the award, having also won it previously in 2021 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Semien is also the first Ranger to win a Gold Glove at second base […]
Good morning. Evan Grant offers up an early offseason projection which sees the Texas Rangers moving on from Marcus Semien. Speaking of Semien, Kennedi Landry notes that the veteran claimed the first ever Gold Glove award for a second baseman in franchise history. It was Semien’s second Gold Glove award, but first with Texas. Jeff […]
Good morning, folks… Jeff Wilson reports that Tony Beasley is not expected back with the Rangers for 2026. Beasley has been the Rangers’ third base coach since 2015, but has informed the team that he will explore other opportunities. Wilson says that Chris Young has told Beasley they will be open to him staying in […]
Game 7 of the World Series. Dodgers and Jays. Shohei Ohtani starts for L.A. and Max Scherzer for the Jays, but I expect neither will go too deep into the game, with both managers likely going to the pen early and often. 7:00 p.m. Central start time on Fox.
Game 7 of the World Series will feature a starting pitching matchup involving a pair of future Hall of Famers, as the Los Angeles Dodgers have announced that Shohei Ohtani will be starting for them. The Toronto Blue Jays had previously announced Max Scherzer as their Game 7 starter. Ohtani will be starting on three […]