Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all! Jacob Webb has signed a one year deal with the Chicago Cubs, joining fellow former Ranger relievers Hoby Milner and Phil Matom. And that’s all I’m seeing out there today.
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Webb to the Cubs for $1.5M, per reports
Jacob Webb and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms on a one year deal with a 2027 option, per reports. Webb is guaranteed $1.5 million with $500K in potential incentives bonuses, it is being reported. The 2027 option is for $2.5M with $500K in potential incentives. Webb was signed by the Texas Rangers last […]
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2025 Season in Review: Dustin Harris
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 outfielder Dustin Harris. Dustin Harris had a weirdly memorable time in the […]
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2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #11
Congratulations to Devin Fitz-Gerald, who was voted the #10 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell 5 — Caden Scarborough 6 — Winston Santos […]
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Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Good morning. Happy Festivus! Kennedi Landry writes that the Texas Rangers head into 2026 with Sebastian Walcott as their top prospect for another year, but they’re in no rush to promote him. Mike Axisa writes that health for Evan Carter would be the perfect gift for the Rangers to find under their tree this year. […]
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2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #10
Congratulations to Alejandro Osuna, who was voted the #9 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell 5 — Caden Scarborough 6 — Winston Santos […]
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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Good morning. Evan Grant plays Santa and hands out Christmas gifts for each of the Texas Rangers, despite Ray Davis leaving a lump of coal in our stockings. Zach Crizer writes that the Rangers have been making some smart signings this winter, but are lacking in impactful moves. And, Andrew Simon notes that the Rangers […]
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Martin, Diaz officially signed
The Texas Rangers officially announced the signings of relief pitchers Chris Martin and Alexis Diaz this past week. Diaz’s signing was announced on December 16 and is for one year for what has been reported to be $1 million plus another $500K in potential incentives. Martin’s signing was announced on December 19 and is for […]
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Murakami to the ChiSox, per reports
MLB Rumors: Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a two year, $34 million contract, per multiple reports. Murakami, who turns 26 in February, is a lefthanded hitting third baseman with big time power, but who also has had major contact issues during his time in the NPB. In 69 […]
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Sunday morning Rangers things
Good morning, folks… I regret to inform you that the pre-Christmas Rangers news landscape is pretty barren. At least David Laurila has his Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.
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Saturday morning Rangers stuff
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers have officially signed reliever Chris Martin. The Angels have reached a settlement with the family of Tyler Skaggs, putting an apparent end to that saga. The Orioles might be good next year. And MLB dot com has a list of each team’s best single-game performance in 2025. That’s all for […]
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Three-way Astros/Rays/Pirates trade
MLB Rumors: Brandon Lowe, Jake Mangum and Mason Montgomery are heading to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a three way trade involving the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros, per reports. Lowe, a 31 year old lefthanded hitting second baseman, slashed .256/.307/.477 last season in 134 games while posting a 1.9 bWAR and a […]
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Baz to the Orioles, per reports
MLB Trade Rumors: Shane Baz is going to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for outfielders Slater de Brun and Austin Overn, catcher Caden Bodine, pitcher Michael Forret, and a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick, per multiple reports. Baz, 26, was a first round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2017, and was sent to […]
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King returns to Padres
The San Diego Padres have re-signed pitcher Michael King to a three year deal with a pair of opt outs that could net King up to $75 million. King was…I hesitate to say “the” prize of the Juan Soto trade for the Padres, but he was at least a prize, a big one. He had […]
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2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #9
Congratulations to A.J. Russell, who was voted the #8 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a third of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell 5 — Caden Scarborough 6 — Winston Santos […]
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Friday morning Rangers things
Good morning, LSB. Evan Grant gets to know new Rangers hitting coach Justin Viele, the man in charge of flipping this offense around. Kennedi Landry writes about Viele and the Rangers’ three-headed hitting coach staff as well. The Rangers have reached agreements with seven non-roster invitees to spring training. The team also announced its award […]
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Armstrong to Cleveland, per reports
The Cleveland Guardians and reliever Shawn Armstrong have agreed to terms on a one year, $5.5 million deal, per reports. If the name “Shawn Armstrong” sounds familiar to you, you might be a Rangers fan. Armstrong was picked up last offseason by Texas on a one year deal for $1.125 million. The righthander ended up […]
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Texas Rangers award winners named
The Texas Rangers have announced the 2025 award winners for the team, as voted upon by the D/FW chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Wyatt Langford was named the team’s Player of the Year. The outfielder avoided a sophomore slump, slashing .241/.344/.431 in 134 games, going 22 for 28 on stolen base attempts, […]
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2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #8 Redux
We are doing #8 again because I didn’t include the voting form in yesterday’s post. Doh! Who is the #8 prospect in the Rangers’ farm system right now? Cast your vote below…
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Thursday Morning Links
Morning, all! Evan Grant observes that the Rangers are trying to put together a bullpen out of castoffs and spare parts but that they have a decent track record of actually pulling that off. And that’s all I’m finding this morning.
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Keller, Weaver each get 2/$22M, per reports
MLB Rumors: Luke Weaver and the New York Mets, and Brad Keller and the Philadelphia Phillies, have agreed to free agent deals, per multiple reports. Weirdly, Weaver and Keller are each reportedly getting two year, $22 million deals — the same amount that it was reported yesterday that the San Francisco Giants and Adrian Houser […]
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2025 Season in Review: Leody Taveras
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 outfielder Leody Taveras. I come to bury Leody, not to praise […]
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2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #8
Congratulations to Alejandro Rosario, who was voted the #7 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell 5 — Caden Scarborough 6 — Winston Santos […]
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Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all! Adolis Garcia has signed with the Phillies and expects facing the Rangers on opening day to be an emotional experience. The Rangers are treading on familiar ground as they resign Chris Martin in their efforts to build a bullpen for 2026. Chris Young responded to questions about the Rangers heading into 2026 with […]
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Chris Martin returns to Texas, per report
The Texas Rangers and pitcher Chris Martin have agreed to terms on a one year deal, per reports. No word yet on the amount, though I’m guessing it is around $4-5 million. Martin, 39, is an Arlington native who signed with the Rangers prior to 2018 after spending two years pitching in Japan. He was […]
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