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Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes that the Texas Rangers added to their bullpen yesterday by signing right-hander Jakob Junis on a one-year deal. Kennedi Landry has more on the Junis signing and what it means for Chris Young and crew’s latest full bullpen rebuild. The DMN has five things to know about Junis who pitched […]
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Good morning, folks… We got not much out there today. Remember Ryan Pressly? Former Astros reliever? He announced his retirement. In non-baseball news, Bo Nix broke his ankle, so the Denver Broncos will be playing in the AFC Championship Game with Texas native Jarrett Stidham as their quarterback. Hmmm, what else… If you listen to […]
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Good morning, LSB. Very little out there in terms of Rangers stuff today but we do have Day 3 of Dodgers hoarding discourse? Ken Rosenthal says there will be calls for a salary cap but that baseball has plenty of other problems to work through as well in order to avoid a work stoppage. And […]
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MLB Rumors: Bo Bichette and the New York Mets are in agreement on a three year, $126 million deal, per multiple reports. The deal reportedly includes opt outs after each of the first two years. Bichette, who turns 28 in March, had spent his entire career with the Toronto Blue Jays, who selected him in […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays, Anaheim Angels and Cincinnati Reds have made an interesting three-team trade that has former Rangers pitcher Brock Burke going from Anaheim to Cincinnati, Chris Clark going from Anaheim to Tampa, Gavin Lux going from Cincinnati to Tampa, and Josh Lowe going from Tampa to Anaheim. From Anaheim’s perspective, this is a […]
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Good morning, LSB. The Rangers have landed a top 10 international prospect for the fourth time in five years with the signing of Elian Rosario. Evan Grant writes that Rosario isn’t the typical type of prospect the Rangers like to go after in international free agency. Jeff Wilson takes a look at 5 prospects in […]
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MLB Rumors: Kyle Tucker and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms on a four year, $240 million deal, per multiple reports. The deal reportedly includes opt outs after years 2 and 3, with $30 million deferred. The deferrals lower the overall annual average value to $57 million, which is still a record AAV. […]
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Today starts this year’s signing period for international free agents, and the Texas Rangers have inked a number of prospects to deals. The headliner for the class is 17 year old Dominican outfielder Elian Rosario. Listed at 6’2”, 195 lbs., Rosario is #9 on the Baseball America top 100 international prospect list. His power is […]
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Morning, all! MLB Network is doing a slow reveal of the league’s top 100 players over the next few days and Wyatt Langford and Nathan Eovaldi are numbers 69 and 65. The international free agent signing period begins today, and the Rangers are stepping outside of their comfort zone and investing significant bonus pool money […]
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MLB Rumors: The Boston Red Sox and Ranger Suarez have agreed to terms on a five year, $130 million deal, per reports. Suarez, a 30 year old lefthanded starter, has spent his entire career up to this point with the Philadelphia Phillies, who signed him as an international free agent in 2012. After getting a […]
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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 outfielder Wyatt Langford. There’s a couple of ways to look at […]
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Morning, all! The Rangers are currently sitting at $197 million in payroll obligations, $44 million less than 2025, and Chris Young says their focus leading up to spring training is pitching. The team still has holes to fill in both the rotation and bullpen. As things currently stand, the Rangers have the worst bullpen projection […]
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MLB Trade Rumors: Nolan Arenado is being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the St. Louis Cardinals, per multiple reports. Arenado, who turns 35 in April, originally came up with the Colorado Rockies, and was one of the best players in baseball for a decade with them. The Rockies extended him but, to the amazement […]
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Good morning. Kennedi Landry checks out the remaining offseason tasks for the Texas Rangers to accomplish before spring training comes around. Jeff Wilson writes that adding to the pitching staff remains the priority for the Rangers while checking out which arms might make sense. The MLB Pipeline folks list a top international prospect for each […]
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Congratulations to Cam Cauley, who was voted the #20 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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Alex Bregman and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms on a five year, $175 million deal, per multiple reports. There are no opt outs on the deal, but the third baseman does get a full no-trade clause. There is also reportedly $70 million in deferrals, though the exact details of the deferrals have not […]
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Good morning. ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle places the Texas Rangers in the middle of the Major League pack at the midpoint of the winter. And, Dayn Perry & Mike Axisa team up to hand the Rangers a ‘C’ grade for their offseason thus far while noting their self-imposed constraints. That’s all. Have a nice day!
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Good morning, folks… Alex Bregman is reportedly heading to the Chicago Cubs on a 5 year, $175 million deal. David Laurila has his Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.
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Good morning, LSB. The Rangers have reunited with former farmhand Zak Kent via the waiver wire. Texas finalized its minor league and player development staffs yesterday. Shawn McFarland takes a look at where the offense stands now that the Rangers are likely done adding position players. In other news ESPN has linked the Rangers to […]
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The Texas Rangers have claimed pitcher Zak Kent on waivers, the team announced today. The 40 man roster is now full with this move. This brings things full circle for Kent, who the Rangers drafted in the 9th round in 2019 out of VMI. He was designated for assignment in spring training, 2024, and was […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
Max Kepler, the veteran outfielder who spent the 2025 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, has been suspended for 80 games for violating MLB’s Performance Enhancing Drugs policy, it was announced today. He reportedly tested positive for Epitrenbolone, a synthetic steroid. Kepler, who turns 33 next month, is currently a free agent. Originally signed as an […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rangers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, we asked if former Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels should be in the Hall of […]
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Congratulations to Josh Trentadue, who was voted the #19 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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Good morning, LSB. The Rangers agreed to deals with all of their arbitration-eligible players yesterday, and Lee Stevens popped champagne like the ‘72 Dolphins. In doing so Texas virtually locks in its infield for 2026, Jeff Wilson writes. Kennedi Landry answers some questions and makes some predictions in a new year Reddit AMA. And MLB […]
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The Texas Rangers have finalized deals with Josh Smith, Jake Burger, Josh Jung and Ezequiel Duran, their four unsigned arbitration-eligible players, according to Shawn McFarland of the DMN. No details as of yet on the amount each player will receive. The Rangers had nine arbitration-eligible players on November 21 — the deadline to tender contracts […]
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