Latest news and updates about the Rangers
Congratulations to David Davalillo, who was voted the #3 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 Moving on… Who is the #4 prospect in the Rangers’ farm system […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 21 hours ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! Given the Rangers’ many needs and limited budget it’s a foregone conclusion that they will be digging through the factory seconds in the Rule 5 Draft. One of the shirts with the wrong number of buttons the Rangers snatched up is Carter Baumler, who has managed to wrack up all of 88.2 innings […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 23 hours ago | 0 reads
In the 2025 MLB Rule 5 Draft, the Texas Rangers selected no one in the major league portion of the draft, opting to pass when their spot — #14 overall — came around. In addition, the Rangers did not have any players selected from their organization in the major league portion of the draft. However, […]
From Lone Star Ball | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! There have been several teams inquiring about Corey Seager this offseason, but Evan Grant reports that the Rangers aren’t actively shopping him. The Rangers need more starting pitching and don’t have much in the way of resources to get it, but for some reason seem kind of ambivalent about Jacob Latz as a […]
From Lone Star Ball | 2 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
From Lone Star Ball | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Grace is back with another episode, and some major news to talk about. First, the Mets have made a few moves, trading longtime Met Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for Marcus Semien, which is sad from an emotional standpoint but makes sense from a baseball perspective. Then they signed Devin WIlliams, a very good move […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 4 days ago | 0 reads
The Royals have made it clear they are looking to upgrade their outfield, but the options are limited in a thin free agent market. That market received an unexpected addition when the Rangers non-tendered two-time All-Star outfielder Adolis García earlier this offseason. Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic reports the Royals may be priced out on […]
From Royals Review | 4 days ago | 0 reads
In search of relief depth early in the 2025 season, the Phillies traded for Rangers’ triple A righthander Daniel Robert. Although 30 years old and having just four games of major league experience under his belt, the Phillies thought he was worth the lottery ticket prospect (Enrique Segura) they gave up. Robert’s climb to the […]
From The Good Phight | 4 days ago | 0 reads
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. […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 days ago | 0 reads
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. […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 days ago | 0 reads
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.
From Lone Star Ball | 5 days ago | 0 reads
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!
From Lone Star Ball | 6 days ago | 1 read
The Mets enter the Winter Meetings already having added a significant free agent in Devin Williams, and pulled off a swap of two veteran players when they received Marcus Semien from the Rangers in exchange for Brandon Nimmo. With a roster still very much in flux, there is plenty more to do, and the Winter […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 7 days ago | 1 read
Ranger Suarez Rumors — I know there’s a whole lot of exciting Cubs/Alex Bregman talk out there lately , but don’t let that distract you from the publicly stated and more logical offseason objective: Pitching, pitching, and more pitching. Last we heard, the Cubs were in on Dylan Cease until his bidding approached $200 million, and that they remain involved in the markets for Michael King and Tatsuya Imai . We also learned that the Cubs can add upwards of $50 million to the 2026 payroll , w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 7 days ago | 0 reads
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 | 7 days ago | 1 read
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 | 7 days ago | 1 read
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 | 8 days 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 | 8 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 […]
From Lone Star Ball | 8 days 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 | 9 days ago | 2 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 […]
From Lone Star Ball | 10 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 | 10 days ago | 1 read
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 | 11 days ago | 1 read
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 | 11 days ago | 1 read
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 | 12 days ago | 0 reads