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Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the Texas Rangers have done the heavy lifting as far as winter roster moves, but there are still a handful of budget free agents that could make sense ahead of spring training. At The Athletic, Jim Bowden grades each club’s offseason moves and hands out passing marks to the […]
MLB Rumors: Eugenio Suarez and the Cincinnati Reds are in agreement on a one year, $15 million deal with a $16 million mutual option for 2026, per reports. I think it is fair to say that this is a much lighter deal than most were expecting. Suarez, 34, split the 2025 season between the Arizona […]
Good morning, folks… Chris Young weighs in on the possibility of a lock out at the end of 2026. There’s so much drama in the WBC its kind of hard being Puerto Rico, who may withdraw from the tournament after 8-10 players expected to be on the team’s roster were denied insurance coverage, including team […]
MLB Rumors: Austin Hays and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a one year, $6 million deal, per reports. The Rangers were among a number of teams that were in on Hays, per Jon Heyman, and we talked about him earlier in the week in our write-up on available righthanded platoon DH/bench bat […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers added another bat yesterday in the form of former first round pick Nick Pratto. Former Rangers reliever David Robertson has decided to hang em up. MLB dot com has a list of 13 “eye-popping” predictions for 2026 which includes one for Jacob deGrom. And The Athletic has a Q&A with […]
The Minnesota Twins and Derek Falvey, the president of baseball operations and business operations for the team, have “mutually agreed to part ways,” the team has announced this morning. General manager Jeremy Zoll will take over the baseball operations role for now, with the team saying they will immediately begin searching for a replacement for […]
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 first baseman Rowdy Tellez. If the Texas Rangers had made the […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers formally introduced new pitcher MacKenzie Gore yesterday. Kennedi Landry says the Rangers hope Gore can “level up” in Arlington. Evan Grant asks if adding another pitcher to this offense starved roster will be enough to compete in 2026. Kevin Sherrington says the Gore deal was too logical to pass up […]
The Texas Rangers have announced the non-roster invitees for this year’s major league spring training camp. Aside from the guys signed to minor league deals this winter, the team has invited nine other players who were already in the organization to the major league camp. They are: IF Sebastian Walcott — Y’all know who he […]
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 Cole Winn. So is Cole Winn good now? Winn, […]
Morning, all! Skip Schumaker’s goal is for Josh Jung to be feared again and for Jung to return to his 2023 form after two really disappointing seasons. The Athletic has their ranking of all 30 farm systems. And that’s all I’m seeing out there.
The Texas Rangers will have pitchers and catchers reporting to Surprise in a couple of weeks, and the team’s roster is starting to round into shape. The Rangers swapped Marcus Semien for Brandon Nimmo early in the offseason, addressing their corner outfield need while also opening up a spot for Josh Smith to play every […]
Morning, all! Evan Carter is ready to leave his pattern of injury shortened seasons in the past and be an honest to goodness major league regular. Evan Grant has a list of 26thi he the Rangers can do do improve on 2025.
The New York Yankees have claimed pitcher Dom Hamel on waivers from the Texas Rangers, it was announced today. The Rangers had designated Hamel for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster for newly signed reliever Jakob Junis. If you aren’t familiar with Dom Hamel, that’s understandable. The Rangers claimed him on waivers […]
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 Evan Carter. Two years ago, one of the popular topics […]
Last week, in our Rangers Reacts Survey, we asked where folks thought the Texas Rangers would finish in the American League West. And I have to say, y’all were a bit of a downer, though this was before the MacKenzie Gore trade gave everyone a shot in the arm. Almost half of those who responded […]
Good morning. Kennedi Landry has more on the prospect cost that the Texas Rangers shipped out to Washington to land left-hander MacKenzie Gore. Shawn McFarland writes about Evan Carter’s health and how much the Rangers are counting on him becoming an everyday contributor. And, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel unveiled his top 100 prospects list with Sebastian […]
Good morning. Despite temperatures in the feels-like single digits, you know baseball season is right around the corner when Evan Grant begins his roster projections. MLB dot com’s Brent Maguire checks out the high risk, high reward rotation that the Rangers have put together ahead of the 2026 season. Grant notes that the Rangers have […]
Good morning, folks… The first SportsDay Rangers podcast episode of 2026 features Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi. Yu Darvish clarifies the reports of his possibly pending retirement. Former Texas Rangers first baseman Rob Maurer died earlier this week. The Twins signed a pair of players discussed as possible targets for the Rangers, reliever Taylor […]
Yu Darvish, amazing, magical pitcher who Rangers fans were fortunate enough to watch during his best years, is retiring, per multiple reports. A buyout is being negotiated between Darvish and the San Diego Padres in regards to the final three years of his deal, but reports indicate that he will be forfeiting the bulk of […]
Good morning, LSB. Shawn McFarland writes about Jacob Latz’s chances at the starting rotation, which got a little cloudier with the acquisition of MacKenzie Gore. Sebastian Walcott is the 7th-ranked prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline’s updated rankings. The Athletic grades the Gore trade. And Nathan Eovaldi is the most recent guest on Evan […]
I want to do a post about the Gore MacKenzie trade that talks about the prospects the Rangers give up. And as part of that, I was going to go through and look at who else the Rangers have traded, in terms of prospects, to get a major league return since the start of the […]
The Texas Rangers addressed the hole in their 2026 rotation in dramatic fashion on Thursday, trading five minor leaguers to the Washington Nationals to acquire lefthanded starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore. So let’s talk about this deal, and what the Rangers are getting in Gore. Start with the basics. Gore is a lefty who turns 27 […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers made a trade yesterday. Kennedi Landry writes that the Rangers go from floaters to “win now” mode with their acquisition of MacKenzie Gore. Evan Grant says that Chris Young is making a definitive statement on 2026 with the move. Jeff Wilson writes that Gore has the potential to be one […]
MLB Trade Rumors: The Texas Rangers have acquired starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore from the Washington Nationals, per reports. Texas is sending five prospects, including 2025 first rounder Gavin Fein. Well, we have been saying that the Rangers needed to add another starting pitcher. It appears they have done so. Gore, who turns 27 next month, […]