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Morning, all! With severe winter weather bearing down on the metroplex the Rangers have cancelled Fan Fest. Josh Sborz is coming back to Texas on a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran have been elected to the Hall of Fame. They played a combined 124 games for […]
20 days ago | 5 reads
Baseball America has released their 2026 top 100 prospect list, and the Texas Rangers have two players on the list. Yes, two. That’s not a typo. Sebastian Walcott making the top 100 was a given, with the only question being whether he would crack the top 10 or not. Walcott ended up at #16 on […]
20 days ago | 0 reads
MLB Trade Rumors: The New York Mets are acquiring outfielder Luis Robert, Jr. from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Luisangel Acuna and pitcher Truman Pauley, per multiple reports. The White Sox have been looking to move the 28 year old Robert for some time. He appeared to be a burgeoning star after […]
20 days ago | 0 reads
Centerfielders Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, it was announced today. This was Beltran’s fourth year on the ballot, and he received 358 votes out of 425 ballots cast, giving him 84.2%, comfortably above the 75% threshold required for election. […]
21 days ago | 1 read
The Texas Rangers have signed relief pitcher Jakob Junis to a one year deal, the team announced today. To make room for Junis on the 40 man roster, the Rangers have designated pitcher Dom Hamel for assignment. In addition, the team has announced that relief pitcher Josh Sborz has been signed to a minor league […]
21 days ago | 2 reads
The Texas Rangers’ FanFest event scheduled to take place at Globe Life Field this Saturday, January 24, 2026, has been cancelled due to inclement weather, the team has announced this afternoon. A winter storm is expected come through Texas beginning Friday, with a Winter Storm Watch being in place from Friday afternoon through Saturday night. […]
21 days ago | 1 read
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 utility guy Dylan Moore. How many reasons can you come up with […]
21 days ago | 4 reads
Good morning. Evan Grant ponders how having a set every day position at second base could impact Josh Smith and the Texas Rangers. Jeff Wilson checks out how the rebooted bullpen is shaping up after the Rangers make the signing of Jakob Junis official. Shawn McFarland writes that rehabbing lefty Cody Bradford is aiming to […]
21 days ago | 3 reads
The Texas Rangers and free agent reliever Jakob Junis have agreed to terms on a one year, $4 million deal with a mutual option, per reports. Junis, 33, is a righthander who originally came up with the Kansas City Royals as a starting pitcher in 2017. After a bad 2020 campaign, he moved between the […]
22 days ago | 6 reads
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 […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
23 days ago | 6 reads
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 […]
24 days ago | 3 reads
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 […]
25 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
25 days ago | 5 reads
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 […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
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. […]
25 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
26 days ago | 5 reads
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 […]
26 days ago | 5 reads
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 […]
27 days ago | 3 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 outfielder Wyatt Langford. There’s a couple of ways to look at […]
27 days ago | 5 reads
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 […]
27 days ago | 5 reads
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 […]
28 days ago | 7 reads
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 […]
28 days ago | 3 reads
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 […]
29 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
29 days ago | 5 reads