The Texas Rangers let Adolis Garcia go after a steep decline the last two years, but the 32-year-old outfielder found a healthy big league contract available to him.
The Philadelphia Phillies are betting relatively big on a Garcia bounce-back:
BREAKING: Cuban OF Adolis García and the Philadelphia Phillies are finalizing a one-year, $10 million contract, pending a physical, per sources. Adolis will look to contribute on a contending team and return to his 2023 offensive production, wh...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the Texas Rangers have been quietly adding to their roster here at the midway point of the offseason. Per MLB Trade Rumors, Chris Young was on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM where he shot down the Corey Seager trade rumors. At ESPN, new Rangers manager Skip Schumaker was included […]
From Lone Star Ball
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After an up-and-down 2025 season with the Texas Rangers, right-handed (and very tall) reliever Chris Martin considered retirement. But according to Chris Cotillo, Martin is both (possibly) not retiring and a person of interest for the Boston Red Sox! He’s not ready to hang up the spikes just yet. However, interest is feeling like it’s […]
From Over the Monster
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In case you missed the early morning news, the Arizona Diamondbacks have pulled off the rare “trade away your player and re-sign him in the offseason” move with Merrill Kelly.
Let’s start there today.
When the Diamondbacks traded Kelly to the Rangers this July, they landed Kohl Drake (#6 prospect in the D-Backs system), Mitch Bratt (#9), and David Hagaman (#15), a tidy sum for a 36-year-old rental starter. And now they get him back, albeit at a very substantial $20M per year for tw...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
| about 2 months ago
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For however dead the 2026 MLB Winter Meetings felt, the days thereafter have seen some consistent activity. This morning, that begins ( per Ken Rosenthal ) with free agent starter Merrill Kelly re-upping with the Arizona Diamondbacks, with whom he spent 7.5 of his 8 big-league seasons.
Merrill Kelly Back to the Diamondbacks
Merrill Kelly was a rumored Cubs trade target at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline, but he was eventually dealt to the Rangers, for whom he was serviceable, but not muc...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Good morning, LSB. The Rangers struck in free agency last night with a Friday flurry of moves that brings three new players to Texas. Evan Grant writes about the Rangers knocking out a good portion of their to do list in one blow. Jeff Wilson has more details on the “Friday night trifecta.” And the […]
From Lone Star Ball
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The Texas Rangers have agreed to one year contracts with righthanded reliever Alexis Diaz and lefthanded reliever Tyler Alexander, per reports. This news broke literally as I hit publish on the post regarding the Rangers agreeing to a deal with Danny Jansen. No financial terms on the deals with the pitchers, which I assume are […]
From Lone Star Ball
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The Texas Rangers and free agent catcher Danny Jansen are in agreement on a two year, $14.5 million deal, per multiple reports. Catcher was the one remaining spot among the position player group that the Rangers needed to address, and the 30 year old Jansen gives the team someone who can share the catching responsibilities […]
From Lone Star Ball
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We have known for a while that the Texas Rangers were planning on spending less on their team payroll in 2026 than they did the previous three seasons, when they were over the first Competitive Balance Tax threshold in 2023 and 2024 and were either close to the threshold or just over it in 2025. […]
From Lone Star Ball
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Baseball America has released its top 10 prospect list for the Texas Rangers, and to no one’s surprise, Sebastian Walcott is atop the list. Somewhat surprising is that Caden Scarborough is the #2 guy on the BA list. The 2023 sixth rounder had a breakout year in 2025, putting up a 2.45 ERA in 88 […]
From Lone Star Ball
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Good morning, LSB. Evan Grant is back from the Winter Meetings with a list of things he learned, including that a few teams have been sniffing around Evan Carter. Old friend Hoby Milner is headed elsewhere, signing a deal with the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. And The Athletic touches on an intriguing new topic: Should […]
From Lone Star Ball
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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
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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 2 months ago
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
| 2 months ago
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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
| 2 months ago
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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
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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
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