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Today the Cactus League slate comes to a close for the Texas Rangers as they end things in Arizona — fittingly — against the Arizona Diamondbacks. LHP Austin Gomber gets the nod for Texas in the spring last hurrah opposite RHP Ryne Nelson for Arizona. Today’s Lineups RANGERS DIAMONDBACKS Sam Haggerty – 2B Ketel Marte […]
The grass. It’s the grass man. Not that kind of grass, though it is legal in The Grand Canyon State. The grass where the players play- that’s the first thing you notice when visiting a Spring Training facility. It’s impossibly green. Maybe it just looks so much greener because of the contrast against the hundred […]
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 Codi Heuer. Codi Heuer made one appearance for the Texas […]
Good morning, LSB. Shawn McFarland has observations from Nathan Eovaldi’s “opening day dress rehearsal.” The Rangers cut reliever Peyton Gray but still consider him a usable option after a string spring. Jeff Wilson ponders some questions the Rangers are still left with as they prepare to return back to Texas. Rangers two-way prospect Seong-Jun Kim […]
Hello and welcome to another wonderful and, hopefully, entertaining baseball season. Let’s jump right into it. I went to see high school phenom Grady Emerson play and I can confirm, he’s good. Starting a brisk and VERY windy morning tilt in a tournament at lovely Wylie East High School, Grady and his FW Christian teammates […]
Today, on the Spring Equinox, the Texas Rangers welcome a sliver of San Francisco Giants to Surprise for a Cactus League night game. RHP Nathan Eovaldi makes what is surely his final appearance of the spring ahead of his Opening Day start next Thursday. San Francisco will counter with RHP Spencer Bivens for the split […]
A group of Texas Rangers prospects take on a group of Kansas City Royals prospects in this year’s Spring Breakout contest where the Rangers farmhands will be the home team at Surprise Stadium. Here’s a look at which prospects Texas has available today, including their MLB Pipeline rankings: PITCHERS (8)Ismael Agreda, RHP, No. 28Wilian Bormie, […]
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 Kumar Rocker. There were a number of individual disappointing seasons for […]
Good morning, LSB. Kennedi Landry writes that Andrew McCutchen has shown he’s still got it and is on his way to making the team. Jeff Wilson says the battle for the Rangers 5th rotation spot pits stuff vs. the little things. Shawn McFarland has observations in which Jake Latz made his final start of spring […]
Today the Texas Rangers have hopped the bus for a trip over to Phoenix, AZ to have a Cactus League quarrel against the Milwaukee Brewers. LHP Jacob Latz will take the mound for Texas as the battle for the final spot in the rotation — of which Latz remains a competitor — nears a conclusion. […]
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 reliever Robert Garcia. In the 2024-25 offseason, one of the Rangers […]
Morning, all! Evan Grant’s final roster projection of the spring suggests that the Rangers should keep both Jacob Latz and Kumar Rocker, and make a trade with Baltimore to remove Carter Baumler’s Fule 5 status. Luis Curvelo turned down the opportunity to pitch for Team Venezuela because he wanted to concentrate on making the Rangers […]
Tonight the Texas Rangers are the home team in Surprise against the Kansas City Royals as the complex-mates square off under the lights. RHP Kumar Rocker continues his quest to earn a spot in the rotation for Texas while veteran righty Michael Wacha will pitch for KC. Today’s Lineups ROYALS RANGERS Isaac Collins – DH […]
Texas Rangers lineup for March 18, 2026 against the Kansas City Royals. Opening Day creeps ever closer, and Kumar Rocker heads out to the mound tonight to try to help his case for being in the rotation when Opening Day arrives. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Langford — CF Seager — SS Burger — 1B […]
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 infielder Ezequiel Duran. Once upon a time, Ezequiel Duran was considered […]
Morning, all! Shawn McFarland continues his top 30 prospect countdown with number 8, Winston Santos, and number 7, David Davilillo. The Rangers have two of the five minor league prospects listed as two way players after signing two teenagers last year that are both shortstops and right handed pitchers. Seong-Jun Kim and Josh Owen’s development […]
Tonight we have the World Baseball Classic final, with the United States squaring off against Venezuela. One game, winner take all. The lineups are as follows: USA Witt — SS Harper — 1B Judge — RF Schwarber — DH Bregman — 3B Anthony — LF Smith — C Turang — 2B Buxton — CF Nolan […]
The Texas Rangers optioned reliever Marc Church and infielder Justin Foscue to AAA Round Rock, the team announced yesterday. Church made the Opening Day roster in 2025 but struggled with his command, was sent down, and then spent most of the season dealing with injuries, including a torn teres major muscle* that ended his season. […]
Good morning. Evan Grant offers up a few observations from camp as the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox in a Cactus League game yesterday. Kennedi Landry writes about president of baseball operations Chris Young speaking on how the roster is shaping up. With Opening Day right around the corner, Grant has more from […]
Today the Texas Rangers have waited for the evening to play their latest Cactus League contest with the Chicago White Sox in Surprise, AZ for a spring tussle. LHP MacKenzie Gore will take the hill for Texas in his latest rehearsal opposite RHP Sean Burke for the American League’s Chicago squad. Tonight’s Lineups WHITE SOX […]
Texas Rangers lineup for March 16, 2026 against the Chicago White Sox. We are ten days out from Opening Day. The anticipation is rising. And Josh Jung and Kyle Higashioka are both back in the Rangers’ lineup this evening. MacKenzie Gore gets the start. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Langford — CF Seager — SS […]
Opening Day for the 2026 Texas Rangers is on March 26, 2026, at Philadelphia against the Phillies. Ten days away from Opening Day, it seems like we have a pretty good idea what the Opening Day roster is going to look like. On the position player side, things have seemed pretty well set since Andrew […]
In our most recent Rangers Reacts survey, we asked you wish team in the American League West you disliked the most. I didn’t think this would be particularly close — that said, I was still surprised by how lopsided the results were, with almost 90% of you picking the Houston Astros as your most disliked […]
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 Jack Leiter. Jack Leiter was better in 2025 than he […]
Good morning. Shawn McFarland checks out what we’ve recently learned from camp as the Texas Rangers enter their final week in Arizona. Evan Grant writes that Skip Schumaker has named Nathan Eovaldi as the Opening Day starter for Texas for their upcoming season opener in Philadelphia. Kennedi Landry writes that 2023 World Series hero Eovaldi […]