Looking for help at first base, the Rangers have signed veteran Mark Canha on a minor league deal. It’s a good deal for both. The Rangers get veteran leadership and depth at first, a position they were razor thin last year once Jake Burger went down. Canha gets a chance […]
Baseball Prospectus’s 2026 PECOTA predictions are in, and they have the Rangers winning two more games than they did last year. But still finishing third in the division. PECOTA stands for too many random words to care about, but it’s a sabermetric system of evaluating player performance, running it through […]
Bad luck strikes the Rangers even before the first full-squad workout. Highly regarded prospect Sabastian Walcott will miss significant time in 2026 due to elbow surgery. He might even miss the entire season. If so, that will be a huge blow to his development, considering the almost certain loss of […]
Jordan Montgomery is coming back to the Rangers. In the words of the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange trip it’s been. The thirty-three-year-old right-handed pitcher spent six solid seasons with the Yankees, was traded to the Cardinals at the deadline of 2022, pitched well for Saint Louis, then traded […]
The Rangers emptied their prospects pantry to get MacKenzie Gore. This was a farm system that was already void of depth. But the one player they held tight was Sebastian Walcott. He seems to have been on the Rangers prospect radar for a decade. Somehow, Walcott is only nineteen. He’s […]
Pitchers and catchers report in a couple days, and the Rangers are still looking to add an arm to the rotation. Right now, it consists of Nathan Eovaldi and Jacob deGrom as one-two. MacKenzie Gore is three. Jack Leiter four. But there is competition for the fifth starter. Kumar Rocker […]
When the final seconds tick off to the Super Bowl, and all that nonsense is finally over, the most glorious time of the year arrives. Time for baseball. Pitchers and catchers return this week. The World Baseball Classic returns in early March. The 2026 season arrives in late March, and […]
MacKenzie Gore was a top prospect after San Diego drafted him third overall in 2017. He was destined for front-of-the-rotation stardom. Funny thing happens to baseball prospects once they get called up. Cruel reality sets in. Gore didn’t escape it. He made it to the big leagues with the Padres […]
The Collective Bargaining Agreement between players and owners expires at the end of the 2026 season. Enjoy this season. It will be the last one for a while. Any hope of avoiding a work stoppage went out the window yesterday when The New York Times reported owners will push for a salary […]
Chris Young, the Rangers president of baseball operations, said Friday that the Rangers are “likely set” on the position player side of their roster, and are now just looking for arms to fill out their bullpen and rotation. Let’s hope “likely” is GM-speak. Otherwise, it’s going to be another long […]
