The offseason is here. The Rangers have been very active, losing their manager, pitching coach, hitting coach, catching coach and third-base coach.

Eventually, it will be time to get to the actual big league roster. Rangers president Chris Young is under a microscope here. He came in as GM and signed Corey Seager and Marcus Semien, replaced manager Chris Woodward with Bruce Bochy, which instantly legitimized the Rangers, then signed Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi. And suddenly, he had a World Series trophy in first year as president and general manager.

It all looked so rosy. Then it go thorny. Year two, the Rangers finished under .500, failing, of course, to make the playoffs. Year three, they finished right at .500, failing to make the playoffs. Both years were victimized by inept offense, with 2025 being worse than 2024.

Now, his legacy is on the line. Can he get this team back to winning. Rangers fans enjoyed the highest of highs in 2023, but other than that, have seen their team miss the playoffs in eight of the last nine years. To add insult to injury, it appears Young will have to deal with a slashed payroll.

To begin with, the Rangers have glaring offensive holes in right, third, second, first, and catcher. Joc Pederson was abysmal at DH, but that was a one-year aberration, hopefully. But what cannot be ignored is the steep offensive demise of Adolis Garcia, Marcus Semien, and Jonah Heim. As Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News recently reported, “There were 22 players in the majors with at least 900 plate appearances, sub-.700 OPS and an OPS+ of 100 or less (league average) the last two seasons. The Rangers had three of them: Adolis Garcia, Jonah Heim, and Marcus Semien.”

Add on top of that Josh Jung’s regression, which was so pronounced he was demoted in 2025, and Jake Burger’s lack of offensive production, and the Rangers have so many holes to fill and what appears to be limited funds to fill those holes. The frustrating part of all of this is baseball fans just saw the Dodgers win for the second straight year because they have ownership committed to winning. The Rangers don’t. If they did, they’d win.

This isn’t to say they need to run out and sign the three free-agent bats that would immediately make them a top five offense: Kyle Tucker in right, Pete Alonso at first, Alex Bregman at third. But they do need to find hitters that make contact, like the Dodgers and Blue Jays displayed in the World Series.

There are two free agents that would make the offense so much better, and won’t cost an arm and a leg. Luis Arraez and Josh Naylor. Both were first baseman in 2025 but Arraez plays third and second as well, and Naylor began his career in right. Trent Grisham is coming off his best season, with an OPS+ of 125. He would be a huge upgrade in center over Evan Carter. Travis D’Arnaud would be a low cost catching upgrade over Jonah Heim.

But don’t be surprised if the Rangers dump the huge salaries of Corey Seager, Jacob deGrom, and Marcus Semien this season. Seager and deGrom will be coveted by many teams and a way for the Rangers to get much cheaper very fast. Cheaper but probably not better. With Semien, it would be a case of eating a ton of salary in order to get a decent relief pitcher.

It’s going to be a busy offseason for the Rangers. Whether it’s considered productive remains to be seen. And what kind of team the Rangers run out in 2026 is anybody’s guess. But from all the reports, it seems like it’s going to be a rebuild.

They’ve already started with the coaching staff.