Rangers' quality Draft helps shape new Top 30 prospects list
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ARLINGTON -- The Rangers didn’t sell at the Trade Deadline, doubling down on the big league club’s push for a postseason position.
But despite that, they still found a way to fill in the gaps in the farm system with a quality Draft that had them adding high-class talent within the first two days of the event.
“Sometimes the best deals are the deals you say 'No' to,” president of baseball operations Chris Young said after the Deadline. “I think we did a good job of doing that and staying disciplined, as well.”
The Rangers' Top 30 prospects list received a midseason re-rank to account for those additions via the MLB Draft.
Here’s a look at the Rangers’ top prospects:
1. Sebastian Walcott, SS (MLB’s No. 9)
2. Caden Scarborough, RHP (MLB’s No. 77)
3. Gio Rojas, LHP (MLB’s No. 97)
4. AJ Russell, RHP
5. Yolfran Castillo, SS/3B
Biggest jump/fall
Here are the players whose ranks changed the most from the preseason list:
Jump: Hector Osorio, OF (unranked to No. 14)
Osorio made his full-season debut in 2025, ranking third in the Single-A Carolina League with a .393 on-base percentage at age 20. He returned to Hickory this spring and slashed .309/.437/.581 in 53 games before a promotion to High-A Hub City.
Fall: Jose Corniell, RHP (No. 4 to No. 24)
Corniell made his MLB debut in a relief outing on the final day of the 2025 season after a long Tommy John rehab while in the Minors. He’s got the stuff to be a quality big league pitcher, but hasn’t quite been given the opportunity to iron things out at either Triple-A or the Major League level due to the needs of a big league club that is still trying to contend on a daily basis. He’s been on the injured list with a flexor strain since throwing 35 pitches in one inning in a July 20 loss to the White Sox.
New to the list
Here are the players added to the Top 30 from outside the organization:
No. 3, Gio Rojas, LHP (Draft, No. 16 overall)
No. 7, Connor Comeau, 3B/SS (Draft, No. 54 overall)
No. 11, Brody Bumila, LHP (Draft, No. 89 overall)
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Best tools
Players are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale for future tools -- 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is plus and 70-80 is well above average. Players in parentheses have the same grade.
Hit: 55 -- Yolfran Castillo (Connor Comeau, Hector Osorio, Sebastian Walcott)
Power: 65 -- Sebastian Walcott
Run: 60 -- Paxton Kling (Josh Owens)
Arm: 70 -- Sebastian Walcott
Defense: 60 -- Yolfran Castillo
Fastball: 80 -- Brody Bumila
Curveball: 50 -- Leandro Lopez
Slider: 70 -- Emiliano Teodo
Changeup: 55 -- Mason McConnaughey
Control: 55 -- Caden Scarborough