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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Jacob Latz has been clear about one thing all offseason and into the spring: He wants to be a starter. The Rangers have also been clear about something on their end: He’ll have the chance to earn it. This spring, Latz is in competition for the fifth

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Between 2022-25, Marcus Semien played 596 of 648 games at second base for the Rangers in the regular season, good for 91.97% of the time during his Texas tenure. During that same time period, Ezequiel Duran had the Rangers’ second-most starts at second base with 40. Cody

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The injury bug goes around every spring, and it hit the Rangers' clubhouse on Saturday morning. Rangers third baseman Josh Jung has a Grade 1 adductor strain, and he will be held out from baseball activities for at least 10 days. The 28-year-old was scratched from the

Spring Training is the perfect time for prospects to show what they can do, and a number of players have taken that opportunity and run with it so far in 2026. From elite prospects to unheralded young players, there's always someone putting on a show with the bat or the

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Back in 2020, during the COVID-shortened 60-game season, Skip Schumaker -- then an associate manager with the Padres -- encountered a 21-year-old MacKenzie Gore. At the time, Gore was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the top pitching prospect in the sport. Like every other Minor Leaguer, he

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In the 2020s, approximately 50 percent of all Rule 5 Draft picks have stuck with their new club. The last Rangers Rule 5 pick to make the Opening Day roster was Dodgers right-handed pitcher Brett de Geus in 2021. He was the No. 2 overall pick in

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers pitching prospect Caden Scarborough was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma after going in for a routine scan this offseason. He had surgery on Feb. 2 to have it removed and has just arrived in Surprise. “It's been … not easy, I'll be honest,” Scarborough said. “I’ve

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Over the last two seasons, Wyatt Langford and Evan Carter have appeared together in a total of 84 out of a potential 324 games.

Power wins games. As MLB Network insider Tom Verducci has noted, the last six World Series champions have ranked first, third, fourth, third, third and second in regular-season home runs.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Jack Leiter is far from the only pitcher to tinker with his arsenal in the offseason and into Spring Training. He’s not even the first to do it two years in a row. But for Leiter, adding this new cutter could be the key to him taking

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Rangers top prospect Sebastian Walcott (No. 7 overall) had a successful internal brace surgery on his right elbow performed by the club’s team physician, Dr. Keith Meister, in Arlington last week, general manager Ross Fenstermaker announced on Tuesday. It’s good news for the 19-year-old infielder that he

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There are two things that Evan Carter would like to stop talking about soon enough: his ongoing health and his ability to hit left-handed pitching. He understands why the topics persist. But it’s up to him to change the narrative.

Can you feel it? Baseball is in the air! Spring Training games are in full swing, the calendar is about to flip to March and a pair of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects are already grabbing headlines -- Konnor Griffin (No. 1) and Travis Bazzana (No. 20) -- for launching

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Back in 2017, Skip Schumaker, then in player development with the Padres, told Travis Jankowski that the hallmark of a good teammate is how they run the bases. “You're setting up scoring opportunities for everyone in that lineup when you’re beating out a double-play ball, when you’re

Spring Training is not just a time for players to get back into game shape. It's also a time of opportunity. Though teams already have a good idea about their Opening Day lineups, the full rosters usually aren't completely set when players report to camp in Florida or Arizona. That

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- You’ve heard it before, but Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young successfully spearheaded a bullpen rebuild in 2025, leading to a 3.62 ERA, good for good for fifth in the Majors (third in the AL). But there was one small issue. They also went 37-for-66 in

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers right-hander Cole Winn has challenged a pitch only once using the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System. “The one time I did a couple years ago [with Triple-A Round Rock], it was way off,” Winn recalled. “I thought I painted it down and away, and it was

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Skip Schumaker doesn’t like player comps. He won’t give you one for Wyatt Langford. But what he will say is that Langford has MVP potential in him. It might not happen this year or next. But it’s in there.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There are nameplates hanging above every locker in the Rangers clubhouse at their Spring Training facility. That much is normal. But as a special touch this spring, each nameplate also includes the flag of a player's country, in honor of the World Baseball Classic, set to start

New for the 2026 season, At Bat and the MLB Network direct-to-consumer package has been rebranded to MLB+. Stream MLB Network 24/7 (U.S. only) for the entire calendar year, plus get select out-of-market games every week, live audio for all 30 teams (no blackouts), live MiLB games and MLB Big

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Even if you don’t see him, you sure can hear him. Willie MacIver, the Rangers’ third-string catcher, has been turning heads and catching ears through his infectious personality during his first Spring Training with the team. “He’s been fun to have around,” said manager Skip Schumaker. “His