ARLINGTON -- On a cloudy September Sunday morning in Minneapolis, Rangers starting pitcher Jack Leiter faced designated hitter Joc Pederson in a live batting practice session ahead of Game 162. Leiter was confident that if the Rangers were to make the postseason, he would be able to contribute out of

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ARLINGTON -- There are two weeks down in the Arizona Fall League in 2026 and several Rangers prospects have made their mark with the Surprise Saguaros quickly. Here’s a short check-in roundup with those prospects out in Arizona. SS Sebastian Walcott (Rangers No. 1, MLB No. 8) One of MLB’s

The Arizona Fall League is roughly midway through its 34th season, its second with Statcast technology available at all six of its ballparks. While only one Top 100 prospect shows up on the positional leaderboards (covering games through Oct. 25) below, the developmental circuit's highest-rated pitcher has dominated in terms

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

After playing 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, Mitch Garver has retired, Garver told MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer via text message on Thursday. Garver, 35, has called it a career with a World Series ring and a Silver Slugger Award under his belt. The catcher and designated hitter was a key

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their

With two weeks in the books, the 34th edition of the Arizona Fall League has already featured a number of exciting performances and loud tools. Players have been making up for time lost to injuries and are earning several more weeks of look at the "prospect finishing school." There was

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SURPRISE, Ariz. – Call Sebastian Walcott the Windbreaker. With gusts blowing in from right-center around 20 mph at Surprise Stadium on Friday, MLB Pipeline’s No. 8 overall prospect crushed maybe the truest-hit ball of the afternoon in the first inning of Surprise’s 12-5 win over Mesa, a 98 mph, 397-foot

The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

ARLINGTON -- They say the best ability is availability. And in a vacuum, that’s correct. But availability only matters so much when the production doesn’t follow. Last winter, the Rangers sent a package of five prospects to the Nationals in return for All-Star starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore, hoping to stabilize

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is on the mend after undergoing right elbow surgery on Tuesday. The club announced Friday that Seager underwent a procedure to remove a bone spur from his throwing elbow. He is expected to make a full recovery in time to begin his normal offseason work. President

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ARLINGTON -- The Rangers entered the 2026 season with high expectations, with a new manager in Skip Schumaker and a new era loading up. But the club failed to reach the postseason for the third year in a row following its 2023 World Series victory. There’s a lot of blame

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers right-hander Jacob Johnson was pretty content with how his first season of pro ball was ending. He had thrown five no-hit innings for Single-A Hickory in just his sixth outing at the level after having spent most of the year in the Arizona Complex League. That

The Minor League season may be over, but that doesn't mean the prospect action has stopped. The Arizona Fall League began its 34th iteration on Oct. 3, giving many of the game's future stars a platform to put their skills on display. Each week, we'll recap the circuit's top performers.

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Sebastian Walcott arrived in the Arizona Fall League a year ago, ready to lay the groundwork for a special season. The Rangers shortstop had conquered Double-A at age 19, earning Texas League Prospect of the Year accolades. Using the Fall League to create a better bat path

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

ARLINGTON — The Rangers' left side of the infield could need offseason surgery, president of baseball operations Chris Young said at Monday’s end-of-season press conference. Young said shortstop Corey Seager, who missed time with a pair of back-related IL stints this season, has a bone spur in his elbow "that