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5 intriguing prospects from the AL West, 1 from each team

@RobTnova24
May 21, 2025

As the second month of the baseball season nears its end, the sample sizes for prospects continue to expand. The MLB Pipeline crew is taking the opportunity to dig a little deeper to highlight players who are balling out, but might still be flying under-the-radar. On the latest MLB Pipeline

'World-class competitor': Rangers sign Korean two-way high schooler Kim

@kennlandry
May 21, 2025

ARLINGTON -- Have the Rangers signed the “Korean Ohtani”? Well, they sure hope so. The club announced on Sunday that it signed Korean two-way player Seong-Jun Kim as an international free agent.

Seong-Jun Kim highlights

May 18, 2025

Here are Saturday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 18, 2025

Multihit games, walk-off homers and scintillating pitching performances made for a busy Saturday around the Minors. Pittsburgh's first-year pro Konnor Griffin continues to play beyond his years, vaulting up offensive leaderboards in his initial taste of Single-A. Meanwhile, Mets hurler Jonah Tong followed up a perfect outing with even more

Here are Wednesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 15, 2025

A pair of Top 100 heavyweights led the charge on Wednesday, with Max Clark and Chase Burns lighting up the High-A Midwest League. But the star-studded performances didn't stop there. A pair of Texas prospects -- one an Astro, the other a Ranger -- enjoyed huge offensive afternoons before ending

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@thevandalorian and @brendan_samson and @MavalloneMiLB
May 14, 2025

A new week of baseball started out with plenty of fireworks at the plate and on the mound. A number of Top 100 prospects lived up to their billing, swatting homers, piling up the K's and coming through in the clutch. A pair of Astros teammates combined for a prodigious

Here are Wednesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 8, 2025

Wednesday's Minor League action had a little bit of everything. Multihomer games, walk-offs, continued dominance on the mound from the Blue Jays' 2024 first-round pick and other rookies who have made a seamless transitions to the pro ranks. To top it all off, a Rangers southpaw in the Double-A Texas

This Double-A club throws all its no-hitters against the same team

May 7, 2025

The Double-A Frisco RoughRiders don’t throw no-hitters every day. But when they do, it seems to be against the same opponent. It had been almost 14 years since Frisco’s last no-no before Wednesday, when three RoughRiders hurlers combined to turn their 6-1 victory over San Antonio into the franchise’s fourth

Devin Fitz-Gerald highlights

May 4, 2025

Pair of Rangers' top prospects land on injured list

@kennlandry
April 23, 2025

WEST SACRAMENTO -- A pair of highly touted Rangers pitching prospects will be down for the foreseeable future, the club announced on Wednesday. Right-hander Emiliano Teodo -- Texas’ No. 6 prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- was placed on the Minor League injured list with right shoulder fatigue, and right-hander Winston

'Great way to get your first win,' Rocker goes 7 strong

@kennlandry
April 18, 2025

ARLINGTON -- The only time Kumar Rocker had gone six or more innings in pro ball was May 5, 2023, with High-A Hickory, one start before it was announced that Tommy John surgery would cut short his debut season.

How spring stoked this catcher's development

@kennlandry
April 16, 2025

This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry's Rangers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Back at site of debut, Rocker reflects on his growth as a pitcher

April 13, 2025

SEATTLE -- For the first time in his young career, Kumar Rocker knew his way around on the road. “It’s the first time I’ve had the ability to say that in the Majors,” he joked on Monday.

Here's where Rangers' top prospects will play to start 2025

April 3, 2025

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Rangers' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

  1. Sebastian Walcott (MLB No. 16), SS/3B -- Frisco (Double-A)
  2. Kumar Rocker (MLB No. 43), RHP -- Texas (MLB)
  3. Jack Leiter, RHP -- Texas (MLB)
  4. Malcolm Moore, C

'He can win up here': Leiter picks up Rangers with 1st career win

Heim records second career two-homer game as Texas evens series vs. Boston
@kennlandry
March 29, 2025

ARLINGTON -- Jack Leiter doesn’t remember when he went to his first Opening Day. After all, when he was born in 2000, his father Al was in the midst of a seven-year stint with the Mets. This year, Jack made his first Opening Day roster, and at 24 years, 347

'He's certainly right there': Rocker makes case for rotation

@kennlandry
March 21, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- On Thursday morning, Rangers manager Bruce Bochy observed that a good outing could do wonders for Kumar Rocker's psyche. The Rangers’ No. 2 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, has had a rough spring so far, allowing 11 runs in 4 1/3 innings entering Thursday’s matchup with the Rockies.

Prospect Santos 'electric' in Spring Breakout start

@kennlandry
March 16, 2025

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Malcolm Moore knew Winston Santos was locked in before he even threw a pitch. In the second annual Spring Breakout game, Santos -- the Rangers’ No. 5 prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- was throwing to Moore, the Rangers’ No. 4 prospect and highest-ranked catcher. The battery more

LIVE: Rangers-Giants Spring Breakout

@kennlandry
March 15, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The annual Spring Breakout game returns for its second year as a showcase event for Major League prospects. The Rangers have a farm system full of talent, and while big names like Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford have graduated to be consistent fixtures on the big league

At age 19, top prospect Walcott mature beyond his years

@kennlandry
March 14, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In the middle of the Rangers’ clubhouse at Surprise Stadium sat two lockers side by side. In one locker sat Marcus Semien, the three-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger and 2021 Gold Glove Award-winning infielder. In the other was 19-year-old Sebastian Walcott, almost five inches taller than Texas’

Bradford's delay opens door for Leiter, Rocker

@kennlandry
March 13, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The competition in Rangers camp just got a little more open. Texas had a rather deep rotation at the start of Spring Training, headed by ace Jacob deGrom and featuring Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray, Cody Bradford, Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker.

3 Rangers to watch in Spring Breakout

@kennlandry
March 12, 2025

This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry's Rangers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Spring Breakout is back in 2025, and the Rangers couldn’t be more excited to showcase some of the organization's best prospects

Texas' exciting crop of pitching prospects looks to spin the narrative

March 10, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Rangers haven't signed a fully homegrown pitching All-Star since Martín Pérez in 2007 and have ranked better than the Major League average in run prevention just once in the last 11 seasons. Not coincidentally, they won 90 games and the World Series when that happened in

Young talks bullpen battle, Walcott's skills at 18: 'It's not normal'

Rangers' top prospect leaves a strong impression at camp
@kennlandry
March 7, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Rangers' matchup with the Rockies was canceled on Friday night due to inclement weather, pushing back the Cactus League debuts of both ace Jacob deGrom and second-year outfielder Wyatt Langford. The Rangers will return to the field on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. Arizona time against the

Rangers prospect highlights

March 7, 2025

Church back 'in the mix' for Rangers' bullpen as homegrown option

@kennlandry
March 6, 2025

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Much has been made about the Rangers’ completely rebuilt bullpen this spring. Texas added veteran arms like Chris Martin and Luke Jackson, as well as other experienced relievers such as Shawn Armstrong, Jacob Webb and Hoby Milner. But one of the most intriguing options for the Rangers’