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Spring Training Game Thread: Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers

Spring Training Game Thread: Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona The world champion Texas Rangers welcome the ringless Seattle Mariners to Arizona for a Cactus League clash as the final week in Arizona gets underway. RHP Adrian Sampson will take the mound this afternoon for Texas opposite RHP Tyson Miller for Seattle. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups MARINERS RANGERS J.P. Crawford - SS Marcus Semien - 2B Josh Rojas - 3B Evan Carter - CF Cal Raleigh - C Wyatt Langford - LF Dominic Canzone - LF Adolis Garcia - RF Luke...
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The importance of Cody Bradford

The importance of Cody Bradford

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via The Rangers decisions in regards to their 2024 rotation have made Cody Bradford a major storyline Cody Bradford is, from a certain point of view, already a Texas Rangers player development success story. Bradford was drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 MLB Draft. He did get an above-slot bonus of $700,000 — the second highest of any 2019 6th rounder (behind prep catcher Ethan Hearn, who got $950,000 from the Chicago Cubs) — and coincidentally, that almost exactly matched the $699,700 slot value for the Rangers’ 3rd...
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Baseball America 2024 Mock Draft is out

Baseball America 2024 Mock Draft is out

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via BA has their first mock draft of 2024 out Baseball America has their first mock draft of 2024 out, and it is worth going and checking out for Texas Rangers fans. Not, to be clear, because of the mock draft itself — we are still over four months away from the first round starting, the spring amateur season is just cranking up, and lots of stuff can change between now and then. That’s true even at the top of the draft — and in case you are curious, the first BA mock draft of 2023, from one year and two days ago, had...
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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Photo by John E. Moore III/ The latest on the World Series champion Texas Rangers Good morning. Evan Grant offers up a few observations from yesterday’s game for the Texas Rangers in what is now the final week in Arizona. Kennedi Landry projects the Opening Day roster for the Rangers which could have three rookies in the lineup for the World Champs. Grant writes that the final week in Surprise will be about tying up loose ends as the infield starts to get healthier and the bullpen takes shape. Landry checks out the player who has made the biggest impression at camp...
Lone Star Ball Mar 17, 2024
Spring Training Game Thread: Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs

Spring Training Game Thread: Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Will the Rangers have the luck of the Irish on their side? The world champion Texas Rangers will don a green hat for St. Patrick’s Day and then they will face their eventual Opening Day opponent, the Chicago Cubs, in a Cactus League tussle this afternoon. RHP Jose Urena will take the mound today for Texas opposite RHP Javier Assad for Chicago. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups RANGERS CUBS Marcus Semien - 2B Ian Happ - DH Leody Taveras - CF Seiya Suzuki - RF Evan Carter - LF Cody Bellinger - CF Wyatt Langford -...
Lone Star Ball Mar 17, 2024
Rangers Reacts Results: Langford v. Carter

Rangers Reacts Results: Langford v. Carter

When asked who of the Rangers two rookie outfielders they were more excited about, the majority of fans picked Wyatt Langford Last week, we asked in a Rangers Reacts Survey which of the two Texas Rangers rookie outfielders you were more excited about — Wyatt Langford or Evan Carter. This is one of these votes where there’s not really a right or wrong answer — both Langford and Carter are exciting and look like they’ll be dynamic pieces of a Ranger lineup for years to come — but when forced to choose, 62% of voters picked Langford, compared to 38% for Carter. There’s...
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Sunday morning Rangers things

Sunday morning Rangers things

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Sunday morning Rangers news and links Good morning, folks... Cody Bradford didn’t have a great outing yesterday, but has earned a spot in the Rangers’ rotation. Evan Grant has Three Observations from yesterday in camp. Jeff Wilson’s Sunday Read offers up his latest roster prediction for Opening Day. Chris Young says that the Rangers rotation is set, and he believes in this group. Jack Leiter is still in camp, and Bruce Bochy isn’t ruling anything out with Leiter. Wyatt Langford had never hit a grand slam before until this week. Evan...
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Spring Training Game Thread: Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers at Milwaukee Brewers

Spring Training Game Thread: Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers at Milwaukee Brewers

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Splitting the squad For the first time this spring, the world champion Texas Rangers are opting to play two games with some split squad action. This probably comes at a good time with a day off on Wednesday and yesterday’s game getting rained out. Gotta get those innings in, after all. In Surprise, LHP Cody Bradford will take the mound for Texas fresh off being named for the rotation opposite RHP Ryne Nelson for Arizona. Here are the lineups for the game against the Diamondbacks: Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS RANGERS Ketel Marte -...
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Snell to Houston rumors abound

Snell to Houston rumors abound

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Multiple reports have indicated the Houston Astros are pursuing free agent starter Blake Snell Rumors continue to swirl that the Houston Astros are seriously pursuing free agent starting pitcher Blake Snell. Among the smoke that is out there, Jon Heyman tweeted this morning that the Astros are “among teams very much involved” in the pursuit of Snell. And Ken Rosenthal has a piece with Chandler Rome that talks about the Astros “are engaged in a serious pursuit” of Snell. The Astros, like the Texas Rangers, are expected to...
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Spring Training Game Thread: Cincinnati Reds at Texas Rangers

Spring Training Game Thread: Cincinnati Reds at Texas Rangers

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Spring Breakout graduates We’ve got some Cactus League action under the lights as the world champion Texas Rangers welcome the Reds to Surprise. RHP Jon Gray will take the mound this evening for Texas opposite RHP Tejay Antone for Cleveland. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups REDS RANGERS TJ Friedl - CF Marcus Semien - 2B Matt McLain - SS Evan Carter - LF Jeimer Candelario - 3B Wyatt Langford - DH Jake Fraley - RF Adolis Garcia - RF Jonathan India - 2B Jared Walsh - 1B Christian Encarnacion-Strand - 1B Jonah...

Progress report: Texas Rangers

Sizing up the Texas Rangers ahead of the 2024 season
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Rangers, ChiSox talking Cease trade, per reports

Rangers, ChiSox talking Cease trade, per reports

Photo by Michael Reaves/ Trade talks involving Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease are reportedly cranking up MLB Trade Rumors: Dylan Cease, starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, has been the subject of trade talk in recent days, per reports, with the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees being among the suitors mentioned. Bob Nightengale says that the Yankees, in the wake of Gerrit Cole getting an MRI on his elbow, “made a new proposal” for Cease, having previously engaged in talks with Chicago for the righthander during the offseason. Ken Rosenthal,...
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Rangers Reacts Survey — Carter or Langford?

Rangers Reacts Survey — Carter or Langford?

Photo by Sam Hodde/ Which of the two phenom outfielders has you more hyped? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texas Rangers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We have a Rangers Reacts survey for you today, one that gets to the heart of a key question out of Surprise, Arizona, this spring... Of the Rangers’ two phenom outfielders, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford, who are you more excited about right now? Cast your vote...
Lone Star Ball Mar 12, 2024
Spring Training Game Thread: Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers

Spring Training Game Thread: Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers

Photo by Norm Hall/ The Heandog days of spring The World Champion Texas Rangers will have a local telecast for the first time this spring with their own broadcast crew. Just in time to catch Wyatt Langford fever. The opponents for Texas in today’s televised Cactus League tussle will be the Cleveland Guardians. LHP Andrew Heaney will take the mound today for Texas opposite RHP Shane Bieber for Cleveland. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups GUARDIANS RANGERS Myles Straw - CF Marcus Semien - 2B Estevan Florial - LF Travis Jankowski - RF Bo Naylor - C Wyatt...
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The Wyatt Langford situation

The Wyatt Langford situation

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via It looks like Wyatt Langford will be in the Opening Day lineup So, Wyatt Langford and the Opening Day roster...this is no longer a question, right? Look, I was a Wyatt Langford, Opening Day regular, doubter. One of the things I talked about all offseason was that the Rangers needed to get a veteran bat, someone who could DH some and play some outfield if needed. Yes, the hope was that Wyatt Langford would be ready to step into that role at some point during the 2024 season. But Wyatt Langford was playing college ball a...

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