SURPRISE, Ariz. — Last year, spring training games used ABS as an experiment. Now, it’s a springboard into the regular season. MLB’s decision to go to the automated ball strike system — which was fully implemented in minor league baseball four years ago — will be used in all regular-season games in 2026.
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers will play their first game since September when they face the Kansas City Royals on Friday. The spring training opener for both teams will be played at Billy Parker Stadium at their shared facility.
Good morning, LSB. Evan Grant has a live Q&A up in which he answers a bunch of Rangers spring training questions. Grant also has another version of his Rangers roster protection.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers will open their exhibition slate of spring training games on Friday when they face the Kansas City Royals at their shared spring training facility.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
The Texas Rangers have set their sights on getting a few of their key players to become better producers in 2026. Josh Jung is a name that has been thrown around quite a bit.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers face the Kansas City Royals in their spring training opener on Friday. Some stars will be missing. Don’t panic — there’s nothing wrong with them.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers are trying to build a team that can contend for a playoff berth and the AL West crown. To do so, Texas has charted a path in which it hopes to improve largely from within when it comes to the lineup.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Only five Texas Rangers have won an American League MVP award. The last one to do it was Josh Hamilton in 2010. Sixteen years later, there is plenty of buzz surrounding third-year outfielder Wyatt Langford.
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025.
The new MLB season brings opportunities as players head into their walk years and try to rebound from subpar performances. These 25 players stand out heading into 2026.
Texas Rangers outfielder Evan Carter looked like MLB’s next superstar in the 2023 postseason. After playing only 23 regular season games, Carter made the playoff roster and slashed .300/.417/.500 across 17 postseason contests en route to helping Texas win the World Series.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Stand in the middle of the back fields at the spring training facility for the Texas Rangers and follow the crack of the bat during live batting practices.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The 2026 season is a big one for Major League Baseball as the ABS system will be used in all games. The automated ball strike system has been used regularly since 2022 in the minor leagues and was used in last year's MLB All-Star Game.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Josh Jung worked overtime on Tuesday on behalf of his Texas Rangers teammates. As the team’s player representative for the MLB Players Association, Jung was on a conference call Tuesday afternoon to discuss the resignation of executive director Tony Clark and determine a replacement.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Change is inevitable, even if you approve of it. That’s how Brandon Nimmo is approaching his first spring training. After spending his entire career with the New York Mets, he was traded to the Rangers in November for Marcus Semien.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers are a couple of days away from their spring training exhibition opener against the Kansas City Royals. For the next several weeks, more than 60 players will be fighting for 26 opening-day roster spots for the team’s trip to Philadelphia on March 26.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Right around noon on the back fields of the Texas Rangers’ spring training facility is where the action is — live batting practice. Once the position players report and get settled, the matchups between hitters and pitchers ramp up.
The Texas Rangers made a number of changes this offseason. Texas hired a new manager in Skip Schumaker to lead the team. The Rangers also traded for MacKenzie Gore in addition to other roster moves.
Earlier in the MLB offseason, the New York Mets traded outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien. The trade has a big opportunity to help both sides.
The Texas Rangers traded Marcus Semien to the New York Mets for Brandon Nimmo this past offseason. It was a surprising move, as Semien and Corey Seager were the leaders of the Rangers' core.
The Rangers had a lot of turnover in the offseason with the losses of Adolis Garcia and Jonah Heim, while also shipping off Marcus Semien for Brandon Nimmo.
The Texas Rangers have just added a very famous person to their ownership group. NBA All-Star Cade Cunningham has purchased a minority ownership stake in the Rangers, according to a report.
Rangers top prospect Sebastian Walcott, one of the most touted prospects in the entire sport, could miss the entire 2026 season due to an elbow injury that will require surgery, president of baseball operations Chris Young announced to the team’s beat this morning (link via Jeff Wilson of DLLS Sports).
As Major League Baseball teams unveil their promotional schedules for the 2026 season, we are starting to get a sense of which teams have the most deranged senses of humor.