Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young has been tasked with several things this offseason. One of them is to trim payroll. Young said during his end-of-year press conference that the team doesn’t not intend to spend above the first competitive balance tax threshold in 2026 which is $244 million.
Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young and his staff spent weeks putting together the 2025 team, not including the adjustments made during the season.
The Texas Rangers are already working toward the 2026 season with Skip Schumaker taking over for Bruce Bochy as manager and a move to trim payroll and make the team younger for the long haul.
Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young has stated that the franchise has a solid core, wants to get younger and will trim payroll. With that, the franchise is set to deal with nine arbitration-eligible players before next season.
Ever since winning the 2023 World Series, it’s felt like the Texas Rangers have underachieved. The team has plenty of veteran talent, not to mention a good collection of young players.
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At the end of the year presser for the Texas Rangers, Chris Young mentioned that the team and former manager Bruce Bochy had agreed to part ways. The prevailing belief around the league and among fans was that Skip Schumaker was going to be the one hired.
After winning the World Series in 2023, the Texas Rangers have now missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. However, president of baseball operations Chris Young doesn’t expect the Rangers to be held out of October baseball for much longer.
The Texas Rangers have become all too familiar with sitting on their couches in October. Since their back-to-back playoff appearances in 2015 and 2016, they've made the postseason once (2023).
It's only been two years since the Texas Rangers won the World Series. However time has moved slowly since then, as they have missed the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.
The Texas Rangers chose not to pursue a true closer last offseason. One could argue that it would have helped them turn around an average season. While
Scott Littlefield, who worked with the Texas Rangers baseball operations department for the past 16 years, passed away Friday. He was 59. Per the Rangers, Littlefield was in Houston on assignment in his role as a special assistant, player personnel.
The Texas Rangers are locked in a battle for the last AL Wild Card spot, and the devastating news of Scott Littlefield’s death at 59 has shaken the entire organization.
The Texas Rangers are technically still in the postseason conversation. At 68-67, Texas is 6.5 games out of first place in the American League West. In the American League Wild Card, the Rangers are just 4.5 games back of a spot.
The Texas Rangers' wild-card hopes took a big hit when the club announced it is shutting down ace (and former New York Yankees rising stud) Nathan Eovaldi.
The Texas Rangers have slipped to 62–64 on the season after losing eight of the team’s last ten games. The Rangers are looking to return to the postseason for the first time since they captured the World Series title in 2023.
In years past, the Texas Rangers getting hot right before the trade deadline would have resulted in Chris Young finding a way to make a roster splash, acquiring a notable player or two who would help them for the rest of the season.
The Texas Rangers continue to be a middling team this year. Almost halfway through the regular season, the Rangers sit two games under .500 and 7.5 out of first place in the AL West and three back from the final Wild Card spot.
The Texas Rangers have a slew of talented young players who are currently contributing at the Major League level. In the lineup, they have left fielder Wyatt Langford and center fielder Evan Carter, who are key foundational pieces presently and into the future.
For weeks now, many have wondered if the Texas Rangers are going to become sellers ahead of this year's trade deadline. That would go against the aggressive
The Texas Rangers made a big change to their coaching staff on Sunday. The Rangers have fired Donnie Ecker, who had been serving as the team’s offensive coordinator.
Last weekend, reports surfaced that the Rangers had some “internal discussions” about moving Jon Gray from the rotation to the closer’s role, in a creative way to address both their need for a closer and an on-paper surplus of starting pitchers.
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung‘s road to staying healthy took another bump. Jeff Wilson of AllDLLs.com reports that the highly touted Jung underwent additional wrist surgery, marking another setback in his quest for a healthy and consistent 2025 season.
The Texas Rangers announced on Friday that the team has signed general manager Chris Young to a multi-year contract extension. Young, who joined the Rangers front office in 2020, was also promoted to president of baseball operations.
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