The annual Winter Meetings are set to take place in Orlando, Florida, in the coming days. Free agents and big trades have slowly trickled in during the early stages of the offseason, but fans can expect the news to start heating up very soon.
General manager Chris Young and the Texas Rangers front office are looking for ways to improve upon a disappointing 2025 campaign that saw the Rangers miss the MLB playoffs for the second straight season following 2023's World Series title.
The Texas Rangers have had a difficult last two seasons when it comes to comparing them against expectations, and with that, some changes are set to be made this winter.
Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young made it clear during the recent Major League Baseball General Manager meetings in Las Vegas that the unexpected could be expected in the Lone Star State.
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The Texas Rangers front office was in Las Vegas for this week’s MLB general managers meetings and no big moves were made. Typically, the GM meetings are not when big contracts or trades are made.
The stars were out in full force during the 2025 World Series. From Max Scherzer in Toronto to Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, and of course, Shohei Ohtani, in Los Angeles, there was no shortage of the game's best under the brightest lights.
Since Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young talked to the media in October, the talk has been about trimming payroll. Young said during his end-of-year press conference that the franchise was looking to get younger and less expensive.
The Texas Rangers have an important winter ahead of them. President of baseball operations Chris Young has been active in every free agency period since arriving to Arlington.
When it comes to needs this offseason, the list is long for the Texas Rangers. Factor in some potential money issues, and president of baseball operations Chris Young has a daunting task in front of him to put together a roster that will compete next year in the American League West.
With free agency now underway in Major League Baseball, the Texas Rangers can start making moves to improve their roster for 2026. Per their president of baseball operations Chris Young, there are factors that will influence who the roster is build.
The Texas Rangers hired Bruce Bochy with the idea that they would spend to chase championships. He led them to a title in 2023. The two seasons after didn’t quite work out as well.
The past two years for the Texas Rangers have been disastrous. With a payroll as high as theirs and with a roster as stacked as they have, not making the playoffs each of the past two seasons following winning the World Series in 2023 is unacceptable.
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Among the decisions that the Texas Rangers must face this offseason is how to handle the 10 players that are set to be free agents. It’s possible nearly all of them will sign elsewhere.
Among the decisions that the Texas Rangers must face this offseason is how to handle the nine arbitration-eligible players on their 2026 payroll. Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young has made it clear that the team will not approach the competitive balance tax in 2026.
If there is one thing that a lot of people expect the Texas Rangers to do this offseason, it is to trim payroll. It is something that president of baseball operations, Chris Young, is going to try and do even though he just moved Skip Schumaker as his senior adviser to the club's manager.
Something Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young might look back upon from this past season and wish he had done differently was the aggressive approach he had ahead of the trade deadline.
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.
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 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 struggled to stay around the .500 mark throughout the first half of the season. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has tried his best to turn things around, including getting himself ejected multiple times.
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.
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