Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Texas Rangers. Scouting stories had been compiled with info offered by business sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fifth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means might be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview might be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location presents that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from numerous sources) than this text and integrates each staff’s listing so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm methods. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Word
Grouped by kind and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Extra Potential RelieversJanser Lara, RHPBrock Porter, RHPBryan Magdaleno, LHPGerardo Carrillo, RHPDane Acker, RHPVictor Simeon, RHPJesus Lafalaise, RHP
Lara, 28, was pitching within the Nicaraguan Winter League final 12 months and signed a minor league take care of the Rangers through the offseason. He was as soon as a prospect within the Royals system however hadn’t pitched in affiliated ball since 2018. He was injured in 2019, launched in late 2020, after which simply kind of disappeared. Previous to hitting the 60-day IL the week earlier than listing publication, he was working within the 93-95 mph vary with monumental uphill angle. His slider is unhealthy proper now, however he’s solely simply again in affiliated ball. He’s constructed nicely and has a stunning supply; let’s see what the Rangers can do with him as soon as he’s again from harm. As soon as a $3.7 million signee, Porter had a nightmare 2024 as his velocity dipped to profession lows and he struggled to throw strikes. He spent many of the 12 months on the complicated. He’s undoubtedly rebuilt himself to a level and he’s having bat-missing success as an extended reliever at Hickory up to now, however he’s nonetheless throwing too few strikes (and sitting 93-95, nothing loopy) for the principle part of the listing. His funky changeup may give him a path to a reduction function ultimately if his arm power retains rebounding. Magdaleno, 24, is a low-slot sinkerballing lefty reliever at Frisco. He was dominant in 2024 however is scuffling with upper-level hitters in 2025, and his stuff is at the moment down in comparison with his look throughout 2025 spring coaching (he was 94-96 for Eric in March). Carrillo was as soon as a part of the Trea Turner/Max Scherzer return to Washington from the Dodgers, however his profession was derailed by harm. He’s again to sitting 96-97 with ineffective motion and subsequently pitching extra off his slider and splitter. There was some extent in his prospect previous when Acker would peak within the upper-90s, however at current, he’s working with a number of common pitches, and he hasn’t had a velo increase despite the fact that he moved to the bullpen this 12 months. Simeon sits 93-96 and has a plus mid-80s slider. His velo can also be down this 12 months. He has up/down reduction capacity if his peak upper-90s arm power returns. Lafalaise is a 20-year-old pure reduction prospect in Shock who’ll contact 97.
Rookie Bats To ObserveOliver Guerrero, OFFrancisco Perez, CSaivel Zayas, OFMarco Argudin, OFJavier Sanchez, C/1BAlex Rodriguez, 1B/OFWesly Castillo, OFRashawn Pinder, CFManni Ramirez, OF
Guerrero is an enormous 17-year-old at 6-foot-3, 220 pound or so, and he has an enormous uppercut swing. Perez is a bodily Mexican catcher with a plus arm, superior protection, and pull energy on the inside half. He’s maxed out and appears like he may wrestle overlaying the outer half. Zayas, 17, is a bodily energy/pace outfield prospect who tends to tug off of sliders. He swings actually, actually exhausting and makes use of the bottom nicely, however is commonly uncontrolled. Argudin is a barely older Cuban outfielder with catalytic offensive qualities and a punchy gap-to-gap swing. Sanchez is the Shock roster’s youngest hitter and doesn’t flip 18 till August. He largely caught in final 12 months’s DSL however has been taking part in first base in 2025. He’s undersized for the place however has precocious really feel for contact. Rodriguez and Castillo are on the Rangers DSL Blue roster, which from a prospect standpoint is sort of their JV staff down there. They’re each medium-framed lefty sticks with superior contact really feel. Pinder is a speedy Bahamian middle discipline prospect with a slasher’s swing. He had a .390 OBP within the 2024 DSL and is having fun with the same, BABIP-driven season up to now within the 2025 ACL. Realistically, he seems like an additional outfielder. Ramirez is a huge-framed, power-hitting outfielder with important hit device danger.
Contact-Pushed ProfilesRafe Perich, 3BCody Freeman, 3BJax Biggers, 2BAntonis Macias, 2B/1BCasey Cook dinner, 2BYeison Morrobel, OFHector Osorio, OF
Perich, final 12 months’s seventh rounder out of Lehigh, is a bodily (6-foot-3, 225 kilos or so) switch-hitting infielder with good plate protection and barely below-average uncooked pop. He can regulate his posture to maneuver the barrel round and he doesn’t chase, we simply need see the 23-year-old hit at a degree or two above Low-A (his present task) and play a second place. Freeman is a small 2B/3B with a brilliant conservative method. He could be a 40 if he had been a greater defender. Biggers is a compact, contact-oriented second baseman who’d be a 40 if he had been extra versatile. Macias is a switch-hitting Mexican infielder (he has performed 1B/2B/3B/OF previously however has been all 1B/2B this 12 months) who tracks pitches nicely however lacks energy. He’s posted above-average batting traces up via Low-A despite the fact that he’s by no means slugged over .400 over a full season. Cook dinner obtained $700,000 because the Rangers’ third rounder in 2024 thanks largely to his bat-to-ball expertise. He projected to left discipline because of poor infield actions, although up to now he’s taking part in second base in professional ball. He has actually struggled with the bat and is hitting a profession .180 throughout practically 300 PA. Morrobel is a compact, lefty-hitting outfielder with roughly common really feel for contact and future common uncooked energy. His downward swing makes it powerful for him to faucet into that pop in video games. Osorio is a lefty-hitting Venezuelan outfielder with beautiful hitting palms and a compact swing that’s usually on time for him to tug. He lacks energy for a nook man.
Robust To Clear the 1B/LF BarDustin Harris, 1BArturo Disla, 1BKeith Jones II, OFPablo Guerrero, 1B
Harris hasn’t developed the facility it appeared probably he’d develop into when he was a youthful prospect. He’s been within the massive leagues a bit the final couple of years however hasn’t produced, and his energy manufacturing has dipped within the minors. Disla is likely one of the extra entertaining gamers within the minors, a husky first baseman who was signed out of an NAIA faculty (Wayland Baptist) and was initially despatched to the DSL despite the fact that he was in his 20s as a result of he’s Dominican-born and will save the Rangers a home roster spot for a minute. He’s obtained plus energy that he generates by way of max-effort hacks, however he’s very chase inclined. Jones is a bodily, lefty-hitting outfielder from New Mexico State whose swing path causes him to drive the ball into the bottom a ton. He in any other case has roughly common energy and make contact with capacity. Guerrero, 18, is a power-hitting Dominican first baseman who has been pushed aggressively via the decrease ranges, as he reached full season ball final 12 months at age 17. He has massive energy for his age, however swing size and an absence of really feel to hit make him a dangerous prospect, and he lacks bodily projection.
Depth StartersMason Molina, LHPLeandro Lopez, RHPKamdyn Perry, RHP
Molina is a 21-year-old changeup artist who has by no means been in a single place for very lengthy. He started his school profession at Texas Tech, then transferred to Arkansas for his draft 12 months (his command backed up). He was drafted by Milwaukee in 2024 and traded to Texas for Grant Anderson through the offseason. He’s pitching nicely in A-ball due to his changeup high quality, however he sits about 90-91. Lopez is a 23-year-old starter at Excessive-A who sits 94 and throws a variety of upper-80s cutters. Perry was a $160,000 highschool signee in 2023 out of Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas (St. Mary’s commit). He’s a big-framed, 6-foot-4, low-slot righty with a tailing fastball and lateral slider. He has funky reduction projection however the dimension to be stretched out if the Rangers wish to attempt it.
Energy TasksAnthony Gutierrez, CFKleimir Lemos, 1BMaxton Martin, LF/1BAndry Batista, OF
If you happen to’re a Rangers fan who has been following Eric’s updates on this technique for the final a number of years, you may already know that he hasn’t actually been on Gutierrez throughout his time as a prospect. His lever size and chase have stored him on this part of the listing all through his profession, and as Gutierrez has trudged deeper into A-ball, these considerations are (so far) proving to be appropriate. His finest likelihood to be an enormous leaguer comes by way of his middle discipline protection. Lemos is a switch-hitting first baseman with common energy from either side of the dish. He’s chase-prone and has been at one of many rookie ranges since he signed in 2022. Martin was an Oregon commit who signed out of a Washington highschool for $250,000 in 2023. He has massive lefty bat pace however unkempt really feel to hit, and although he was an infielder in highschool, he’s already fallen down the defensive spectrum. Batista is a rookie ball outfielder who’s constructed like an NBA wing participant at a rangy 6-foot-4 or so. He has big long-term energy projection however is so uncooked proper now that he’s merely a part-time participant on the Shock roster.
Energy Pitcher SleepersWilly Villar, RHPGarrett Horn, LHPJohander Rubio, RHPEddy Peralta, RHP
Villar is a 6-foot-4 26-year-old who signed simply a few days earlier than the beginning of the DSL season. He’s been within the upper-90s in his two innings of labor, topping out at 99. He additionally has a plus-flashing curveball. He received’t be within the DSL lengthy, however he’s too wild for the principle part of the listing proper now. Readers ought to concentrate on Villar in case any kind of command arrives. He might be in Frisco inside a 12 months. Horn was final 12 months’s sixth rounder out of Liberty. He’s a vertically-oriented lefty who was 92-95 in his most up-to-date ACL outing previous to listing publication. That’s up above the 91-92 he sat in 2024. His breaking pitches are additionally just a few ticks tougher now. Rubio is a well-built 18-year-old righty who sits 92-94 with strikes, plus vertical life, and a median slider. He has the athletic and mechanical basis of a starter. Peralta is a DSL righty sitting 93-95 with pure lower. He’s spinning a 2,900 rpm breaking ball with very scattered management.
System Overview
This technique is a soundly above common, although Sebastian Walcott’s presence on the very high is the chief purpose why. With out him, the Rangers’ farm would have barely above-average depth however in any other case be in the course of the pack in most respects, and primed to slide under common because the Vanderbilt arms graduate. Additionally keep in mind that most gamers from the 2023 draft are nowhere close to graduating, and Wyatt Langford has been a longtime massive leaguer for nicely over a 12 months at this level. That 2023 draft class for Texas seems nice.
Essentially the most spectacular facet of this group is its steadiness and the way in which the Rangers have to come back discover it. There are meaningfully good near-ready pitchers, younger pitchers with thrilling long-term upside, practically a half dozen place gamers who one might moderately argue have an opportunity to be on a regular basis guys, and a strong DSL group of big-framed hitters and pitchers. Look what number of non-college gamers are on the above listing; solely 25% of them come out of four-year packages. The Rangers have unearthed good six-figure excessive schoolers and developed many pitchers from small colleges and junior schools. Half of the prospects right here come from the worldwide market, and by the seems of this 12 months’s Rangers DSL group (which has a number of extra projectable 6-foot-3-ish pitchers than are listed above), that’s going to be true for some time.
If there’s a gap right here, it’s the place gamers on the A-ball associates. Whether or not this may depart the higher ranges barren two to 3 years from now in a method that has a significant affect on the main league membership is hard to say, however this place participant group is skinny on low-variance, role-playing utility varieties. A easy answer is likely to be to have a college-heavy draft class or two through the subsequent couple of years.
