Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all!
Shawn McFarland completes his prospect countdown at number 1 with Sebastian Walcott, who became the first teenager to start at shortstop in Frisco since Jurickson Profar… and if that’s not a good omen, I don’t know what is.
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McFarland also has the best pitches in the Ranger rotation as voted on by the Ranger players.
what might the 2031 Ranger rotation look like if it were staffed only by players currently in the system?
Kevin Sherrington wonders if the era of the Rangers as a pitching first franchise will lay to rest a franchise legacy of pretty “meh” run prevention.
Skip Schumaker approaches everything with intentionality, as seen when he informed Carter Baumler in the middle of an inning that he had made the major league roster.
Schumaker says that he just wanted to make the moment memorable and special for Baumler, which is a pretty good attitude for a manager to have.
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The Rangers are optimistic that Joc Pederson is going to turn it around in 2026 despite a pretty flacid spring.
Jack Leiter often struggled to put batters away with two strikes in 2025 but has shown increased efficiency so far this spring.
Evan Grant breaks down the Rangers schedule and puts them at 86 wins and a wild card berth.
Shawn McFarland looks at the organization’s minor league pitching and says that the quality doesn’t end at the major league level.