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Former Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler will not be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after he received just 2.5% of the votes (9) in his first year of eligibility Tuesday. Kinsler, a key figure in the Rangers' back-to-back American League pennants in 2010 and 2011, was considered a borderline candidate for the prestigious honor.

Quijada, 29, was 2-2 with a 3.26 ERA in 19 1/3 innings over 22 games last year, holding batters to a .190 average. He struck out 24 but walked 17.

The Texas Rangers in their maybe-still-ongoing pursuit to fine-tune their bullpen have missed out on a prime target. But the Yates deal apparently couldn't come together, and if the Dodgers were in the mix, then well, that's a challenging team to go against.

The Texas Rangers have agreed to terms with former Los Angeles Angels catcher Chad Wallach, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi. Wallach signed a minor league split contract and received an invitation to major league spring training, per Morosi's post on X (formerly Twitter). Wallach spent the past three seasons in the Angels organization, re-signing with the team during each of the last two offseasons.

The Texas Rangers fell woefully short of expectations in 2024 following their surprising run to a World Series championship in 2023. In the opinion of ESPN's David Schoenfield, their three biggest needs and goals this offseason were starting pitching, a closer, and a designated hitter. Nathan Eovaldi was retained in free agency, agreeing to a three-year, $25 million deal while future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer remains a free agent. It can certainly be argued that not enough was done with the pitching staff given all of the question marks the team has with just a month until Spring Training gets underway.

Last year, Josh Smith came of age offensively, so much so that he earned a Silver Slugger award as the league's best-hitting utility player. Texas Rangers president Chris Young isn't quite sure yet, but his versatility will be his calling card and getting him on the field is a high priority.

The Texas Rangers have a top-10 payroll in MLB entering next season, continuing a long trend of them opening up their pocketbooks in hopes of competing. MLB data account BrooksGate released an updated list of the highest-earning players in MLB history and a whopping eight former Rangers were within the top-25. Alex Rodriguez, who spent three years with the Rangers took the top spot on the list with $455,159,552 in career earnings. Max Scherzer is the most recent Texas player to make the list.

When Zack Minasian was named the San Francisco Giants General Manager, he didn't cry or scream, instead, Minasian, who said he felt giddy, initiated what he called a "Buster hug" with Buster Posey.

It's been, what, two years in a row now that Josh Jung's regular season has been impacted by an injury? “Four years in a row,” Jung interjected Saturday at Globe Life Field, with reference to the two significant injuries that he suffered in the minor leagues and the back-to-back surgery-shortened major league seasons he's played. Ditto for Evan Carter who, after the second significant back injury of his professional baseball career, can now deftly explain the “intricate” ways in which the afflictions materialize and worsen. It's not the kind of competition that the Texas Rangers want their potential franchise cornerstone hitters wrapped up in.

The Texas Rangers made a huge splash ahead of the 2023 season, signing former New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom to one of the largest contracts in baseball history. Through his first two seasons with the Rangers, deGrom has been dominant with a 2.41 ERA, 1.74 FIP, 0.854 WHIP, 13.0 K/9 and minuscule 1.1 BB/9. All of those numbers were better than he had with the Mets. Through two years, the two-time Cy Young Award winner has made only nine starts with 41 innings pitched.

The Texas Rangers have made numerous moves this offseason with the goal of getting back into the postseason. After winning the 2023 World Series, the team fell woefully short of expectations, winning only 78 games and missing the playoffs. President of baseball operations Chris Young got to work, focusing a lot of his attention on the bullpen and adding some much-needed home run potential to the lineup. One of the players acquired to provide some pop is corner infielder Jake Burger.

There are common themes every season in baseball. For the Texas Rangers, there is likely to be one constant theme in 2025 — is this Bruce Bochy's final season as manager? When he decides to finally hang it up, the four-time World Series-winning manager will be a lock for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said Bochy's future is something he thinks about constantly.

New Texas Rangers corner infielder Jake Burger picked his new jersey number to honor his daughter.

Thousands of fans spent Saturday in a baseball heaven for the 37th annual Texas Rangers Fan Fest at Globe Life Field. About 6,000 Texas Rangers hoped to hit a home run at the event, which included on-field activities, a baseball card collection and opportunities to interact with players. Fans of all ages and abilities stepped up to the plate and took their best shot at running the bases and wiffle ball home run derby, and they even got to meet Rangers' mascot Captain at the fan paradise. Rangers' cheerleaders greeted fans at the door.

The Texas Rangers missed out on international prospect Roki Sasaki, and for the first time president of baseball operations Chris Young addressed the team's pursuit of the Japanese superstar. Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, the end of a month-long courtship in which more than half of the teams in MLB pitched themselves as a landing spot. In the end, Sasaki ended up with the Dodgers, the team most insiders expected him to sign with. Young said he had no reason to believe that Sasaki or his agent, Joel Wolfe, handled the process unfairly.

All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series MVP Corey Seager says he feels great and will be ready to go on the first day of spring training.

The 31-year-old Leclerc went 6-5 with a 4.32 ERA and one save in 64 relief appearances for the Rangers last season. He struck out 89 batters in 66 2-3 innings and held righties to a .193 batting average.

The Athletics announced on Friday they signed right-handed reliever José Leclerc to a one-year contract.

Texas Rangers fans will be able to watch games this season on the Victory+ streaming platform.

The right-hander had a 2.16 ERA in 100 games for the Red Sox the past two years.

The Chicago Cubs have added another arm to their bullpen mix. The Cubs acquired right-hander Matt Festa from the Texas Rangers on Thursday for cash considerations. In the corresponding 40-man roster move, infielder Miles Mastrobuoni was designated for assignment. Festa, who utilizes a four-seam fastball, sweeper and cutter mix, posted a 4.37 ERA over 22 2/3 innings (18 games) with the Rangers ...

Newark graduate Derek Holland thanked those that supported him during his journey throughout Major League Baseball earlier this week.

Anderson, 27, went 0-1 with an 8.10 ERA and one save in 23 relief appearances for Texas last season. He struck out 29, walked 10 and allowed 11 homers in 26 2/3 innings.

Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” and was suspended for punching his Texas Rangers manager, has died.

Rangers continue their busy month of acquisitions, adding a left-handed power hitter to lengthy list of acquisitions.

Garcia had 75 strikeouts and only 16 walks in 59 2/3 innings over 72 appearances for the Nationals last season.