There's an extensive list of arms in the Texas Rangers farm system, and not enough of them get the attention they deserve. Whether they were a late-round pick, are in a relief role, or just not on the radar of national media’s Top 30 lists, I wanted to be able to shine some light on some of the arms I’ve noticed that are either putting up strong a strong year, showing a lot of potential, or even just simply those that deserve more eyes on them. First up for this new series is going to be Kamdyn Perry.
Kamdyn Perry
RHP | 6’4” | 200 lb | Age: 20
Pitch Usage:
- Sinker: 33.3%
- Fastball: 25%
- Cutter: 19.5%
- Sweeper: 16.3%
- Changeup: 5.9%
Kamdyn Perry was the Rangers 501st overall pick in the 17th round back in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kamdyn Perry is a great development story for the Rangers, as after 2 seasons of middling to poor results, Perry has broken out in a big way to start his 2026 campaign. In Perry’s 2 previous seasons in the complex league and the Rangers Low-A affiliate, Perry put up a combined 69 strikeouts to 45 walks in 84.2 total innings of work. To start his 2026 season, Perry has 37 strikeouts to 11 walks in total 35.1 innings across Low-A Hickory and High-A Hub City. Perry has improved his command each year as a professional, and this year is no different. After a BB% of 14.5% in 2024, Perry had a walk rate of 10% in 2025 and so far has a 7.7% BB% in 2026.
Perry throws a trio of fastballs in his four-seam, sinker, and cutter. He’ll mainly use the four-seam against lefties and the sinker against righties, but the cutter he has no issue throwing to either handedness of hitter. What stands out to me with Perry is that the breadth of his mix isn’t for show, he’s genuinely comfortable throwing any of his pitches in any situation. Normally you’ll see younger pitchers lean on their fastball when they’re behind in the count, and increasing their secondary usage when they’re ahead. Now Perry isn’t exactly dissimilar in that regard, as he will throw majority fastballs when he falls behind. However, the difference is that Perry throws 3 different fastballs and has fairly equal usage across the 3 when behind in the count. When he’s ahead in the count he’ll still use his fastball and sinker a majority of the time, but that’s when his cutter takes a backseat to the bigger sweeper.
Perry averages around 94 on both his fastball and sinker, but has gotten up to 98 on both this season. He gets about 16” of vertical break on his fastball which really plays from his low arm slot. The sinker shape is a bit more inconsistent, but is fairly average and does well in its role of getting in on the hands of righties. His cutter will average 88 and while it’s also more of an average shape, he zones it extremely well and is probably his most consistent strike pitch overall. His changeup averages 85 and does have room for improvement, but flashes some impressive depth and late fade. The big prize secondary is his sweeper. It averages 81 and has big sweep that has gotten up to 22” of glove-side movement with a spin rate range of 2600-2700 RPM. Perry gets a good deal of chase across all 5 of his pitches, but his fastball leads the way at 42% thanks in large part to that low arm slot.
Perry got off to a blistering start in Hickory this season, picking up 27 strikeouts to 3 walks in 22.1 innings. That earned him a promotion to Hub City where he has raised his walk rate back up slightly, but I chalk that up mainly to the increase in competition level. When I watch Perry pitch in Hub City versus when he was in Hickory I do notice he’s falling behind in counts more frequently, but he does a great job of battling and won’t throw a get-me-over breaking ball or groove a fastball down the middle; he’ll throw a competitive pitch regardless of count which I like to see. I also really like his mechanics. He’s very smooth down the mound in spite of his large frame, creates really nice counter-rotation in his hips, and gets into his legs very early.
I wanted to start with Kamdyn Perry, because at the moment he’s my pick for breakout arm in the Rangers system so far this season. He’s only 20 years old (turning 21 in 2 months), and has already shown a surprising level of maturity when it comes to pitchability. I don’t really see any changes he needs to make to his mix, instead just really needing to continue working on honing in his changeup and sweeper shapes. In my opinion, he’s someone who has back-end rotation potential, and is a pitcher I’m keeping up with very closely as we start to get closer to the halfway point in the 2026 season.
