The Farm Report
Texas Rangers Draft Profile: Kyson Witherspoon
A few days ago, I wrote an article where I mentioned seven draft prospects as potential fits for the Rangers to select with their first-round draft pick. The Rangers will draft 12th in the first round. I also wrote another article where I profiled one of those seven potential fits. That second article was about Ike Irish. Of the seven prospects who are potential fits, he is the one I would most like to see the Rangers select. There are three others, of those seven draft prospects, that I th
(F)arm Breakdown: Leandro Lopez vs the Rome Emperors
I watched every pitch of Leandro Lopez’s start last night so you didn't have to. If you haven't yet you should check out the profile I wrote last week about Lopez which also included a breakdown of his weather-shortened outing. As a refresher on Lopez, the right-handed pitcher out of the Dominican Republic signed in the Texas Rangers 2021 international free agent class. After spending the ’21 and ’22 seasons playing in the Dominican Summer League he played stateside in 2023 at Single-A Down Eas
Get to know the next up and coming arm in the rangers farm system: Leandro Lopez
A pitch-by-pitch breakdown of Leandro Lopez’s start last night against the Winston-Salem Dash: I watched every pitch of Leandro Lopez’s start last night. So, who is Leandro Lopez? Where did he come from? Why is he bursting onto the scene this year? What does his future look like? Let’s talk about his origins, and get into his outing last night and my observations of each at bat. Leandro Lopez (the artist formerly known as Leandro Calderon) is a right-handed pitcher out of the Dominican Republi
The Hub City Spartanburgers Week in Review
The Hub City Spartanburgers, the high A affiliate if your Texas Rangers, have made it through their first full week of games and are about to have their first ever official home game of the 2025 season tonight. They’re currently 5-4, tied for the South Division lead in the South Atlantic League and have scored 39 runs while allowing 33 runs. It doesn’t take a mathematician to notice that they haven’t exactly been an offensive juggernaut through the first 9 games, averaging just over 4 runs per
Rangers' Prospects Rankings on Seven of This Spring's Top 100 Lists
This spring has seen several baseball publications publish their new Top 100 Prospects lists. They have all been consistent in which Rangers' prospects that they include in their lists. They all have Kumar Rocker, Alejandro Rosario and Sebastian Walcott included in some order. I have looked at seven different lists this spring. I wanted to show how each publication has each of those three Rangers prospects ranked in their top 100. I have listed each of them below. I have also included an a
Introducing the Hub City Spartanburgers
For the first time since 2020 the Texas Rangers experienced a shakeup in their minor league affiliates with the Hickory Crawdads shifting from the High-A club to the Single-A club and a new face enters the fold at High-A. The Hub City Spartanburgers are an entirely new team and organization but the sport of baseball has been a big part of the history of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Even though the city hasn’t been the home to an official minor league team in nearly three decades its home to one
Can Brock Porter and Abi Ortiz Bounce Back in 2025?
The path of a prospect is rarely linear as guys learn how to work through struggles, league adjustments, higher levels of competition and the grind of a professional season. Two guys who certainly exemplify that for the Texas Rangers last year were Brock Porter and Abimelec Ortiz. After the 2023 season both of these guys were top 10 prospects in the Rangers farm system according multiple prospect lists but going into 2025 both of these guys are buried among guys often thought of as organizationa