Rangers Farm System Among Best in Baseball
Just how good is the Texas Rangers farm system? The Athletic recently ranked the minor league systems of all 30 Major League franchises.
The Rangers system was ranked No. 7 overall. Per The Athletic:
A vastly improved system in the past year or two. The Rangers have gotten healthy, seen some draft guys develop, and have an impressive group of international free-agent signees on their way from either the Dominican Summer League or the Arizona Complex League who could vault this system into the top 3 in a year — especially since they will probably only graduate one guy from their top 10, Josh Jung. There’s even some pitching coming, which I imagine is music to Rangers fans’ ears, and the front office has patched together a big-league rotation that looks like it’s a short-term fix as they wait for those guys to arrive.
The Texas system is anchored at the top by a half-dozen players that have been named Top 100 prospects in recent weeks.
ESPN.com ranked three Rangers prospects among its Top 100. Those Rangers were outfielder Evan Carter, third baseman Josh Jung and pitcher Owen White.
Jung made his Major League debut last year and, as The Athletic noted, he is likely to graduate from prospect rankings, which will likely come shortly after the start of the season. The Rangers expect him to be their starting third baseman.
MLB.com unveiled its Top 100 prospect list last week. That list included Carter, Jung and White, along with infielder Luisangel Acuña, pitcher Jack Leiter and pitcher Brock Porter.
Jung, White, and Acuña are on the 40-man roster and will be in Surprise when Spring Training begins later this month. Carter and Leiter are non-roster invitees to Major League camp, while Porter is headed for minor league camp.
Pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training to the team’s facility in Surprise, Ariz., on Feb. 15, with position players to follow by Feb. 20.
The Spring Training game schedule starts on Feb. 24 with a game against Kansas City at the Surprise complex shared with the Royals.
The Rangers wrap up their exhibition season with a pair of games at Globe Life Field against the Royals on March 27 and 28. The Rangers open up the regular season at home against Philadelphia on March 30.
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