Who is Most Exciting Texas Rangers Player to Watch This Postseason?

The Texas Rangers are one of many teams that are contenders to make the MLB playoffs. The Rangers could make it as American League West champions or Wild Card.

If the Wild Card-holding Rangers do make the postseason, who might be the most exciting player to watch?

MLB.com attempted to answer the question for each contender. Obviously, the Rangers have plenty of great players to watch if they make it to the postseason, including MVP candidate and shortstop Corey Seager.

But MLB was looking for “intriguing” as much as exciting, and for that the site focused on a rookie who just got his call-up this month — outfielder Evan Carter.

Per MLB.com:

There aren’t many things more exciting than a young phenom going bonkers for his team in the postseason -- ask Randy Arozarena, or even Francisco Rodríguez. Since debuting on Sept. 8 in place of the injured Adolis García, Carter has already provided a spark that the Rangers -- who had been fading -- clearly needed. That’s the sort of energy this surprisingly old team could need as it tries to make a run. The Rangers have a lot of established players, which is how they got here. Carter, MLB Pipeline’s No. 8 prospect, is a thrilling potential wild card.

But Carter may have already earned his stripes and a potential place in the postseason. In nine games with the Rangers, he is slashing .304/.414/.478/.892 with one home run and three RBI. He has also made several highlight-reel plays in the outfield, including a shoestring catch on Saturday.

A relative unknown when the Rangers spent a second-round pick on him in the 2020 MLB Draft, the Elizabethton, Tenn., product slashed .288/.413/.450/.863 with Double-A Frisco and Round Rock this season, with 17 doubles, six triples, 13 home runs and 67 RBI.

Along with the Rangers’ No. 1 prospect, he’s a Top 10 prospect in all of baseball, was the Rangers’ 2022 Minor League Player of the Year and won a Minor League Gold Glove for his work in center field last season.

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