The Texas Rangers didn’t have the 2025 season they would’ve wanted.
In 2026, the roster might look a decent amount different.
The MLB season ended on Saturday night when the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the World Series. That means the start of the offseason.
On Sunday, the MLBPA put out a list of the veterans who are now free agents.
There are no more on one team than the Rangers have on theirs.
A dozen Rangers are set to hit the open market:
- Shawn Armstrong
- Patrick Corbin
- Daniel Coulombe
- Jonathan Gray
- Merrill Kelly
- Tyler Mahle
- Christopher Martin
- Phil Maton
- Hoby Milner
- Dylan Moore
- Donovan Solano
- Rowdy Tellez
Amazingly, almost none of those guys feel like players the Rangers have to bring back.
There’s a bunch of starting pitching on the list, but not much current production.
The bullpen arms are more solid, but even they aren’t must-haves.
The likes of Solano and Tellez and Moore can still be platoon bats, at best.
Mostly, it’s an underwhelming class. The Rangers will have a lot of gaps to fill for next season, but most of it will come on the fringes of the roster anyway, so the new-look team could depend on which shrewd pickups this month work out.
