{"id":168674,"date":"2026-03-24T15:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=168674"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:38:56","slug":"rangers-manager-delivers-unforgettable-magic-he-told-the-24-year-old-pitcher-he-made-the-mlb-roster-during-a-heart-stopping-mound-visit-this-emotional-moment-is-already-giving-texas-fans-ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=168674","title":{"rendered":"RANGERS MANAGER DELIVERS UNFORGETTABLE MAGIC! He Told the 24-Year-Old Pitcher He Made the MLB Roster During a Heart-Stopping Mound Visit \u2014 This Emotional Moment Is Already Giving Texas Fans CHILLS and Becoming an Instant Legend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rangers&#8217; manager told 24-year old pitcher he made MLB roster during a mound visit in special moment<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/the_sporting_news_articles_584\/432659daa9a4d27e1b77f360ba600c7c\" alt=\"Rangers' manager told 24-year old pitcher he made MLB roster during a mound  visit in special moment - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible this is the first time anyone was ever told they made an MLB roster like this.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker took a mound visit midway through Monday night&#8217;s exhibition game. He didn&#8217;t have any pointers he wanted to share with 24-year old pitcher Carter Baumler.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he simply wanted to tell him he had made the team for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a cool moment:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skip Schumaker told Rule 5 pick Carter Baumler that he made the Rangers Opening Day roster during a mound visit \ud83e\udd79 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19J10vk39Q\">pic.twitter.com\/19J10vk39Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/2036256405489950802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Baumler was taken in the Rule 5 Draft this offseason, coming to the Rangers&#8217; organization from the Orioles&#8217; system.<\/p>\n<p>The key for a Rule 5 pick, though, is that he has to make the MLB roster and stay on it all season. Otherwise, he&#8217;s offered back to his old organization.<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn&#8217;t a given Baumler would make it. He only reached Double-A for six appearances last season and had never pitched in Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>But Baumler clearly impressed the Rangers this spring.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been good at the lower levels of the minors, a 3.05 minor league ERA with 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings.<\/p>\n<p>And now, he&#8217;s coming to the majors with Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Schumaker just picked a really cool, unique moment to tell him that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers&#8217; manager told 24-year old pitcher he made MLB roster during a mound visit in special moment It&#8217;s possible this is the first time anyone was ever&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RANGERS MANAGER DELIVERS UNFORGETTABLE MAGIC! 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