Texas Rangers pitching prospect Jack Leiter is inching closer to his long-awaited return, and the buzz around the organization is hard to ignore. After weeks on the sidelines with a blister issue, the former No. 2 overall pick could take the mound for Triple-A Round Rock as early as Wednesday or Thursday for a rehab appearance — a key step before rejoining the big-league roster. Leiter reportedly completed a sharp ... Read more
The Giants Just Cut Ties with Tom Murphy — and It Says a Lot About Their Offseason Plans.yv
The Giants have turned down their $4MM club option on catcher Tom Murphy. He will get a $250K buyout and become a free agent. Justice delos Santos of Mercury News was among those to pass the news along. It’s one of the least surprising option decisions of the year. Ahead of the 2024 season, the Giants signed Murphy to a two-year, $8.25MM deal. He made a $4MM salary last year and this year, then could have ... Read more
Who the Giants Will Actually Keep in 2026 — and Who’s Already as Good as Gone.yv
MLB free agency has arrived, and with that, the SF Giants are slated to lose four veterans to free agency in 2025. Let's rank each Giant based on how likely they are to re-sign with the team in 2026. 1. Justin Verlander, SP It feels like Verlander is the most likely Giants free agent to come back to the team in 2026. That's on the condition that he wants to play in 2026 and that they are willing to ... Read more
An AL West Rival Tried a Bold Experiment with a Former Mariners Slugger — and It Fell Apart Fast.yv
The Rangers tried to jolt a flatlining lineup by parachuting a former Seattle Mariner into the hitting cage. In early May of 2025, Texas plucked Bret Boone off the airwaves of his podcast and dropped him into an MLB dugout for the first time, hoping pedigree and edge could shake an offense scraping the bottom of the league. For a minute, it looked like a spark: the run environment perked up, the nightly grind felt ... Read more
Ray Davis’ Frugality Could Cost the Rangers Everything — But He Won’t Be the Only One Blamed.yv
The Texas Rangers are about to enter a phase where it might get worse before it gets better as the 2025-26 Major League Baseball offseason officially kicks off this week. Ever since the Rangers won the 2023 World Series, owner Ray Davis has been adamant about shrinking the annual payroll after dishing out over half a billion dollars to get that championship. It still doesn't make it right that after building a roster with a ... Read more