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President of baseball ops: Chris Young · GM: Ross Fenstermaker

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.44× league · TAB -4.5
-4.5TAB — talent above budget24th/30
-5.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)23rd/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars17th/30
-4.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag10th/30
22%dead money %8th/30
0.500win %16th/30
34.3roster fWAR14th/30
-94surplus $M (value vs cost)26th/30
$222Mpayroll $M6th/30

Roster

CFEvan Carter 60GWyatt Langford 45GMichael Helman 35G
LFWyatt Langford 104GAlejandro Osuna 40GSam Haggerty 24G
RFAdolis García 128GDylan Moore 31GAlejandro Osuna 17G
SSCorey Seager 97GJosh Smith 60GEzequiel Duran 30G
2BMarcus Semien 127GDylan Moore 39GCody Freeman 24G
3BJosh Jung 126GJosh Smith 32GEzequiel Duran 11G
1BRowdy Tellez 97GJake Burger 91GJosh Smith 27G
STARTERSNathan Eovaldi 3.7WARJacob deGrom 3.4WARJack Leiter 2.2WARTyler Mahle 1.9WARPatrick Corbin 1.9WAR
CJonah Heim 96GKyle Higashioka 71GTucker Barnhart 7G
DHJoc Pederson 82GJonah Heim 27GKyle Higashioka 21G
BULLPEN★ Robert Garcia 9svPhil Maton 22hHoby Milner 18hChris Martin 13hShawn Armstrong 12hDanny Coulombe 9hJacob Webb 7hCole Winn 4h
CJonah Heim 96 · Kyle Higashioka 71 · Tucker Barnhart 7
1BRowdy Tellez 97 · Jake Burger 91 · Josh Smith 27
2BMarcus Semien 127 · Dylan Moore 39 · Cody Freeman 24
3BJosh Jung 126 · Josh Smith 32 · Ezequiel Duran 11
SSCorey Seager 97 · Josh Smith 60 · Ezequiel Duran 30
LFWyatt Langford 104 · Alejandro Osuna 40 · Sam Haggerty 24
CFEvan Carter 60 · Wyatt Langford 45 · Michael Helman 35
RFAdolis García 128 · Dylan Moore 31 · Alejandro Osuna 17
DHJoc Pederson 82 · Jonah Heim 27 · Kyle Higashioka 21
SPNathan Eovaldi 3.7 · Jacob deGrom 3.4 · Jack Leiter 2.2 · Tyler Mahle 1.9 · Patrick Corbin 1.9
BP★ Robert Garcia 9 · Phil Maton 22 · Hoby Milner 18 · Chris Martin 13 · Shawn Armstrong 12 · Danny Coulombe 9 · Jacob Webb 7 · Cole Winn 4

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2025 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Wyatt Langford 23 pre-arb 1344.1 0.8 +15.3
Corey Seager 31 FA-elig 1024.0 32.5 -16.6
Nathan Eovaldi 35 FA-elig 223.7 22.1 -7.3
Jacob deGrom 37 FA-elig 303.4 40.1 -26.7
Jack Leiter 25 pre-arb 302.2 0.8 +8.1
Marcus Semien 34 FA-elig 1272.1 26.0 -17.6
Tyler Mahle 30 FA-elig 161.9 16.5 -8.9
Patrick Corbin 35 FA-elig 311.9 2.5 +4.9
Josh Smith 27 – 1441.8 – –
Josh Jung 27 pre-arb 1311.7 0.7 +5.9
Evan Carter 22 pre-arb 631.4 0.6 +5.0
Shawn Armstrong 34 FA-elig 711.4 1.2 +4.1
Jacob Latz 29 pre-arb 331.3 0.6 +4.4
Kyle Higashioka 35 FA-elig 941.0 5.8 -1.8
Hoby Milner 34 arb 731.0 3.0 +0.8
Merrill Kelly↔ ARI 36 FA-elig 100.8 1.5 +1.6
Adolis García 32 arb 1350.7 10.5 -7.6
Michael Helman 29 pre-arb 380.6 0.3 +2.0
Phil Maton↔ STL 32 FA-elig 230.6 0.5 +1.8
Chris Martin 39 FA-elig 490.6 5.5 -3.3
Robert Garcia 29 pre-arb 710.5 0.8 +1.3
Rowdy Tellez↔ SEA 30 FA-elig 500.4 0.5 +0.9
Kumar Rocker 25 pre-arb 140.3 0.5 +0.6
Leody Taveras↔ SEA 26 – 300.2 1.9 -1.0
Jacob Webb 31 arb 550.2 1.2 -0.4
Caleb Boushley 31 – 250.2 0.5 +0.4
Cole Winn 25 pre-arb 330.2 0.5 +0.3
Sam Haggerty 31 arb 640.2 0.7 +0.1
Dylan Moore↔ SEA 32 FA-elig 180.1 0.5 -0.2
Carl Edwards Jr.↔ ANA 33 – 20.0 – –
Luis Curvelo 24 – 170.0 0.3 -0.1
Ezequiel Duran 26 pre-arb 900.0 0.7 -0.6
Gerson Garabito 29 – 30.0 0.1 +0.0
Marc Church 24 pre-arb 5-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Tucker Barnhart 34 – 8-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Alejandro Osuna 22 – 63-0.0 0.4 -0.6
Dane Dunning↔ ATL 30 – 5-0.0 0.7 -0.9
Dustin Harris 25 pre-arb 19-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Jake Burger 29 pre-arb 103-0.1 0.8 -1.0
Codi Heuer↔ DET 28 – 1-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Donovan Solano↔ SEA 37 FA-elig 2-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Nick Ahmed 35 – 5-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Justin Foscue 26 pre-arb 4-0.1 0.5 -0.8
Jonathan Ornelas↔ ATL 25 – 4-0.1 0.1 -0.6
Billy McKinney 30 – 6-0.2 0.0 -0.8
Blaine Crim↔ COL 28 – 5-0.2 0.0 -0.9
Jose Corniell 22 – 1-0.2 0.1 -1.0
Cody Freeman 24 – 36-0.3 0.2 -1.3
Kevin Pillar 36 – 20-0.3 1.0 -2.2
Danny Coulombe↔ MIN 35 FA-elig 15-0.3 0.6 -1.8
Luke Jackson↔ DET 33 – 39-0.3 0.9 -2.2
Jon Gray 33 FA-elig 6-0.4 13.0 -14.7
Jonah Heim 30 arb 124-0.5 4.6 -6.5
Joc Pederson 33 FA-elig 96-0.8 18.5 -21.6

Key additions (new vs 2024)

PlayerfWAR
Patrick Corbin1.9
Shawn Armstrong1.4
Kyle Higashioka1.0
Hoby Milner1.0
Merrill Kelly0.8
Michael Helman0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2024)

Player2024 fWAR
Nathaniel Lowe2.9
Andrew Heaney2.2
Kirby Yates1.9
David Robertson1.8
José Leclerc0.8
Max Scherzer0.6

Current & Historical Payroll

2025 payroll
$222.1M
2026 guaranteed
$149.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2025, 2025–2031. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2025; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Jacob deGrom3710.139$40.1M$38.0M$37.0MFREE AGENT
Corey Seager319.032$32.5M$31.5M$31.5M$31.5M$31.5M$31.5M$31.5M
Marcus Semien3410.118$26.0M$26.0M$26.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
Nathan Eovaldi3513.013$22.1M$29.0M$24.0MFREE AGENT
Joc Pederson3310.028$18.5M$18.5MPLAYER$18.5MMUTUALFREE AGENT
Tyler Mahle307.018$16.5MFREE AGENT
Jon Gray339.062$13.0MFREE AGENT
Kyle Higashioka356.005$5.8M$6.8M$7.0MMUTUALFREE AGENT
Chris Martin397.133$5.5MFREE AGENT
Patrick Corbin3512.105$2.5MFREE AGENT
Merrill Kelly366.000$1.5MCLUBFREE AGENT
Shawn Armstrong346.113$1.2MFREE AGENT
Kevin Pillar3610.072$1.0MFREE AGENT
Luke Jackson338.019$926kFREE AGENT
Danny Coulombe356.008$562kFREE AGENT
Rowdy Tellez306.004$538kFREE AGENT
Dylan Moore326.000$523kFREE AGENT
Phil Maton327.047$499kFREE AGENT
Tucker Barnhart3411.000$188kFREE AGENT
Donovan Solano379.057$98kFREE AGENT
Nick Ahmed3510.043$74kFREE AGENT
Carl Edwards Jr.3310.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Adolis García324.095$10.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonah Heim304.097$4.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Hoby Milner345.068$3.0MFREE AGENT
Leody Taveras263.124$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Webb314.046$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Sam Haggerty314.036$692kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dane Dunning304.078$679kARB 3FREE AGENT
Codi Heuer283.010$67kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy McKinney304.087$29kARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Smith273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (22)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Wyatt Langford231.000$774kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Garcia291.086$772kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Burger292.127$768kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Leiter250.033$762kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ezequiel Duran262.053$731kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Jung272.027$726kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Latz291.022$638kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Evan Carter221.024$631kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kumar Rocker250.018$528kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cole Winn250.145$523kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Foscue260.126$482kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Boushley310.009$476kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alejandro Osuna220.000$444kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Helman290.029$311kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Curvelo240.000$257kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Harris250.006$236kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Freeman240.000$216kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Church240.003$192kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Corniell220.000$134kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerson Garabito291.000$101kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Ornelas250.092$66kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blaine Crim28–$26k

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 2025; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.