[Texas Rangers PR] Rangers select RHP Mason McConnaughey from the University of Nebraska in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2025 MLB Draft.
July 14, 2025
[Texas Rangers PR] Rangers select RHP Mason McConnaughey from the University of Nebraska in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2025 MLB Draft.
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Scouting report:
>McConnaughey is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound righthander who pitched one season with Cloud County (Kan.) JC before transferring to Nebraska. He made just three starts as the team’s Friday night starter during his 2025 junior season before an arm injury ended his season. When healthy, he has shown a fastball in the low 90s that will get up to 95 mph and a two-seam variation that has solid running life. His primary breaking ball is a short, tight gyro slider in the low 80s that has consistently run a strong whiff rate. He will also mix in a mid-80s changeup with significant fading life. McConnaughey’s injury recovery clouds his outlook, but he was trending in the right direction and looked like a future pro starter on the strength of his solid three-pitch mix and strike-throwing, with a chance for more if he could improve his breaking ball.

I’m going to need him to make the majors just for the memes.

My predictions for his first year.
In a few years, I would love to see him in a playoff post game interview talking about the great team win and then give props to the Rangers organization for taking a chance on a him when he was recovering from an arm injury.
5 comments

Scouting report:
>McConnaughey is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound righthander who pitched one season with Cloud County (Kan.) JC before transferring to Nebraska. He made just three starts as the team’s Friday night starter during his 2025 junior season before an arm injury ended his season. When healthy, he has shown a fastball in the low 90s that will get up to 95 mph and a two-seam variation that has solid running life. His primary breaking ball is a short, tight gyro slider in the low 80s that has consistently run a strong whiff rate. He will also mix in a mid-80s changeup with significant fading life. McConnaughey’s injury recovery clouds his outlook, but he was trending in the right direction and looked like a future pro starter on the strength of his solid three-pitch mix and strike-throwing, with a chance for more if he could improve his breaking ball.

I’m going to need him to make the majors just for the memes.

My predictions for his first year.
In a few years, I would love to see him in a playoff post game interview talking about the great team win and then give props to the Rangers organization for taking a chance on a him when he was recovering from an arm injury.