The Texas Rangers had one of the best bullpens in baseball in 2025. Little of it was homegrown.

Many of last year’s top relievers were either Major League free agents signed to low-cost, one-year deals or relievers who signed on minor league deals with a spring training invitation. One of the latter to make the team that way was Luke Jackson, who emerged as the closer for the first month of the season.

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Texas has plenty of options on the Major League roster, including holdovers like Robert Garcia, Cole Winn and Luis Curvelo. The Rangers also managed to bring back Chris Martin and signed former Reds closer Alexis Díaz to a one-year deal. It’s likely the Rangers will have a few candidates from their list of non-roster invitations to spring training. Here are three pitchers that could make the team as relievers on opening day.

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