{"id":577268,"date":"2026-02-17T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/577268\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:26:28","slug":"texas-rangers-news-and-links-february-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/577268\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers News and Links &#8211; February 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Good morning. Real baseball games are happening later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Shawn McFarland writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/16\/texas-rangers-spring-training-full-squad-joc-pederson-jordan-montgomery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what we learned<\/a> as the Texas Rangers welcomed the full squad to Arizona over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/15\/texas-rangers-manager-skip-schumaker-clubhouse-culture-corey-seager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Grant writes<\/a> that figuring out the clubhouse culture will be among new manager Skip Schumaker\u2019s most urgent tasks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/15\/texas-rangers-brandon-nimmo-leadoff-spot-spring-training-skip-schumaker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that the plan is for newly acquired outfielder Brandon Nimmo to take over in right field while batting leading off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Nimmo in right field, McFarland writes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/15\/texas-rangers-wyatt-langford-evan-carter-center-field-spring-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wyatt Langford is fine<\/a> with either of center field or left field along with Evan Carter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fmark-canha-rangers-deal\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Landry notes<\/a> that the Rangers have added veteran right-handed hitter Mark Canha on a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/15\/texas-rangers-sign-mark-canha-minor-league-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that Canha struggled in KC last season but could become a platoon option on the bench for the Rangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. 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