{"id":588461,"date":"2026-02-23T15:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588461\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:14:14","slug":"monday-morning-texas-rangers-update-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588461\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning.<\/p>\n

Shawn McFarland writes about the Texas Rangers getting their first look at MacKenzie Gore<\/a> in his exhibition debut yesterday.<\/p>\n

McFarland checks out what we learned<\/a> over the first week of game action at Surprise with the Rangers sorting through their bullpen options.<\/p>\n

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Kennedi Landry writes<\/a> that the Rangers plan to be more aggressive on the basepaths with new manager Skip Schumaker at the helm.<\/p>\n

Evan Grant writes<\/a> that Schumaker believes recently injured Cody Freeman can still contribute to the vibes in Surprise.<\/p>\n

At The Athletic, Will Sammon writes about new Ranger outfielder Brandon Nimmo itching to take on the role of mentor<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n

McFarland writes<\/a> about undrafted reliever Ryan Lobus and his quest to make a name for himself in Surprise this spring.<\/p>\n

Landry names right-handed hitting veteran bench option Mark Canha as a dark horse candidate<\/a> to make the Opening Day roster for the Rangers.<\/p>\n

And, McFarland notes<\/a> that the Rangers intend to have Jacob deGrom make his 2026 spring debut in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Have a nice day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes about the Texas Rangers getting their first look at MacKenzie Gore in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2393],"tags":[146,5,226,24,34250,403,1403,771,4850,21043,23022,4,149,36746,14902,1567,69,3240,5824],"class_list":{"0":"post-588461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-brandon-nimmo","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-cody-freeman","13":"tag-jacob-degrom","14":"tag-jonah-bride","15":"tag-mackenzie-gore","16":"tag-mark-canha","17":"tag-mcfarland","18":"tag-mesa","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-rangers","21":"tag-rick-scuteri-imagn","22":"tag-skip-schumaker","23":"tag-texas","24":"tag-texas-rangers","25":"tag-texasrangers","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116120601442749642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}