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Texas Rangers: Established Core, Top Prospects Destined for Greatness?

By Kenneth Nash

ARLINGTON, TX - MARCH 31: Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers runs in to score and celebrates with his team mates to end the game against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Park in Arlington on March 31, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - MARCH 31: Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers runs in to score and celebrates with his team mates to end the game against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Park in Arlington on March 31, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TX – JUNE 16: (L-R) Bubba Thompson from McGill-Toolen High School, Chris Seise out of West Orange High School and right-handed pitcher Hans Crouse out of Dana Hills High School pose for a photo after the Texas Rangers announced the signings of several of the club’s top selections in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft at Globe Life Park in Arlington on June 16, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Future Impact Options

With a core of established players already filling out a lot of the key pieces, we can shift our attention to those future players who are sure to have an impact at the big league level. These young players will slot in where the club has holes and needs and potentially put this team over the top in terms of competitiveness.

Having already looked at the contracts of those core big league players, the Rangers have prospects who aren’t far away from making their mark in Arlington and where they rank in our Texas Rangers Top Prospects list.

AAA Nashville

LHP Taylor Hearn (10), INF Eli White (12), LHP CD Pelham (17), OF Willie Calhoun (NR), OF Carlos Tocci (NR), C Jose Trevino (NR), RHP Ariel Jurado (NR), RHP Brett Martin (NR), RHP Ronald Herrera (NR)

AA Frisco

LHP Brock Burke (6), LHP Joe Palumbo (7), RHP Jonathan Hernandez (9), RHP Wei-Chieh Huang (NR), C Josh Morgan (NR)

A+ Down East

OF Bubba Thompson (3), OF Leody Taveras (4), INF Anderson Tejada (8), RHP Tyler Phillips (14), RHP AJ Alexy (20, RHP Demarcus Evans (22), RHP Michael Matuella (NR), INF Diosbel Arias (NR), 1B Tyreque Reed (NR), OF Eric Jenkins (NR)

A Hickory

RHP Hans Crouse (1), OF JP Martinez (2), SS Chris Seise (15), 3B Jonathan Ornelas (18), OF Pedro Gonzalez (19), C Sam Huff (NR), 3B Sherten Apostel (NR)

For fear of just listing out the roster of every minor league team in the organization, I’ll stop there. Hopefully, though, that gives a good picture of what this system holds in terms of top talent. Not every single one of these players will make it to the bigs and some of those that do won’t make it in Arlington. However, at the top of the system, we see pitchers that while they may not be “ranked” prospects, seem to have the potential to be impact players.

Drop down into Down East and Hickory and you see where the best players in the Rangers system lie. Plenty of hard-throwing pitchers and athletic fielders open up a world of possibilities for the future.

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