Which current Texas Rangers could play in the 2024 All-Star Game?

Rob Manfred announced that the Texas Rangers would host the 2024 All-Star Game in Arlington. Baseball fans in North Texas will have the chance to come out to the park to see the game’s biggest stars for the midsummer classic itself and for events such as the Home Run Derby.

It’s never too early to think about how many Rangers players might play in the game. There’s something special about seeing players take the field for an All-Star game in their home park, and since MLB rules require that each team has at least one representative, it’s guaranteed to happen when the game comes to Globe Life Field.

Evaluating potential Texas Rangers All-Stars when the game comes to Arlington in 2024

But even that rule aside, chances are good that the Rangers will have multiple All-Stars in 2024. Ownership has made it clear that they want to field a competitive team, and Texas has several solid performers already on board.

In the following slides we’ll take a look at several current Rangers players who have a realistic shot at playing in the 2024 All-Star Game. For the sake of this list, we only considered players currently under contract for the 2024 season. This obviously eliminates Martin Perez from consideration, along with free-agent to be Mitch Garver and any player that the Rangers may sign or acquire via trade later in the off-season.

Also, you’ll notice we only make a case for eight players. We limited the list because it’s unlikely that any team in the modern era will ever have more than eight All-Star representatives during one season. The 1939 Yankees had ten, but there were only sixteen teams in the league that year. So you won’t hear a case for every player currently on the Rangers 40-man roster and Top 30 prospects list. That said, if you think there’s someone we should have mentioned, comment and let us know!

Corey Seager

Seager’s All-Star case is obvious. He is a three-time All-Star with a career WAR of 25.3 through his first eight seasons. With all that Seager has already accomplished in his career, it’s hard to believe he is still only 28 years old. There is reason to believe that Seager could continue to improve as he enters his prime. Seager will be in the third year of a 10-year, $325 million contract in 2024 and should be a key contributor for the Rangers for years to come barring injury.

Marcus Semien

Surprisingly, Semien has only been an All-Star one other time through his first ten seasons in the majors. He does have two top-three MVP finishes on his resume and a career WAR of 34.8. He was not an All-Star in 2021, mainly because of a slow start to the season. However he finished strong and ended the season tied for 14th in batting WAR with Freddy Freeman. Look for Semien to add multiple All-Star appearances to his career resume during his time in Texas.

Adolis Garcia

The case: Garcia has an All-Star appearance already in his career. He made the team as a reserve during the 2021 season. He was even better in 2022 and has still only played in 329 career games. He also has a knack for coming through in the clutch and tends to shine brightest during the biggest moments. If El Bombs continues to perform at this level, he will be hard to ignore during All-Star voting.

Josh Jung

The Case: Jung only has 98 big-league plate appearances and was limited through the 2022 season because of a shoulder injury. He was also was the Rangers number-one prospect in 2022 as well as a top 50 prospect in all of baseball. He slashed .321/.525/.846 through 106 at-bats at Round Rock before earning a big-league call-up on September 9th. Jung should play everyday at third base during the 2023 season and will be talked about as a potential Rookie of the Year candidate before the season. Perhaps he’s stated his claim among the top third basemen in the American League by the time the All-Star game comes to Arlington. Rangers fans certainly hope this is the case.

Brock Burke

Brock Burke was traded to the Rangers as a part of the Jurickson Profar trade prior to the 2019 season. He battled through multiple injury-plagued seasons before finding a home in the Rangers bullpen in 2022. In 82.1 innings spread out across 52 appearances, Burke allowed only 18 runs and struck out 90 hitters. By the end of the year, he was the Rangers’ most reliable option out of the bullpen along with fellow starter-turned-reliever Matt Moore. Moore is currently a free agent, but Burke isn’t arbitration eligible yet. There’s a chance he continues to improve as he further distances himself from Tommy John surgery and continues to acclimate to life in the bullpen.

Undoubtedly, one of these players will get hurt or underperform in 2024 and we’ll look back on these predictions and wonder what we were thinking at the time. But chances are also high that a prospect from the ranks of Owen White or Justin Foscue comes up, makes an instant impact, and hears their name mentioned in All-Star discussions. There’s also no telling what former All-Star may find their way onto the Texas Rangers over the course of the next two seasons.

This is an exciting time to be a Texas Rangers fan, and not only because the All-Star game is coming to town in a few years. Plenty of stars will be showing off their skills throughout the course of the next few seasons.