4 Texas Rangers prospects off to a strong start in 2025

The Texas Rangers are fortunate to have minor leaguers off to a strong start this season, especially a set of those performing at a high level in Triple-A ready to step into an MLB roster spot if needed.

Although the Rangers have the 19th ranked farm system in the league but two of their prospects rank in the Top 100, with 19-year-old infielder Sebastian Walcott the 16th-best prospect in Major League Baseball.

Here are four Rangers prospects that are off to a strong start to kick off their 2025 regular season campaign.

4 Rangers prospects that are off to a strong start to kick off the season

Mitch Bratt

In three starts, Bratt is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA, 15 strikeouts, two walks with hitters hitting .262 against the 21-year-old in 14 2/3 innings pitched. The fifth round pick in 2021, Bratt is in his fifth professional season, has a career 3.45 ERA in 270 innings and even pitched for Team Canada in the 2023 World Baseball Classic at 19 years old.

Bratt is a three-pitch mix pitcher with a four-seam that tops out at 95 mph, with great command to throw it wherever he wants. He mixes that in with a low-80s slider and changeup. If he can continue to find success and use his pitches to his advantage, Texas could have a solid backend starter in the near future.

Blaine Crim

Crim is lighting up the ball in Triple-A Round Rock at the start of the 2025 season. Crim, 27, is hitting .300 with a .972 OPS and everyday he seems to do something amazing for the Express.

The Rangers 2019 19th round pick has great bat-to-ball skills. He can hit singles when the situation calls for it but he can also slug a double down the gap or launch a ball over the fence whenever he needs to.

Crim's production makes it likely that if Texas ever needs to call up a bat or want reinforcements at first base then it'd be the first call. What is hurting him right now is the team's needs for middle infield injury replacement which is unfortunately a position Crim does not play.

Kohl Drake

The organization's 12th overall prospect, Drake established himself as a capable big league arm last year after a tough start to his pro career after he got drafted in 2023. This season in 12 1/3 innings of work, he has a 2.96 ERA, 19 strikeouts and a 0.97 WHIP in his three starts this year.

Drake, 24, features a four-pitch mix (fastball, curveball, slider, changeup). His four seam can sit in the mid-90s while his off-speed sits in the low-80s with high swing-and-miss caliber potential. On Wednesday, Drake put a final line of 4.1 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks and 10 strikeouts as the Roughriders beat the Corpus Christi Hooks.

Justin Foscue

I know it's hard to buy into Justin Foscue after his tough stint in the big leagues last season where he recorded two hits in 42 at-bats, including a hitless streak of 0-for-39. But he's seemed to have taken time to make adjustments and is starting off his 2025 strong.

The 2020 first round pick out of Mississippi State is off to a hot start in Triple-A alongside Crim. In 22 games, the 26-year-old is slashing .345/.429/.536 with 3 home runs, 14 RBIs, 7 doubles and a .965 OPS. I don't want to get too frustrated because the 42 at-bats he had last season have been his only piece of big league action in his career. It seems too early to already be calling him a career minor leaguer.