Today marks the deadline for teams to submit to Major League Baseball their initial spring training player pools, which can comprise up to 60 players. Players are not eligible to participate in either a spring training or regular season game until they are included in the pool. Teams are free to change the makeup of the pools as they see fit. However, players removed from a team’s 60-man (for reasons unrelated to injury, suspension, etc.) must be exposed to other organizations via trade or waivers.
Not all players within a team’s pool are ticketed for MLB playing time, of course. Most teams will include well-regarded but still far-off prospects as a means of getting them training reps with no intention of running them onto a major league diamond this season. A comprehensive review of 2020’s unique set of rules can be found here.
The Rangers’ initial player pool consists of the following players.
Right-handed pitchers
- Cody Allen
- Jesse Chavez
- Demarcus Evans
- Luke Farrell
- Luis Garcia
- Ian Gibaut
- Kyle Gibson
- Nick Goody
- Jimmy Herget
- Jonathan Hernandez
- Wei-Chieh Huang
- Ariel Jurado
- Corey Kluber
- Derek Law
- Jose Leclerc
- Jordan Lyles
- Lance Lynn
- Rafael Montero
- Tyler Phillips
- Alex Speas
Left-handed pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
- Elvis Andrus
- Sherten Apostel
- Greg Bird
- Todd Frazier
- Ronald Guzman
- Andy Ibanez
- Josh Jung
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa
- Rougned Odor
- Yadiel Rivera
- Anderson Tejeda
Outfielders