Texas Rangers Top Prospects 2024
Texas Rangers top prospects for dynasty fantasy baseball including: Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter, Sebastian Walcott, Brock Porter, and more.
Welcome to our team prospect rankings. Over the next two months, I will be pumping out team top prospect rankings and evaluations for dynasty baseball. These reports are generated from live looks, film study, and advanced data analysis to bring you in-depth fantasy scouting reports on every player you need to know, with today’s being the Texas Rangers Top Prospects.
Not all 30 players in each writeup will be dynasty relevant, but many will, and if you play in a deep league, certainly most of the names will be worth knowing.
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Texas Rangers Top Prospects
1. Wyatt Langford, OF, 22, 6’1”/225
Langford mashed in his career at Florida, hitting 47 home runs and slashing .363/.471/.746 while striking out just 14.6 percent of the time and walking 15 percent across 610 plate appearances.
Langford does not chase often and has a strong feel for contact in the zone. Chasing just 15 percent of pitches collegiately while making contact on 88 percent of pitches in the zone is rather impressive. Langford’s average exit velocity in college trailed Crews by a decent margin, but a number sitting near 91 mph is still very impressive, considering his higher-end exit velocities were stellar(110 mph, 90th percentile).
Langford exploded in his pro debut and made himself the number one in the draft class and, for some, the top overall prospect. Between four levels and 200 plate appearances, Langford slashed .360/.480/.677 with ten home runs and 29 extra-base hits.
The underlying data from college carried right over to pro ball as Langford made contact at a high clip, posting a zone contact rate north of 85 percent while his overall contact rate sat near 81 percent. The chase rate was right-in-line with his college number, and his 90th percentile exit velocity was north of 107 mph.
Langford was on the taxi squad during the World Series and was a legitimate candidate to replace Adolis Garcia on the roster when he went down with an injury, speaking highly of how the Rangers view Langford. There is a strong possibility he is on the 2024 Opening Day roster, but if not, it will not be long before he is roaming the outfield with the Rangers.
FFG: Top 10 OF
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .280/.400/25 HR/25 SB
Variance: Medium
Buy/Sell: Buy
2. Evan Carter, OF, 21, 6’2”/190
Carter has long been known as a high-floor hitter who gets on base at a high clip, dating back to his debut in 2021. Most teams did not even have Carter on their radar in the 2020 draft as a prep player that many thought would land at Duke, where he was committed. The Rangers liked him enough to snag him in the second round, and it looks like a steal.
Another strong Minor League season in which Carter slashed .288/.413/.450 led him to be called up to the Majors in September, where he mashed through the playoffs. With the Rangers, Carter hit over .300 and five home runs in 23 games, which was impressive considering he hit just 13 in 108 Minor League games.
Carter has a well-rounded skill set, but his hit-tool-and-plate approach is probably his best asset. Posting a contact rate of 75 percent with an in-zone rate of 83 percent in the minors, Carter saw a small tick back on both numbers from 2022. The chase rate of 19 percent this season was also a very impressive number, which helped lead to high OBPs. Carter has posted elite chase rates his entire career, and that carried over to the Majors as he chased just nine percent of pitches out of the zone in a small sample.
The power is the biggest question mark in his game, with average exit velocities of 85 mph and 85.5 mph over the last two seasons. In the majors, that jumped to 89, which was encouraging, but it was a small sample. Carter has a projectable body and is still 21 years old, leaving plenty of time for him to fill out and add power.
The in-game power does play up beyond the exit velocities because Carter hits the ball at ideal launch angles consistently. In fact, his sweet spot percentage in majors would have ranked at the top of the majors.
Carter does so many things well, having above-average contact with plus plate discipline and run times. He is a threat to steal bases, and if the power comes around, Carter could be a star. While he will need to improve against lefties, the numbers are not as bad as some make them out to be, with the contact rate dropping to around 71 percent. He will spend nearly the entire 2024 season as a 21 year-old in the Majors.
FFG: High OBP OF
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .280/.400/20 HR/25 SB
Variance: Medium
Buy/Sell: Buy
3. Sebastian Walcott, SS, 17, 6’4”/190
Walcott took the prospect community by storm in 2023 after signing for a $3 million bonus with the Rangers and then immediately looking like a stud, making it from the Dominican Summer League to High-A in a matter of months. Walcott flashes high-end tools across the board for his age and has an impressive frame, leaving plenty of room to tap into what is already impressive power.
Walcott generates electric bat speed and posted some gaudy exit velocities for a 17-year-old last year, consistently posting 105 mph or higher and reaching up to 110 mph. The power is firmly plus already with room to grow into more. He also shows strong athleticism and solid speed with the ability to steal bases.
The contact skills have been the biggest question in Walcott’s profile as he struck out nearly 30 percent of the time last year between all levels, including a 33 percent rate at the complex level. The good news is that the contact numbers were okay, making contact on nearly 70 percent of pitches overall with respectable in-zone contact rates for a young player.
Walcott plays with a chip on his shoulder and sometimes lets his emotions get the best of him. The talent is tremendous, but he will need to prove in 2024 that he cane make consistent contact and keep his emotions in check.
FFG: Power/Speed MI
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .270/.340/30 HR/20 SB
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
4. Justin Foscue, 2B/OF, 24, 5’11”/205
Foscue gets the Michael Busch treatment within the Rangers org of being a solid prospect who gets consistently blocked by all the talent at the MLB level. The former 14th overall pick in the 2020 draft has consistently performed year-over-year, and while not a flash player, Foscue gets the job done. Owning a career professional slash line of .276/.380/.499, Foscue has hit for power, steals bases at a decent clip, and is an OBP machine. Spending the entire 2023 season at Triple-A, Foscue slashed .266/.394/.468 with 18 home runs and 14 stolen bases.
The underlying data on Foscue is solid, as he posted an average exit velocity of 87.5 mph. While the power is just average, the contact skills are excellent as Foscue posted an overall contact rate north of 82 percent to pair with a 91 in-zone contact rate. He rarely chases pitches out of the zone, showing a discerning eye, by having just a 24 percent chase rate.
Foscue is a sum of the parts player with a high floor to hit. Hitting the ball at ideal launch angles, Foscue makes the most of his power but does not profile as a prolific power bat.
FFG: High OBP MI
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .280/.380/17 HR/10 SB
Variance: Low
Buy/Sell: Buy If Traded
5. Abimelec Ortiz, 1B, 21, 6’0”/230
Ortiz does not get talked about among the high-end, power-hitting first baseman, but he likely should. Coming off a season mostly spent at High-A, Ortiz mashed 33 home runs while slashing .290/.363/.624.
The power is legit, backed by a 90 mph average exit velocity and a 90th percentile north of 106 mph. Ortiz hits the ball hard to all fields well at ideal launch angles, posting a sweet spot percentage near 40 percent in 2023.
For a player with Ortiz’s size and power, you might not expect decent contact skills; but Ortiz posted a contact rate north of 70 percent with an in-zone contact rate north of 78 percent. Chasing at a rate better than the league average at 29 percent.
Ortiz can be aggressive at times, and in seeing him in person, he got eaten up on some good breaking balls. But for the most part, the aggressive swing worked as Ortiz mashed home runs with big exit velocities. Power is the calling card, but Ortiz also makes suitable enough contact.
FFG: Power Hitting 1B
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .270/.350/30 HR/1 SB
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
6. Brock Porter, RHP, 20, 6’4”/208
Porter has a prototypical starter frame who received an over-slot bonus in the fourth round in the 2022 draft. Making 21 starts in Single-A in 2023, Porter pitched 69 innings, posting a 2.47 ERA with 95 strikeouts and 42 walks.
From a pure stuff standpoint, Single-A hitters could not compete with what Porter brought to the table, leading to a strikeout rate north of 32 percent. With the potential for three plus pitches, Porter throws a mid-90s fastball that’s a high spinning pitch with high IVB numbers up in the zone. It missed bats at a high rate with how advanced it was for Single-A hitters.
The changeup is Porter’s best offering, sitting in the low-to-mid 80s with late movement deceiving hitters. He sells it well off the fastball with similar arm speed, throwing it to both lefties and righties and getting whiffs from both.
Porter began working on a sweeper, which was a solid pitch this season, sitting in a similar velocity band to the changeup; it averaged 15-17 inches of sweep regularly.
The biggest issue is strike-throwing. Porter threw strikes at a 58 percent clip this year and walked over 14 percent of batters he faced. He will also need to show the ability to go deeper into games, as he averaged just 3.3 innings per start. The stuff is there, and Porter is still very early in his development process, so he seems like a good player to bet on in dynasty.
FFG: SP4-5
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 150 IP/3.70 ERA/170 K
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
7. Echedry Vargas, MI, 18, 5’11”/170
Walcott was not the only international player to break out in the Rangers system, as Echedry Vargas took the complex level by storm, mashing 11 home runs and stealing 17 bases while slashing .315/.387/.569.
Vargas is smaller but has a powerful stroke from the right side, generating a ton of extra-base hits while also showing over-the-fence power at a young age. He does put a lot of effort into his swing, using a big leg kick and getting to most of the power to the pull side.
The contact skills are respectable and the power/speed profile makes Vargas a highly intriguing player. If the power growth continues, we could be looking at a potential 20 home run bat who can steal 20-30 bases regularly.
FFG: Power/Speed MI
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .270/.350/20 HR/20 SB
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
8. Jack Leiter, RHP, 23, 6’1”/205
Leiter is one of the more storied MLB draft prospects in recent years as the son of Al Leiter and having had a highly successful career at Vanderbilt. Being sent straight to Double-A after being drafted, Leiter struggled, likely for the first time in his career. Things did not get better in 2023, to the point where the Rangers sent Leiter to the development list. Returning with new and refined mechanics, Leiter looked better down the stretch, posting a 4.12 ERA across 19.2 innings with 29 strikeouts and six walks.
Armed with a fastball that sits in the mid-90s and touching 99 on occasion, Leiter pounds the top of the zone with the pitch that generates a ton of carry. Averaging 18-20 inches of IVB regularly, Leiter gets plenty of swings under the pitch when he is locating it well.
The slider sits in the mid-80s with nice biting action but can sometimes touch 90. The pitch is his best secondary, and the curveball lags behind, but when he does throw it, it sits in the high 70s. Leiter will throw a changeup on occasion, but it is still a developing pitch.
When Leiter came back from the development list, the strike-throwing improved significantly. Before hitting the development list, the strike rate sat at 60 percent with a 15 percent walk rate, and after returning, the strike rate jumped to 65 percent and the walk rate fell to just 7.2 percent. If those changes stick and Leiter develops a solid third pitch, he could see his stock rise significantly. Now is the time to invest in dynasty.
FFG: SP4-5
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 160 IP/3.50 ERA/175 K
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
9. Emiliano Teodo, RHP, 22, 6’1”/165
Of all the pitchers I saw live this year, Teodo might have the most electric stuff. Pitching as a starter during the regular season, Teodo posted a 4.52 ERA across 61.2 innings, but he struck out 84 batters and showed an electric arsenal. In the Arizona Fall League, Teodo pitched 11 innings out of the bullpen in the closer role. He did not allow a run(until Fall Stars), and struck out 19 while walking just five.
Teodo comes out with an explosive fastball that I clocked as high as 101 mph this year and regularly sits. The sinker has a ton of bore to it, making it incredibly hard to hit paired with the velocity.
Teodo also mixes a changeup that has been up to 94 but can dial it back to the high 80s. The mid-to-upper 80s slider gets excellent sweeping action and gets on hitters quickly.
The stuff is insane, and you would love to see him get a chance to be a starter, but if the AFL was any indication, Teodo could fit into the closer role in Texas as soon as 2024.
FFG: High Leverage Reliever
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 60 IP/3.00 ERA/80 K/25 SV
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
10. Jose Corniell, RHP, 20, 6’3”/165
Originally signing with the Mariners for $630k in 2019, Corniell was traded to the Rangers in 2020 for Rafael Montero. Improving and building his innings every season, Corniell broke out in a big way in 2023, posting a 2.92 ERA across 101.2 innings pitched, with the majority of his starts coming in High-A. Across those innings, he struck out 119 batters and walked just 31, while posting a strike rate north of 67 percent.
His fastball plays well at the top of the strike zone, sitting 94-95 mph with carry and arm-side run.
His sweeper sits in the mid-80s with over 10 inches of sweeping action regularly. The pitch is plus, and Corniell is comfortable throwing it to both lefties and righties. The high-spinning curveball gets a ton of whiffs, showing an impressive two-plane break.
Corniell added a two-seamer this year, working it down in the zone and getting ground balls, and will mix a changeup in as well against lefties, having a late break.
The arsenal is strong here, and if the strike-throwing carries into 2024, Corniell has a strong chance to be a solid starter long-term. The hype has not entirely caught up with how good he has been; it is time to invest in dynasty leagues.
FFG: SP4-5
90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 150 IP/3.80 ERA/160 K
Variance: High
Buy/Sell: Buy
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