Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for awhile now (2025 is the 18th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well, and has been permanent for a number of years now. If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.
Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2025. I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 26 man roster officially. Here goes:
The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.
Total players in 2025: 27
Total pitchers used in 2025: 13
Total position players used in 2025: 14
Total players making major league debut: 0
- #26 – Jonathan Ornelas (30 Mar – replacing Josh Jung (DL))
#26 to #1: Adolis Garcia, Chris Martin, Corey Seager, Ezequiel Duran, Gerson Garabito, Hoby Milner, Jack Leiter, Jacob DeGrom, Jacob Webb, Jake Burger, Joc Pederson, Jonah Heim, Josh Jung, Josh Smith, Kevin Pillar, Kumar Rocker, Kyle Higashioka, Leody Taveras, Luke Jackson, Marc Church, Marcus Semien, Nathan Eovaldi, Robert Garcia, Shawn Armstrong, Tyler Mahle, Wyatt Langford
Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded
Roster Notes:
- Of the opening day 26 man roster, nobody is making their major league debut, the third time in the last four seasons that’s happened.
- Of the opening day 26 man roster, 8 players are making their Rangers debuts (Hoby Milner, Shawn Armstrong, Jacob Webb, Robert Garcia, Kyle Higashioka, Jake Burger, Kevin Pillar, Joc Pederson).
- Previous years counts for major league debuts on opening day roster: 2024 (1), 2023 (0), 2022 (0), 2021 (2, Arihara, DeGeus), 2020 (1, Taveras), 2019 (2, Bird, Dowdy), 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
- Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 26 man roster, but did not actually play. The team doesn’t count those as players who played. I do (because they were here).
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