The Texas Rangers drafted a former Nebraska baseball pitcher, Mason McConaughey, with the 115th pick in the 2025 MLB draft on Monday. This was announced by the team.

“The belief in our support system out there is high,” senior scouting director Kip Fagg said of the Rangers’ rehab program, headed by former pitcher Keith Comstock, who is in his 19th year of coordinating the rehab program. “Keith [Comstock] is probably the best guy in the business when it comes to that.

The Rangers selected 12 pitchers in the 2025 MLB Draft. Four of them have had recent Tommy John surgeries. The Rangers selected Tennessee right-hander, AJ Russell, in the second round on Day 1, before giving way to back-to-back college pitchers with recent Tommy John surgeries in Rounds 4 and 5.

Two Walters State pitchers were taken in 2025 MLB Draft. Jake Knapp was picked by the Chicago Cubs. Aiden Robertson was picked by the Texas Rangers.

Tennessee baseball had nine players picked in the 2025 MLB Draft, but it also got key players back and recruits to campus for Tony Vitello's roster.

Day 1 of the 2025 Draft included the Rangers' picks from Rounds 1-3, including Gavin Fien at No. 12 overall. Day 2 begins Monday at 10:30 a.m. CT through the conclusion of the Draft, spanning Rounds 4-20.

Undrafted out of the University of the Pacific, the two-way collegian was 10 months old when his dad faced the Angels in the 2002 AL Division Series.

AJ Russell was 4-2 with a 2.70 ERA in three seasons with Tennessee baseball. He struck out 104 in 70 innings across 42 appearances with 11 starts.

More than two dozen players with ties to Texas and Texas A&M baseball were drafted by MLB organizations on Sunday and Monday.

The Texas Rangers had a clear vision in the 2025 MLB draft, as they went potential-first with their first three selections. This was a different approach from w

The Rangers selected Gavin Fien, a third baseman and shortstop out of Great Oak (Calif.) high school, with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday. Fien, MLB Pipeline’s No. 22 Draft prospect,