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Rangers To Promote Alejandro Osuna

By Nick Deeds | May 24, 2025 at 10:40pm CDT

The Rangers are poised to select the contract of outfielder Alejandro Osuna, according to a report from Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extrabase. The news comes after DH Joc Pederson suffered a fractured right hand during today’s game against the White Sox that is expected to leave him sidelined for the next six weeks. Osuna is not yet on the 40-man roster, and the Rangers will need to make a corresponding move to clear 40-man roster space.

Osuna, 22, signed with the Rangers out of Mexico back in 2021. The youngster has gradually climbed through the minor leagues while splitting time fairly evenly between all three outfield spots and boasts a solid .277/.370/.436 slash line in 373 career games across all levels of the minors. Osuna got his first taste of the upper minors last last year following a call-up to Double-A over the summer, and he responded by slashing an excellent .306/.379/.523 in 57 games. The Rangers decided to be cautious with Osuna and keep him at Double-A to start the 2025 campaign after Evan Carter failed to make the Opening Day roster and was optioned to Triple-A.

The outfielder’s numbers weren’t quite as impressive in his repeat of Double-A, as he hit just .283/.363/.409 in 31 games, but that was still enough to convince the Rangers to promote him to the highest level of the minors earlier this month. He has just seven games under his belt with the club’s affiliate in Round Rock, but he’s impressed in that limited time with a .485 on-base percentage and more walks (eight) than strikeouts (seven). Between Osuna’s hot start to his time at Triple-A and the injury to Pederson, it seems as though the Rangers have decided now is the time to call the youngster up and see what he can do in the majors.

Currently ranked as Texas’s #7 prospect according to MLB.com, scouts view Osuna as a player with a real chance to stick in center field who faces questions about his ability to hit lefties, though he made strides on that front last year, and his power potential despite solid bat-to-ball skills and improving exit velocities. He posted brilliant numbers in big league camp with the Rangers this spring and draws comparison to Alex Verdugo for his approach at the plate. Longer term, he’ll likely need to either stay viable in center or tap into more power in order to be a big league regular, but that doesn’t mean he can’t provide a spark for the Rangers while Pederson is out of commission.

Providing a spark is exactly what the 22-year-old will be tasked with doing for a beleaguered team that fell to 25-28 today, leaving them in fourth place in the AL West and three games out of an AL Wild Card spot. It’s unclear whether the lefty-hitting Osuna is expected to play DH or perhaps help fill in for Carter in center field, where Sam Haggerty has been tasked with playing every day recently. Perhaps he could even be tasked with spelling Wyatt Langford and Adolis Garcia in the outfield corners. Wherever he ends up playing, it seems fair to expect that Kyle Higashioka will continue to get occasional reps at DH against left-handed pitchers, with Osuna likely to sit on the bench on those days.

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9 Comments

  1. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    2 months ago

    For a second I thought this was one of those guys who tried to pull off that fake robbery with Jussie Smollett.

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    • Boston’s Alignment

      2 months ago

      The first 5 words is all we need. Well said.

      Reply
  2. Dooper

    2 months ago

    Wyatt Langford looks like Paul Reubens.

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  3. J. Carrillo

    2 months ago

    🇲🇽 represent

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    Reply
  4. J. Carrillo

    2 months ago

    Him & Mayer time to get their comfortable in the show so they can contribute in WBC 2026 🇲🇽

    Reply
  5. Ted

    2 months ago

    Yes

    Reply
  6. ButchAdams79

    2 months ago

    Hopefully this leads to garcia being traded

    Reply
  7. Idiot_Wind

    2 months ago

    Osuna, Langford, Jung and Kumar Rocker is a good start for Paul Skenes

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    • rolandveras

      2 months ago

      I think it would be something more along the lines of Langford, Leiter, Wolcott, Robert Garcia, and Malcolm Moore. It would take a King’s ransom to get Skenes. Doesn’t matter though. Pitt isn’t trading him, and Texas doesn’t need pitching. Texas don’t hit.

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