SURPRISE, Ariz. — “How comfy would you be with the concept of Wyatt Langford Mania?” the Rangers’ No. 2 prospect was requested on his first day of Spring Coaching again in February.
“I do not even know what that’s,” he mentioned. “Wonderful, I suppose. … I imply, I do not suppose I actually have a alternative.”
No matter Langford Mania is, it has positively begun in Texas. Langford, who was the fourth general choose within the 2023 MLB Draft, will likely be on the Opening Day roster, Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy introduced on Friday.
Coming into Friday, MLB Pipeline’s No. 6 general prospect has mashed .388 with six homers and 19 RBIs in 17 spring video games. His 1.242 OPS is the very best mark within the Cactus League.
“I would not even speak in regards to the efficiency as a lot as simply the best way the person has carried himself,” Bochy mentioned. “There’s numerous consideration on him, numerous stress, I am positive. As a result of I do know coming in he needed to be with our membership, so the best way he simply dealt with every thing, he is actually carried himself like a Main Leaguer from day one.”
Final season throughout 4 ranges, the 22-year-old batted .360/.480/.677 with 29 extra-base hits and 30 RBIs quickly after being drafted.
Now, lower than a yr after taking part in for the Florida Gators within the School World Sequence, Langford joins the lineup of the reigning World Sequence champion Texas Rangers.
“I do not know if there was any doubt in his thoughts — I am positive there was — however he is with us,” Bochy mentioned. “He is earned it. It’s properly deserved if you take a look at the spring he’s had. I do know we have talked about and we sort of joked about him not being right here at instances, however [he] positively deserves to be right here.”