Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today:<\/p>\n
1. Rangers press conference scheduled:<\/p>\n
The Rangers are hosting a press conference at 1pm local time to introduce newly-acquired southpaw MacKenzie Gore<\/a>. Gore will be joined by president of baseball operations Chris Young and GM Ross Fenstermaker at the presser, which figures to provide insight into last week\u2019s trade with the Nationals. In addition, Young and Fenstermaker are expected to field questions regarding spring training, which could provide hints as to whether the team is largely done adding for the offseason or if there are more moves yet to come. If this is it for Texas, it\u2019s been a somewhat quiet offseason but certainly an interesting one. Marcus Semien<\/a>, Adolis Garcia<\/a>, and Jonah Heim<\/a> are out the door after the former was dealt to New York and the latter two were non-tendered, while Brandon Nimmo<\/a>, Danny Jansen<\/a>, and now Gore have been brought into the fold alongside an overhauled bullpen.<\/p>\n 2. Guardians presser also scheduled:<\/p>\n The Guardians are also hosting a press conference at 10:30am local time in Cleveland to formally announce the extension of star infielder Jose Ramirez<\/a>. Ramirez will be joined by club owner Paul Dolan and president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti. An appearance from both ownership and the leader of Cleveland\u2019s front office should provide insight into how the Guardians might look to spend the money freed up by Ramirez\u2019s restructured contract. That\u2019s a topic MLBTR\u2019s Anthony Franco looked into<\/a> for Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers yesterday. The press conference will also surely serve as a celebration of Ramirez, who now is poised to remain a Guardian for his entire career as he continues on his Cooperstown-bound track.<\/p>\n 3. DFA resolution expected:<\/p>\n One week ago today, the Rockies made their signing of utilityman Willi Castro<\/a> official. When they did so, they created a 40-man roster spot by designating right-hander Garrett Acton<\/a> for assignment. Acton has been in DFA limbo since, facing an uncertainty about where he\u2019ll be playing next and whether he\u2019ll be able to hang on to a 40-man roster spot. That should be resolved today, as Acton will either be plucked off waivers by a rival club or pass through them unclaimed. If the latter occurs, he\u2019ll be outrighted to Triple-A and serve as non-roster depth for the Rockies headed into 2026. Acton made his debut with the A\u2019s back in 2023 but most recently pitched in the majors with the Rays last year. He has just seven MLB outings to his name, but the 27-year-old Acton tossed 58 2\/3 innings of 3.68 ERA ball with a 30.1% strikeout rate \u2014 albeit against an 11.4% walk rate \u2014 with the Rays\u2019 Triple-A club last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today: 1. Rangers press…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-445433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}