Where do the Rangers' top prospects rank ahead of the 2025 season?

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The Rangers did a lot to reload by bringing players in from outside the organization, but what about the youngsters they're trying to develop from within? K&C take a look at the latest prospect rankings and where the Rangers' top prospects rank, including a list from the Athletic that has SS prospect Sebastian Walcott as the #2 overall prospect in baseball.

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00:00So, Sebastian Walcott, 17 for MLB.com, Baseball America, either 20 or 21, Keith Law, 2.

00:26Holy cow.

00:27Sebastian Walcott.

00:28I guess big hands, I shook it.

00:29Is listed as the number two prospect in all of baseball behind only Roman Anthony.

00:35And I think MLB.com had Roman Anthony at second behind only Roki Suzaki.

00:42And you might have arguments about how you think all of that works, but the point is

00:46everybody agrees or seems mostly everyone agrees that Roman Anthony is really good.

00:51So Keith Law says Sebastian Walcott has jumped from 40th to second on the list.

00:58The backfields are going to be so much fun this year.

01:00Is he going to be on the backfields or is he going to be on the field?

01:03I don't know if he got invited to camp.

01:04He did.

01:05He did get invited to camp.

01:07I know another name that popped up that people were intrigued by is Jesse Chavez, who we've

01:11talked to before.

01:12I love Jesse Chavez.

01:13He's a good dude.

01:14But Sebastian Walcott will be there.

01:17And so I can go through whatever part that you guys want in this, but I'm going to skip

01:22ahead just a little bit.

01:23He was okay in high A, low A, but from then on he cooked.

01:28296, 351 and 511 slash until a late season promotion to double A. So on the whole, he

01:35ended the year with an odd base percentage, 17 points above the Sally league average and

01:41a slugging percentage, 78 points above it.

01:44And he was the youngest regular in the league.

01:47So you're like, you're above average to way above average.

01:51He's still 18 years old.

01:53Yes.

01:54And he was, I think he might've just turned 19.

01:57He turns 19 March 14th.

01:59Oh, okay.

02:00So in spring training, he turns 19.

02:03So you could argue he's still a senior in high school.

02:06That is unbelievable.

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