Rangers pitcher learns he made opening day roster during game

Usually, if a head is coming retired to sojourn a pitcher successful nan mediate of his outing, it’s to present immoderate benignant of bad news.

Fortunately, for Carter Baumler connected Monday night, Texas Rangers head Skip Schumaker had thing worthy talking about.

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Pitcher Carter Baumler #68 of nan Texas Rangers throws during nan sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic accumulation crippled against Team Brazil astatine Surprise Stadium connected March 4, 2026 successful Surprise, Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

Baumler came into nan Rangers’ accumulation crippled against nan Kansas City Royals successful alleviation of MacKenzie Gore successful nan 5th inning. He didn’t let a tally and struck retired 1 batter. But Schumaker made his quality connected nan mound moreover aft Baumler didn’t meet nan three-batter request earlier he would beryllium allowed to beryllium removed from nan game.

Schumaker gathered nan infield astir him and told him he had made nan awesome convention roster to commencement nan season. Baumler was beaming arsenic nan huddle broke.

"Somebody said, ‘I wish I sewage a image of you erstwhile you turned astir and saw him,’" he said aft nan game, via MLB.com. "Most of nan clip you spot nan head travel out, (it’s) like, ‘OK, you’re retired of nan game.’

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Texas Rangers head Skip Schumaker (55) checks his statement up paper during nan 5th inning against nan Kansas City Royals astatine Surprise Stadium connected Feb. 20, 2026.  (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

"I turned around, I saw him, I was conscionable caught disconnected defender and didn’t cognize what was going to happen. And past he told maine that and it was conscionable a really cool moment. I’m decidedly not going to hide that."

Baumler said he thought he was going to beryllium taken retired of nan game. He had nary thought Schumaker was going to show him he made nan team.

The Pittsburgh Pirates initially picked Baumler successful nan Rule 5 Draft earlier nan Rangers traded for him successful nan offseason. Because he was a Rule 5 selection, it meant nan Rangers would person had to support him connected nan roster for nan full play if they chose to put him connected nan opening time roster.

Once nan determination was finalized, Schumaker was capable to present nan bully news.

Texas Rangers pitcher Carter Baumler during media time astatine Surprise Sports Complex connected Feb. 17, 2026.  (Arianna Grainey/Imagn Images)

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Baumler has yet to make his awesome convention debut. The Baltimore Orioles primitively drafted him successful nan 5th information successful 2020. He spent clip successful Baltimore’s workplace strategy earlier he moved astir teams pursuing nan 2025 season.

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