The 2023 All-Stars have not been announced due to multiple free agency moves

The Texas Rangers battled injuries and inconsistency in 2025 as the team failed to reach the playoffs for the second year in a row. The The Rangers moved on from Bruce Bochy after an 81-81 finish, hiring senior adviser Skip Shumaker as the new manager.

The The Ranger’s office is also taking a pay cut this offseason. The cuts are an attempt to avoid exceeding the luxury tax threshold for the third year in a row, which triggers an increase in fines.

On Friday, Rangers’ desire to reduce spending made two sacrifices who were both with the 2023 World Series team.Outfielder Adolis Garcia and catcher Jonah Heim were not tendered by Texas, according to the Rangers’ official X account. They will now hit the open market as free agents. ‘

The Rangers move on from VS champions Adolis Garcia and Jonah Heim

Friday marked baseball’s non-tender deadline. Teams had until 5:00 PM EST to offer contracts to arbitration-eligible players. The two sides would then have until February to work out the specifics of the agreement to avoid arbitration. Non-tendered players become free agents immediately.

The The Rangers tried to trade Garcia and Haim by the deadline. Texas was hoping to get players off the books and get prospects in return to help rebuild. But the team couldn’t complete the trade, so Garcia and Heim — along with right-handed pitchers Josh Sborz and Jacob Webb — were not tendered.

This move would have been hard to fathom just two years ago. Both players enjoyed career seasons in 2023, helping Texas win the only World Series title in franchise history.

Garcia made his second career All-Star game that season and won a Gold Glove. He hit a career-best 39 home runs with 107 RBI while posting a 4.5 bVAR.

Heim also won a Gold Glove and received an All-Star nod in 2023. He posted personal bests in home runs (18), RBI (95), runs (61), OPS+ (106) and bVAR (3.1).

Unfortunately, both players have struggled since then. Haim’s OPS+ dropped to 77 in 2025 and he registered just 0.4 bVAR. Garcia also suffered a down year with career lows in home runs, RBI, runs, OPS and OPS+. However, he had a strong defensive season, which increased his bVAR to 2.7.

Texas remains a great defensive club. The The Rangers won the team’s 2025 Gold Glove. However, defense alone does not win championships.

The organization is now in rebuilding mode after reaching the playoffs just once in the last nine years.