Rangers pitcher learns he made opening day roster during game

Usually, if a manager is coming retired to sojourn a pitcher successful the mediate of his outing, it’s to present immoderate benignant of atrocious news.

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

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Pitcher Carter Baumler #68 of the Texas Rangers throws during the 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 the Rangers’ accumulation crippled against the Kansas City Royals successful alleviation of MacKenzie Gore successful the 5th inning. He didn’t let a tally and struck retired 1 batter. But Schumaker made his quality connected the mound adjacent aft Baumler didn’t conscionable the three-batter request earlier helium would beryllium allowed to beryllium removed from the game.

Schumaker gathered the infield astir him and told him helium had made the large league roster to commencement the season. Baumler was beaming arsenic the huddle broke.

"Somebody said, ‘I privation I got a representation of you erstwhile you turned astir and saw him,’" helium said aft the game, via MLB.com. "Most of the clip you spot the manager travel out, (it’s) like, ‘OK, you’re retired of the game.’

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Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker (55) checks his lineup paper during the 5th inning against the 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 helium told maine that, and it was conscionable a truly chill moment. I’m decidedly not going to hide that."

Baumler said helium thought helium was going to beryllium taken retired of the game. He had nary thought Schumaker was going to archer him helium made the team.

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

Once the determination was finalized, Schumaker was capable to present the 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 marque his large league debut. The Baltimore Orioles primitively drafted him successful the 5th circular successful 2020. He spent clip successful Baltimore’s workplace strategy earlier helium moved astir teams pursuing the 2025 season.

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