Checking in on the Rangers roster and payroll

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesWith the Winter Meetings having wrapped up, it seems like a good time to take a look at where things stand as far as the Texas Rangers’ roster for 2023, as well as their payroll.

Currently, Cots has the 2023 payroll for the Rangers at $172,490,000. That includes the MLB Trade Rumors estimates for the Rangers’ arbitration-eligible players and the estimated amounts for guys making the league minimum (or thereabouts).

That number could change a little, depending on the structure of the Andrew Heaney deal, and what the actual arbitration figures come in at, as well as the possibility that an arb-eligibe player or two gets dealt, but the $170-175M range appears…