Rangers Acquire Carter Baumler from Pirates

By Nate Miller

The Texas Rangers acquired righty Carter Baumler from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at the 2025 Winter Meetings.

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December 10, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla (Dec 10) — The Texas Rangers acquired righty Carter Baumler from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The trade occurred Wednesday at the 2025 Winter Meetings. Going to the Pirates in the exchange are right-hander Jaiker Garcia and cash considerations. Baumler, who was taken by the Pirates from the Baltimore Orioles in the Major League phase of Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft, joins the Rangers’ 40-man roster, which stands at 35 players.

Limited Innings

Carter Baumler, 23, went 2–0 with 2 saves and a 2.04 ERA over 28 relief appearances in 2025. He moved through the ranks, spending time with the Orioles’ Rookie-level FCL Orioles, High-A Aberdeen, and Double-A Chesapeake clubs. The right-hander did not yield a home run. He recorded a 10.4 SO/9 ratio and a 1.084 WHIP, the seventh-lowest WHIP figure among Orioles farmhands.

Baumler has gone 7–1 with 2 saves, a 3.05 ERA, and 104 strikeouts against 40 walks over 49 career games. He did not see official game action in 2021 while recovering from Tommy John surgery in October 2020. He will make a nice addition to the Rangers’ bullpen, which was a sore spot, in the 2026 season.

Jaiker Garcia

Garcia went 3–3 with two saves and a 4.66 ERA in 18 appearances for the Rookie-level ACL Rangers in 2025. The righty carries a career 5–8 record with a 7.22 ERA in 37 career appearances. A Venezuela native, Garcia originally signed with the Rangers in 2022. He began his professional career as a position player before transitioning to pitching full-time in 2023.

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Additionally, two players from the Rangers organization were selected by other clubs in the minor league phase of Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft. They are right-handers Jackson Kelley by the Chicago White Sox off the Rangers’ Double-A roster, and Kyle Larsen by the Pirates off the Rangers’ Single-A roster.

The Rule 5 Draft allows clubs without a full 40-man roster to select certain non-40-man roster players from other clubs. Clubs picking a player must pay $100,000 to the team from which said player came.