Jack Leiter, Kumar Rocker at center of Rangers investment in youth development, leadership

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ARLINGTON — For a moment Thursday, it was easy to imagine. It wasn’t hard to do. All the Rangers’ problems behind them. Man, what a view. Amazing what...

, Dustin Harris and Aaron Zavala chatted. That’s a full outfield’s worth of top-tier prospects for an organization that has sorely lacked outfielders for the last seven years. Before the coming season is done, one of them might be anchored in left field. It’s not difficult to envision them all flanking one another out in the stadium’s wide-open spaces.to Arlington this week for a leadership development symposium and minicamp. They did the same a year ago, but with a handful fewer prospects.

Through ACU’s online program, the Rangers are offering seven-week blocks of courses in subjects such as leadership development, mental performance, the history of baseball and multicultural communication. Each course is worth three college hours of credit. The Rangers had 32 minor leaguers sign up for the program this fall.

From left, Texas Rangers pitcher Tekoah Roby, Stephen Johnson, chief administrative officer at Abilene Christian University, Ben Baroody, Rangers director of leadership development & mental performance, and Rangers infielder Jonathan Ornelas listen to questions during a press conference at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The Texas Rangers and ACU announced RangersU, a partnership to shape educational content for the Rangers players and staff.

Texas Rangers pitcher Kumar Rocker speaks with reporters during minicamp at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. “It took the full season to realize this is a different routine than I had in college and understand what I needed to do,” he added.

 

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