DALLAS -- MLB’s annual Winter Meetings came to a close on Wednesday afternoon and the Rangers had as much movement as anybody in the league, as the front office worked to continue improving the club.

The Rangers were among the more active teams in Dallas this week, reportedly agreeing to multiple free agent deals and adding another bat via trade. President of baseball operations Chris Young has said all offseason that the club will continue to be active on both free agents and in trade talks, which has been evident in all their moves so far this winter.

“I can tell you now, up in the room, we're going through every team, every free agent,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “We're turning over every stone to find guys that we think are going to be winning-type relievers or starters.”

DEALS DONE
The biggest news of the week was when the Rangers reportedly re-signed Nathan Eovaldi to a three-year, $75 million deal on Tuesday.

They also beefed up the lineup by adding corner infielder Jake Burger in a trade with the Marlins on Wednesday. The Rangers sent a trio of prospects to Miami in return: middle infielder Echedry Vargas, shortstop Max Acosta and left-handed starter Brayan Mendoza.

They finally took one step toward filling out the bullpen by signing Jacob Webb to a one-year, $1.25 million deal on Wednesday.

“I think we have clear needs on the club,” general manager Ross Fenstermaker said. “We've addressed several of them so far. We're going to continue to address more. I think addressing the bullpen was great. We also have a lot of clarity on other areas through these conversations, whether it be with agents or other clubs, what's out there and what we might be able to access in order to further upgrade the club. We feel like we did a lot of good things so far, but we've got plenty more work this offseason to finish.”

BIGGEST REMAINING NEED: RELIEF PITCHING
Eovaldi was the biggest priority for the Rangers this offseason, but there are still many holes in the bullpen. Texas lost four relievers -- RHP Kirby Yates, RHP David Robertson, LHP Andrew Chafin, RHP José Leclerc -- and swingman right-hander José Ureña to free agency this winter.

Josh Sborz will miss at least the first two months of the 2025 season after shoulder surgery last month, leaving the Rangers with very few reliable and experienced arms in the bullpen.

Though Sborz had an injury-riddled 2024 season, throwing just 16 1/3 innings due to his shoulder ailment, he tossed a career-high 64 innings in '23, in addition becoming maybe the club’s most reliable reliever in the postseason, tossing 12 innings with a 0.75 ERA en route to a seven-out save in Game 5 of the World Series.

Young said that the Rangers will likely not continue pursuing starting pitching other than Roki Sasaki, but the front office is open-minded about any way to improve.

More experienced bullpen arms will continue to be the focus.

“It has to be,” Young said. “There are so many uncertainties that we need to continue to look for the right bullpen arms to build a winning team.”

RULE 5 DRAFT
The Rangers did not select a player in the Rule 5 Draft. The 40-man roster remains at 39 after the swap of Burger and prospect Acosta, who was on the 40-man. Texas also didn’t lose any prospects in the Major League portion of the Draft, including players like right-hander Aidan Curry (Rangers’ No. 18 prospect per MLB Pipeline), first baseman Abimelec Ortiz, infielder Blaine Crim, right-hander Bryan Magdaleno and right-hander Josh Stephan (No. 24).

Texas had one player selected in the Minor League phase: RHP Ricky DeVito of Double-A Frisco's roster (by Miami).

GM'S BOTTOM LINE
Though there had been some uncertainty in regards to the Rangers’ payroll due to the TV rights deal, Young has consistently emphasized that the front office has all the tools that are needed in order to succeed in 2025.

“Our ownership has done a great job of giving us the resources we need to win,” Young said on Tuesday morning. “We’re very confident that we're going to be able to put a winning team out on the field and a team that's capable of competing for the division and hopefully a [World Series]. We've got a lot of good things happening right now.”