With the Texas Rangers having made a trade involving players under contract for a lot of money, and with the non-tender deadline having passed, it is a good time to check in on the current state of the 2026 Texas Rangers’ payroll. We previously looked at the state of things in mid-October.

The Texas Rangers currently have seven players under contract for 2026. Those seven are:

Jacob deGrom — $38M

Corey Seager — $31.5M

Nathan Eovaldi — $31M*

Brandon Nimmo — $20.25M

Joc Pederson — $18.5M

Kyle Higashioka — $6.75M

Sam Haggerty — $1.25M

* Eovaldi’s salary can be considered to be $25M, $29M, or $31M, depending on how you do the math. If you want the details, check out the October post linked above.

Last time around we had five players under contract, one of whom was Marcus Semien. In t

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