Texas Rangers Top Prospect Wyatt Langford Earns Promotion

Wyatt Langford was selected No. 4 overall by the Texas Rangers in July and he's already moving up the minor league system.

It took just three games for Texas Rangers first-round pick Wyatt Langford to earn a promotion.

Langford, taken with the fourth overall selection in July’s draft, is expected to be promoted to High Class-A Hickory after debuting with three games with the Arizona Complex League Rangers.

Multiple outlets reported the promotion. The Rangers did not make a formal announcement and Langford’s promotion did not appear on the minor league transaction wire. He’s expected to make his Hickory debut on Wednesday.

The Rangers assigned Langford and the rest of their 2023 draft picks to the ACL for their onboarding to professional baseball and to get their first taste of playing time.

Langford, a right-handed hitting outfielder, made an immediate impact. In three games, he batted .385 (5-for-13) with a 1.275 OPS. In his last game on Monday, he went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double and his first professional home run, which came in the ninth inning. He also drove in three runs.

By sending him to Hickory, Langford is bypassing the Rangers’ Class-A affiliate at Down East.

The Rangers made Langford their highest-drafted position player since shortstop Jeff Kunkel in 1983. He has a reputation as a five-tool player that plays exceptional defense.

As a sophomore at Florida, he batted .356/.447/.719 while matching the school record with 26 home runs.

As a junior, he hit .373/.498/.784 with 21 home runs and 56 extra-base hits.

While at the Men’s College World Series in June, he batted .375 with seven extra-base hits, three home runs and nine RBI, including a six-RBI outing in Game 2 of the College World Series final against LSU.

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