It’s pretty safe to say that the Texas Rangers have this whole arbitration thing very well figured out.

Texas has not had a case go to an arbitration hearing since 2000 when they went to a hearing with LHP Lee Stevens.

Entering the 2024/2025 offseason, the Rangers had five players who were eligible for arbitration.

That list included RHP’s Dane Dunning and Josh Sborz, 1B Nathaniel Lowe, C Jonah Heim, and CF Leody Taveras.

Back in November, the Rangers agreed to deals with Dunning and Sborz to avoid arbitration. Dunning took the maximum 20% pay cut allowed under the CBA, and Sborz also agreed.

In December, the Rangers traded Lowe to the Nationals where he and the team would not come to an agreement before yesterday’s arbitration deadline after he filed at $11.1 million, a number Texas would likely never have gone to.

However, the Rangers once again did not have that same issue as they continued their dominance of the arbitration system.

Texas came to agreements with both Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras preventing them from arbitration hearings.

Heim and the Rangers settled at $4.75 million which is less than many had projected him to sign for.

2024 was a struggle for Heim who slashed just .220/.267/.336/.602 (101-459) with 13 home runs and 59 RBI in 131 games.

If the Rangers offense wants to bounce back in 2025, there is no doubt that Heim will need to be a big part in it as he splits time behind the plate with Kyle Higashioka.

Leody Taveras doesn’t figure to slot into the Rangers’ Opening Day lineup for the first time in five seasons.

After being one of if not the best nine-hole hitters in all of baseball in 2023, Taveras struggled mightily in 2024 slashing .229/.289/.352/.641 (110-480) with 12 home runs, 44 RBI.

Still, Taveras and the Rangers were able to settle at $4.75 million for the 2025 season which will see him in a different role.

Taveras’ name could be on the trade block if the Rangers so choose to add some salary to go after a proven closer.