Matt Hicks breaks down the upcoming MLB season, key offseason additions, health concerns & player insights

KRLD-FM / 105.3 The Fan

Today is Opening Day for the MLB, and Texas Rangers radio broadcaster Matt Hicks joined RJ & Bobby to discuss the team’s outlook for the 2025 season. With the AL West shaping up to be a highly competitive division, we talked about the Rangers' offseason moves, including the additions of Jock Peterson, Jake Berger, and Kyle Higashioka. Matt gave insight into key players like Jacob deGrom and Josh Jung, discussing how their health could impact the team’s success. We also touched on the development of young stars like Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford, as well as expectations for Adolis García and Jonah Heim this season.

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00:00Uh, so I have seen a ton of like the predictions and you know, obviously everyone seems to

00:25be very, very high on the Rangers this year and they would be another team that goes from

00:30a losing record to first place.

00:33It just happens just about every year, uh, in the sport.

00:35Are you seeing the same thing?

00:37I'll tell you what I think that the American league West could be a very, uh, tight competition

00:46this year.

00:47Uh, when you, when you consider what's happened in the off season, I think the Rangers, you

00:52know, probably did more, uh, to improve themselves than anybody else in the division, but you

00:57still have to deal with a Houston team that is going to be excellent.

01:02The Seattle team that didn't do anything in the, uh, uh, off season to improve its offense,

01:09but still has, you know, one of the best starting rotations in all of baseball and, and the

01:15athletics team, can we call them Sacramento, can we call them Las Vegas, uh, and athletics

01:22team that I think is going to be a lot better than people maybe give them credit for on

01:29paper, uh, which is going to, again, make the division more competitive.

01:34So I think it's wide open.

01:36I think it's there for the taking.

01:38Um, and I'm excited about what the Rangers did as far as, you know, the additions of

01:44Jock Peterson and Jake Berger and Kyle Higashioka, and the prospect of having Josh Young fully

01:51healthy, uh, in this season.

01:53Um, you know, the, the Rangers were in the bottom third last year, as far as slugging

01:58was concerned, um, they were about 20 points below league average, uh, in that regard.

02:04And I think that, uh, you know, things are pointing up as far as, uh, you know, doing

02:10what most offenses want to do now, and that's slug.

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