SEATTLE — The SEC. Apparently, it does just mean more. At least to the Rangers. For the fourth consecutive year, the Rangers selected an SEC-raised player in...
from Vanderbilt and second baseman Justin Foscue from Mississippi State. The Rangers last non-SEC first-rounder, though, might be as good a comp for him as anyone.as a rookie. Neither Jung nor Langford were drafted out of high school. For that matter, neither was Foscue. All are disciplined hitters with power who made themselves into star college hitters.“There are some similarities there,” Rangers scouting director Kip Fagg said Sunday. “They are very similar on the work ethic end of it.
Rangers officials declined to say if Langford had been at the very top of their draft board, but Fagg did acknowledge that “he is someone we targeted all year.”“He fits the profile of the player we really like perfectly,” general manager Chris Young said. “The intangibles here are really important. He’s made himself into a great player.”Langford, who grew up just west of Gainesville, Fla. in Trenton, went to Florida as a catcher, but appeared in only four games as a freshman.
And then this year he took another step forward as a complete hitter. Despite a five-home run drop, every component of his slash line went upwards in 2023. He hit .373/.498/.784/1.282 in helping lead the Gators to the College World Series finals where they lost to LSU.
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