For the second straight season, the Texas Rangers began 2026 with a bullpen consisting of mostly fresh faces.

Perhaps the biggest question of last offseason was who the Rangers were going to use to get the last three outs of games.

It didn’t take long for Texas to find the answer as Jacob Latz grabbed hold of the closer position and didn’t let go.

Latz was the Rangers' lone All-Star representative in a season in which he finished with 30 saves and an ERA of just 2.13.

Now, as we head into 2027, Latz will be back to anchor the group of relievers that will almost certainly feature some new faces for the third straight year.

In 2026, Jakob Junis and Tyler Alexander combined to pitch 127.1 innings. Both of them are now free agents after Junis saw his mutual option not being picked up.

Of course, Texas could be willing to bring back Junis and Alexander. But, as we have seen the last few offseasons, the club hasn’t always brought back relievers even if they put up solid numbers the season before.

In 2025, the likes of Shawn Armstrong, Hoby Milner, Jacob Webb, and Phil Maton all had solid seasons with the Rangers but put on different uniforms the following year.

Should that trend continue this winter, Texas will have to find some other arms to fill the big innings pitched by Junis and Alexander.

As always, the reliever market will be an interesting one to play in, as there are always under-the-radar signings and the Rangers have been good at finding them for quite some time now.

It’ll be up to Chris Young and his front office staff to find the right couple of relievers to bring in and help keep the Texas bullpen at the high level it’s been at in the last few years.

Additonally, the Rangers do have some solid arms returning outside of just Latz. Robert Garcia, Cole Winn, Chase Silseth, and Peyton Gray will all be back next year.

Each of those players has had proven success at the big-league level. Gray was the Rangers' second-highest-leverage arm for a lot of the season last year. Silseth put up great numbers before being traded to Texas; Garcia and Winn both had injury-riddled 2026 seasons but have had stretches of really good play.

Ultimately, the bullpen is never something that is truly known until there is a good sample size of regular season games. But it’ll be up to both the front office and the on-field pitching coaches to help the Rangers continue their recent bullpen success.