It wasn’t until recently that many of baseball’s top talent evaluators had Texas Rangers pitching prospect Caden Scarborough on their radars.

Now, it’s safe to say the 21-year-old has the attention of those in the prospect landscape and has been rewarded for it.

Earlier this week, Scarborough was named the Rangers' lone representative for the MLB All-Star Futures Game.

This year’s prospect showdown is scheduled for July 12 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia ahead of MLB’s All-Star week.

After being drafted in the sixth round with the 171st overall pick in the 2023 draft, Scarborough has quickly risen through the ranks of the Rangers system.

He is now widely regarded as the club’s No. 2 prospect behind shortstop Sebastian Walcott, who has missed the entire 2026 season while recovering from internal brace elbow surgery.

In seven starts for High-A Hub City this season, Scarborough has struck out 29 batters while walking just eight in 23.1 innings. Opposing batters are hitting just .229 against him.

Scarborough's 2026 season didn’t start until late May after he missed a lot of Spring Training due to a battle with melanoma that stemmed back to the offseason.

However, despite the late start, it seems that a promotion to Double-A Frisco could be in the cards for Scarbrough in the not-too-distant future.

Coming out of high school, Scarborough didn’t attend many showcase events as he spent his time playing both baseball and basketball at Harmony High School in Florida. In fact, it wasn’t until his senior year that he made it onto many scouts' radars.

The Rangers were able to pry the 6'5" righthander away from a commitment to Dallas Baptist for an over-slot $515,000.

In his first two years as a pro, Scarborough pitched just 10.1 innings due to a strained lat. In 2025, he posted a 2.45 ERA in 88 innings at Single-A Hickory and with Hub City to burst onto the radar.

Scarborough's ability to pound the strike zone sets him apart from other pitchers in the minor leagues. His 27 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate last year was the fourth best in MiLB, only bettered by Payton Tolle, Trey Yesavage, and Jonah Tong, who are all currently pitching in the big leagues.

You certainly won’t likely see Scarborough in Arlington this season, but given his quick-rising nature, the Rangers know it might not be long before they have the chance to work with another one of their homegrown pitching prospects.

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