MLB Rumors: MLB Pipeline’s top 30 international prospects for the upcoming J-2 signing period for 2018-19 is out, with scouting reports and information on the top players who will be eligible come July 2, 2018. The Rangers, as usual, are identified as a team that is “expected to be aggressive” once the international signing period starts.
The player on the top 30 list linked to the Rangers is catcher Jose Rodriguez, a catcher out of Venezuela who is described as perhaps the most advanced hitter from Venezuela this year, with MLB Pipeline citing scouts as comparing him to Brian McCann (though hopefully without the Fun Police persona).