Right-hander Alejandro Rosario was sent from the Rangers to the Nationals in the MacKenzie Gore trade.
Seemingly a fifth-round steal out of Miami in the 2023 draft, Rosario blossomed in his first year as a pro and looked like someone who might help the Rangers last year until he injured his elbow early in spring training. Expectations then were that he’d undergo surgery, but that didn’t happen for reasons that were never really disclosed. Nationals president Paul Toboni said today that Rosario will finally undergo Tommy John within the next few weeks, which would rule him out for 2026 and likely cost him part of 2027. So, he’s a wild card at this point, but hopefully he’ll reemerge. He was probably one of the game’s top 20 pitching prospects a year ago.
