*Vice President/Assistant General Manager, Player Development & International Scouting *
Ross Fenstermaker was promoted to General Manager on November 4, 2024, becoming just the 10th individual to hold the title in Rangers history. He continues to work alongside Chris Young, who became President of Baseball Operations on September 13, 2024.
Fenstermaker worked with Young as part of an active offseason this past winter, when the club re-signed Nathan Eovaldi, signed free agents Joc Pederson, Kyle Higashioka and Chris Martin, as well as added Jake Burger and Robert Garcia via trades.
The 38-year-old Fenstermaker has served the past three years as Vice President/Assistant General Manager for Player Development and International Operations. In his previous role, he had oversight of the player development/minor league operations departments and was also responsible for the Rangers¡¯ international amateur scouting efforts. He had additional involvement in other areas of baseball operations under Young and department leaders.
Texas affiliates at each of six levels of play have made postseason appearances in the past two seasons, this after the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders won the 2022 Texas League championship. Club affiliates have produced a winning record for five consecutive seasons, and the combined .535 winning percentage in 2024 ranked fifth among all organizations, the Rangers¡¯ best finish since 2019. The contributions of player development aided in the Rangers¡¯ selection as 2023 Baseball America Organization of the Year.
He enters his 16th season overall with the Rangers, his eighth based in Arlington, as Fenstermaker has extensive experience in professional and international scouting. He was the Senior Director of Pro & International Scouting from 2020-21 and Director of Pro Scouting in 2018-19. He spent the 2017 season as International Crosschecker after serving as a professional scout from 2011-16. Ross began his tenure with the organization in 2010 as a baseball operations intern. His first job in professional baseball was as advance video scouting intern with the Seattle Mariners in 2009.
A native of Granite Bay, California, Ross was a left-handed pitcher at Granite Bay High School (graduated 2004) and the University of California-Davis (graduated 2008). He and wife Lindsay have two daughters, Amelia and Finley, and reside in Southlake.