Texas Rangers celebrate after winning Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. The Rangers won 5-0 to win the series 4-1.

Fien, an infielder from California, went to the Texas Rangers with the 12th overall pick. Cunningham, a shortstop from San Antonio, was taken six picks later by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Attendance at games has increased since the team's 2023 run to the World Series, where the Diamondbacks lost to the Texas Rangers. This season they are averaging 31,420 fans per game — the ...

Texas saw two of its committed high school players drafted in 3B Gavin Fien (12th overall to the Texas Rangers) and SS Kayson Cunningham (18th to the Arizona Diamondbacks).

The Diamondbacks selected Kayson Cunningham, another Texas pledge, at No. 18 overall. Cunningham is a shortstop from San Antonio Johnson High School who was the 2025 Gatorade Texas Player of the Year.

Attendance at games has increased since the team's 2023 run to the World Series, where the Diamondbacks lost to the Texas Rangers. This season they are averaging 31,420 fans per game — the ...