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Texas Rangers President of Baseball Operations Chris Young says that you can never have enough pitching.
On Wednesday night, the Rangers saw yet another arm that Young and the club hope can add to the already strong Texas pitching staff in 2026.
Left-hander Robby Ahlstrom retired all four batters he faced in his MLB debut in the Rangers' 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
After coming on in relief of Luis Curvelo in the seventh inning, Ahlstrom struck out the very first batter he faced as Cardinals left fielder José Fermín unsuccessfully used an ABS challenge on a strike three fastball that was fully in the zone.
“I thought I made a good pitch,” Ahlstrom said when talking about how his first MLB strikeout was an ABS challenge.
“I thought I saw that it was in the zone, so I was really confident that it was going to stand. It [The ABS challenge] kinda took the hype out of it a little bit, but a strikeout is a strikeout, I don’t care how I get it, so I was fine with it.” Ahlstrom finished.
Just four pitches later, Ahlstrom got Nolan Gorman to pop out to Ezequiel Duran at shortstop, and then would go on to strike out former Rangers prospect Thomas Saggese to end the inning.
Ahlstrom would come back out for one more batter in the eighth inning as he forced St. Louis center fielder Victor Scott II to line out to Josh Jung at third.
Following his fourth and final out of the night, Ahlstrom made sure to take time to soak in the moment as he walked off the mound.
“I was just kinda trying to take it all in,” Ahlstrom said while reflecting on the night. “I kinda looked around the stadium, and then as I was walking off, I looked up at my family in their section and stuff and just gave them a smile, took a deep breath and exhaled and kinda replayed but what happened, it was super exciting, and I’m just fourtnante to be able to do this.”
Not only did Ahlstrom get a moment that he will never forget, but he also impressed his new manager in the process.
“I thought he was outstanding,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said after the game. “94-97, throwing strikes, slider was really impressive, got a couple of big league strikeouts, that was awesome, he did a fantastic job.”
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On Wednesday night, the Rangers saw yet another arm that Young and the club hope can add to the already strong Texas pitching staff in 2026.
Left-hander Robby Ahlstrom retired all four batters he faced in his MLB debut in the Rangers' 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
After coming on in relief of Luis Curvelo in the seventh inning, Ahlstrom struck out the very first batter he faced as Cardinals left fielder José Fermín unsuccessfully used an ABS challenge on a strike three fastball that was fully in the zone.
“I thought I made a good pitch,” Ahlstrom said when talking about how his first MLB strikeout was an ABS challenge.
“I thought I saw that it was in the zone, so I was really confident that it was going to stand. It [The ABS challenge] kinda took the hype out of it a little bit, but a strikeout is a strikeout, I don’t care how I get it, so I was fine with it.” Ahlstrom finished.
Just four pitches later, Ahlstrom got Nolan Gorman to pop out to Ezequiel Duran at shortstop, and then would go on to strike out former Rangers prospect Thomas Saggese to end the inning.
Ahlstrom would come back out for one more batter in the eighth inning as he forced St. Louis center fielder Victor Scott II to line out to Josh Jung at third.
Following his fourth and final out of the night, Ahlstrom made sure to take time to soak in the moment as he walked off the mound.
“I was just kinda trying to take it all in,” Ahlstrom said while reflecting on the night. “I kinda looked around the stadium, and then as I was walking off, I looked up at my family in their section and stuff and just gave them a smile, took a deep breath and exhaled and kinda replayed but what happened, it was super exciting, and I’m just fourtnante to be able to do this.”
Not only did Ahlstrom get a moment that he will never forget, but he also impressed his new manager in the process.
“I thought he was outstanding,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said after the game. “94-97, throwing strikes, slider was really impressive, got a couple of big league strikeouts, that was awesome, he did a fantastic job.”
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