Out
Injury Lat
Est. Return 3/10/2026
2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
3.86
WHIP
2.14
K
5
SV
0
2026 Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Church drew some buzz last spring after Rangers' brass identified him as a potential closer candidate for the 2025 campaign. While the 24-year-old broke camp with Texas, he struggled to throw strikes in the early going, posting a 5:6 K:BB over 4.2 frames. This resulted in a quick demotion to the minors, but an oblique injury delayed Church until late-May. Once healthy, the 6-foot-3 righty struggled for Triple-A Round Rock, issuing nine walks across 4.2 innings until right elbow inflammation essentially ended his season (he returned for one appearance in September). During his time with the Rangers, the relief prospect showed roughly the same velocity on his pitches as in 2024 and used his 87 mile-per-hour slider slightly more often than his 96 mph fastball. With his elbow injury behind him, Church could factor into the Rangers' high-leverage mix for 2026 as long as he demonstrates improved command. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2025.
Ready for live work
Church (lat) is slated to throw live bullpen sessions Tuesday and Friday, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
Analysis
Church is working his way back from a teres major strain and could be cleared for game action by early next week if he responds well to his upcoming live sessions. The 24-year-old righty has made just six career appearances in the majors, but he boasts one of the more electric arms in the organization and could be a factor in the late innings for the Rangers later in 2026 if he can stay healthy and keep the free passes in check.
Church is working his way back from a teres major strain and could be cleared for game action by early next week if he responds well to his upcoming live sessions. The 24-year-old righty has made just six career appearances in the majors, but he boasts one of the more electric arms in the organization and could be a factor in the late innings for the Rangers later in 2026 if he can stay healthy and keep the free passes in check.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
20
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Marc Church generally throw?
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What part of the game does Marc Church generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
-44%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .250 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .250 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .300 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .167 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-100%
ERA on Road
2025
-100%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 13.50 | 3.00 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 13.5 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 0.00 | 1.62 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 8.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 13.50 | 3.00 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 13.5 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0.00 | 1.80 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Marc Church compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
0.83K/9
9.6BB/9
11.6HR/9
0.0Fastball
96.2 mphERA
3.86WHIP
2.14BABIP
.329GB/FB
0.83Left On Base
80.0%Exit Velocity
85.5 mphBarrels/BBE
20.8%Spin Rate
2114 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
29.2%Swinging Strike
9.1%Prospect Rankings History
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Tosses side session
Church (lat) completed a bullpen session Tuesday, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.
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Nursing lat strain
Church will be behind schedule to begin spring training while he recovers from a right lat strain, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.
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On Triple-A IL with elbow injury
Triple-A Round Rock placed Church on its 7-day injured list Tuesday due to right elbow inflammation, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.
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Sidelined at Triple-A
Triple-A Round Rock placed Church on its 7-day injured list Tuesday due to an oblique injury, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Sent down to Triple-A
The Rangers optioned Church to Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday.
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