Recruiting Talent
Southlake’s Ross Fenstermaker Forges Next Generation Of Champions.
Bailey Orr, Texas Rangers
Ross Fenstermaker
We are in the business of people development. I am lucky to be part of one of the best scouting and player development staffs in baseball. — Ross F.
Ross Fenstermaker will tell you firsthand that baseball isn’t just about the game — it’s also about the player. As a vice president and assistant general manager, Ross is responsible for developing players and scouting for new international talents, along with assisting general manager Chris Young on assembling the major league roster. Now in his 16th season of professional baseball, Ross is looking forward to molding tomorrow’s Texas Rangers.
As a West Coast transplant who moved to Southlake, Ross was a left-handed pitcher at Granite Bay High School and the University of California-Davis before graduating in 2008. His first job out of college was as an advance video scouting intern with the Seattle Mariners in 2009, but it didn’t take him long to become a Ranger. In 2010, he reviewed and processed over 1,200 scouting reports in preparation for the amateur draft, and shortly after, joined the Rangers full-time as a professional scout.
Throughout the next 10 years, Ross would move up the ranks in Rangers baseball, from crosschecker to professional scouting director to senior scouting director. His expertise and quality of recruits paid dividends, with Texas farm clubs accounting for a 377-435 (.522) record and three affiliates qualifying for postseason play. Many of the players Ross and his team signed and developed became part of the Rangers’ 2023 roster, which went on to win their first-ever World Series Championship against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
With a new season underway, the pressure is on for all of the Rangers to be on their A-game, but Ross welcomes the challenge.
“Winning the World Series sets the standard,” Ross says. “Expectations are to continue finding and developing championship-caliber players who can bring another championship to the Rangers organization.”
Whether they’re homegrown talent or an international diamond in the rough, Ross takes pride in developing every ballplayer to the fullest.
“It’s a great time to be a Ranger,” Ross says. “We’re excited about our future here.”
