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Game 149 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks
Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday, September 12, 2026, 7:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Chase Field RHP Kumar Rocker vs. RHP Brandon Pfaadt Today’s Lineups RANGERS DIAMONDBACKS Joc Pederson – DH Lars Nootbaar – LF Corey Seager – SS Ketel Marte – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Gabriel Moreno – […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 12, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 12, 2026 against the Arizona Diamondbacks: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and Brandon “Booty So” Pfaadt for the D-Backs. Texas tries to get it together in Arizona. Josh Jung is back. That’s a positive, right? The lineup: Pederson — DH Seager — SS Jung — 3B Nimmo […]
Rangers activate Jung, Eovaldi
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung and pitcher Nathan Eovaldi have been activated from the injured list, the team announced today. To make room for them on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned pitcher Adam Macko and DH/catcher Logan O’Hoppe to AAA Round Rock. Jung had been in the midst of his best season […]
Minor league update for 9/11/26
Hickory fell to Charleston, 7-6, in the deciding Game 3 of their playoff series, with the final out coming with the tying run on third base in the ninth. Their season is now over. Josh Owens started and struck out three in two innings. Geury Rodriguez allowed two runs in two innings, including a grand […]
Saturday morning Rangers stuff
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers lost another last night, a 9-1 stomping by the Diamondbacks. Evan Grant writes that…yeah, that might just about do it for this version of the Texas Rangers. Kennedi Landry writes about Wyatt Langford faltering down the stretch. The Rangers thinning bullpen continues to be a source of stress. Josh Jung […]
72-76 – Rangers suffer immaculate loss to Diamondbacks
The Texas Rangers scored a run but the Arizona Diamondbacks scored nine runs. It’s pretty ironic that in the span of about an hour, the 2026 Texas Rangers were laid to rest at Chase Field. I’ve watched nearly 150 games of this baseball team this season and have written about how a moment or sequence […]
Game 148 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks
Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, September 11, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Chase Field LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Merrill Kelly Today’s Lineups RANGERS DIAMONDBACKS Joc Pederson – DH Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Corey Seager – SS Ketel Marte – 2B Ezequiel Duran – 3B Gabriel Moreno – […]
deGrom, Strider, reporting on reporting, and AJM ranting about clickbait
The 2026 MLB trade deadline was almost six weeks ago, and as you may recall, the situation for the Texas Rangers was very fluid at the time. There were reports that the Rangers were saying that no one was off-limits and that they were listening on everybody after getting swept in Houston the weekend before […]
Friday morning Rangers things
Hello. The Rangers lost what had to be a top 3 worst loss of the season yesterday, falling 4-3 to the Mariners. Evan Grant says it stings that much more now that there’s hardly any time left in the season. Josh Jung will be back soon, if it isn’t too late already. Ditto Nathan Eovaldi, […]
Minor league update for 9/10/26
The Crawdads won Game Two against Charleston 4-3, evening up their best of three series and setting up a winner-take-all game on Friday. Hickory starter Evan Siary faced one over the minimum in six shutout innings, striking out seven. Jesus Lafalaise allowed a run in 1.2 IP. Kaden Carpenter was 3 for 4 with a […]
Thoughts on a 4-3 Rangers loss
Mariners 4, Rangers 3
72-75 – deGrom delivers before M’s deliver killing blow
The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the Seattle Mariners scored four runs. deGrom was dang near perfect. Joc Pederson tied Jake Burger for the team lead in dingers with a two-run shot off a tough Logan Gilbert. The Rangers manufactured a run via Skip Schumaker’s daily prescribed small ball. Yeah, sure, they were thrown […]
Game 147 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners Thursday, September 10, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) T-Mobile Park RHP Jacob deGrom vs. RHP Logan Gilbert Today’s Lineups RANGERS MARINERS Joc Pederson – DH J.P. Crawford – SS Corey Seager – SS Randy Arozarena – LF Ezequiel Duran – 3B Dominic Canzone – […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 10, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 10, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Logan Gilbert for the Mariners. It is the last game of the series in Seattle, the last game the Rangers will play against Seattle this season, and a win would be a very fine thing […]
Lone Star Ball Reacts Survey: Pending Free Agents
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rangers fans and fans across the country. This week’s Lone Star Ball Reacts question looks to the upcoming offseason, and the various Rangers players who are scheduled to hit the free agent market this […]
Thursday Morning Links
Morning, all! Sebastian Walcott has been setting the Texas League on fire but has been limited to DH as he recovers from an internal brace procedure performed in February. The plan is for him to return to the field for the playoffs and then play in the Carrinean this winter. League Nathan Eovaldi is chomping […]
Minor league update for 9/9/26
Just two games, with Hickory’s playoff series resuming Thursday and Hub City’s season being over… For Frisco, Leandro Lopez threw 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out two. Josh Trentadue struck out two in two shutout innings. Paxton Kling was moved up to Frisco and in his first game in the Texas League went 2 for 4 […]
Thoughts on a 3-2 Rangers loss
Mariners 3, Rangers 2
72-74 – Rangers roll snake eyes in 3-2 loss to Mariners
The Texas Rangers scored two runs but the Seattle Mariners scored three runs. So the Rangers weren’t especially lucky today. Maybe you could say you make your own luck when you do things like go 11-15 against the Angels and A’s, but the Rangers are trying to right their wrongs and sneak into the playoffs […]
Game 146 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) T-Mobile Park LHP Cody Bradford vs. LHP Kade Anderson Today’s Lineups RANGERS MARINERS Ezequiel Duran – CF J.P. Crawford – SS Corey Seager – SS Randy Arozarena – LF Justin Foscue – 2B Dominic Canzone – […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 9, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 9, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are Cody Bradford for the Rangers and Kade Anderson for the Mariners. Texas goes up against wunderkind Kade Anderson this afternoon, and since Anderson is a lefty, you know what kind of lineup there is. The lineup: Duran — CF Seager — […]
Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all! The Ranger have used an off day to tweak their rotation to maximize the number of starts for their hottest hand, Cal Quantrill Both Josh Jung and Nathan Eovaldi are nearing returns from the IL in time to participate in the Rangers’ last, desperate push for a playoff spot. Evan Grant has whipped […]
Minor league update for 9/8/26
In Game One of their best of three playoff series, Hickory fell to the RiverDogs, 9-8, in 10 innings. Game Two is scheduled for Thursday. Seong-Jun Kim allowed one run in an inning of work, stirking out one and walking two. Will Whelan allowed a run in two innings, striking out two and walking one. […]
Thoughts on a 10-5 Rangers win
Rangers 10, Mariners 5
72-73 – Rangers maul Mariners in 10-5 series-opening win
The Texas Rangers scored ten runs while the Seattle Mariners scored five runs. In the bottom of the fourth inning, after the Rangers had scratched and clawed their way to a 4-0 lead, the Mariners scored three runs on one hellacious swing as rookie Lazaro Montes feasted on a middle-middle fastball and unloaded for one […]
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