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365 days ago, the Rangers were in the same place

On September 14, 2026, the Texas Rangers begin the day a game back of the Houston Astros in the American League West, two games back of the Cleveland Guardians in the battle for the third Wild Card spot, and a game behind the Toronto Blue Jays. Texas had played 150 games, and had 12 games […]

Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the Texas Rangers are bruised and battered but they return home still vying for the playoffs somehow. Kennedi Landry writes that Corey Seager led the way for the Rangers as they took a series on the road for the first time in two and a half months. Grant writes […]

Minor league update for 9/13/26

Frisco finished out the regular season with a 10-8 win. They now face Amarillo on Tuesday in Game One of the best of three Division Series in the Texas League playoffs. Thomas Ireland went 4.2 innings, allowing three runs, walking two and striking out two. Joey Danielson allowed a run in an inning of work, […]

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74-76 – Rangers get moving, take road series from Arizona

The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Arizona Diamondbacks scored six runs. Back on June 30, coincidentally on the exact day the Rangers secured their last road series win before today’s victory, AJM wrote about how the Rangers being unable to grab an extra bag on base hits was hindering their run production. After […]

Osuna recalled, Cauley optioned

The Texas Rangers have recalled outfielder Alejandro Osuna from AAA Round Rock, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned infielder Cam Cauley to AAA Round Rock. The move to bring up Osuna — who was just a two hour flight away from Phoenix, in Sacramento — […]

Game 150 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks

Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday, September 13, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (KRLD 1080 / Rangers Sports Network) Chase Field RHP Cal Quantrill vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez Today’s Lineups RANGERS DIAMONDBACKS Justin Foscue – 2B Lars Nootbaar – LF Corey Seager – SS Ketel Marte – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Gabriel Moreno – DH […]

Texas Rangers lineup for September 13, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for September 13, 2026 against the Arizona Diamondbacks: starting pitchers are Cal Quantrill for the Rangers and Eduardo Rodriguez for the D-Backs. It is the final game of the road trip, and an opportunity for the Rangers to finish the road trip with a series win in Arizona and a .500 record […]

Minor league update for 9/12/26

Frisco starter Aidan Curry allowed two runs in one inning of work, walking two. D.J. McCarty allowed a run in 3.2 innings, walking three and striking out four. Leandro Lopez walked two and struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings. Josh Trentadue threw a scoreless inning, striking out one. Arturo Disla was 2 for 4 […]

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Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks last night by a score of 6-2. Josh Jung and Nathan Eovaldi were each activated prior to the game. Joc Pederson and Nicky Lopez are each being evaluated after leaving last night’s game due to a hit by pitch and hamstring issue, respectively. X-Rays on […]

73-76 – Returning Rangers lead the way in 6-2 win over D-Backs

The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs. Josh Jung had been the Rangers’ best and most consistent hitter throughout most of the first half of the season and right as the season’s second half was kicking into gear, Jung went down with a calf strain that was initially expected […]

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 […]

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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 […]

MLB

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 – […]