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Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant writes that, in one of those Hakeem Olajuwon on the Toronto Raptors or Emmitt Smith on the Arizona Cardinals moments, Andrew McCutchen will suit up for the Texas Rangers against the Pittsburgh Pirates this week. Andrew McFarland checks out the latest trends after the Rangers finished up a long West Coast […]

Minor league update for 4/19/26

Hickory starter Jesus Lafalaise went 4.1 innings and allowed his first two runs of the season — one earned, one unearned — while striking out eight and not walking anybody. Paulino Santana had three walks and a stolen base. Marcos Torres doubled. Hector Osorio was 3 for 4 with a double. Dewar Tovar had a […]

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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant writes that McKenzie Gore’s subpar road trip shows that he’s not yet at the level that the Texas Rangers hope that he can achieve. Kennedi Landry writes that Gore allowed three home runs in a start for the first time since 2023 in the series finale loss to Seattle. Grant checks […]

11-11 – T-Mobile Park still has hands as Rangers drop finale 5-2

The Texas Rangers scored two runs but the Seattle Mariners scored five runs. A dumb weird little road trip for our dumb weird little baseball team in what is shaping up to be a dumb weird little baseball season. Brandon Nimmo singled for Texas on the game’s first pitch and then the lineup went until […]

Game 22 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners Sunday, April 19, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) T-Mobile Park LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Bryan Woo Today’s Lineups RANGERS MARINERS Brandon Nimmo – RF Rob Refsnyder – RF Corey Seager – SS Cal Raleigh – DH Wyatt Langford – LF Julio Rodriguez – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for April 18, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for April 18, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Bryan Woo for the Mariners. This is the final game of a long, grueling, ten game road trip. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Seager — SS Langford — LF Burger — 1B Pederson — DH […]

Minor league update for 4/18/26

A.J. Russell started for Hickory, throwing two shutout innings while striking out three. Louis Marinaro struck out two in a scoreless inning. Dewar Tovar was 3 for 5 with a triple and a homer. Paulino Santana had a hit and a walk. Yolfran Castillo was 2 for 4 with a double and a walk. Marcos […]

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Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers fell to the Seattle Mariners last night by a score of 7-3. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers continue to be bedeviled by George Kirby. New manager Skip Schumaker is bringing back bunting. MLB.com highlights one development for every team so far in 2026 to feel good about. Matt […]

11-10 – Regrettably, Rangers won’t go undefeated against Mariners

The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the Seattle Mariners scored seven runs. Faced with having to score runs off of George Kirby at T-Mobile Park, a near impossibility, manager Skip Schumaker brought in the infield on the first two opportunities that Seattle had with a runner 90 feet from home, and both times the […]

Game 21 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners Saturday, April 18, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / FOX) T-Mobile Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP George Kirby Today’s Lineups RANGERS MARINERS Brandon Nimmo – RF J.P. Crawford – SS Corey Seager – SS Cal Raleigh – C Wyatt Langford – LF Julio Rodriguez – CF Jake […]

Texas Rangers lineup for April 18, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for April 18, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and George Kirby for the Mariners. The Rangers look to make it two in a row against the Mariners and three in a row overall. Josh Smith gets a day off. The lineup: Nimmo — RF […]

Minor league update for 4/17/26

Hickory starter Evan Siary allowed five runs, including two homers, in four innings of work, striking out three and walking three. Kamdyn Perry made his 2026 debut with three shutout innings, striking out two. Yolfran Castillo was 2 for 5 with a double and a stolen base. Marcos Torres had a double and a walk. […]

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Saturday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers and Jacob deGrom held the Mariners scoreless last night in a 5-0 win. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers made a statement with their first Seattle shutout in nearly four years. Kennedi Landry writes about deGrom fighting through early trouble for the win. Elsewhere it looks like Josh Sborz will […]

11-9 – Rangers solve T-Mobile Park with 5-0 win over Mariners

The Texas Rangers scored five runs while the Seattle Mariners scored zero runs. For the second time this season the Rangers and Mariners opened up a series with Jacob deGrom matching up against Logan Gilbert in a battle between former Stetson University right-handers turned AL rotation-toppers. Like the game back in Arlington earlier this month, […]

Game 20 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners Friday, April 17, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) T-Mobile Park RHP Jacob deGrom vs. RHP Logan Gilbert Today’s Lineups RANGERS MARINERS Brandon Nimmo – RF Brendan Donovan – 3B Corey Seager – SS Cal Raleigh – C Wyatt Langford – LF Julio Rodriguez – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for April 17, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for April 17, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Logan Gilbert for the M’s. Texas begins a three game series in Seattle, the final stop on their road trip. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Seager — SS Langford — LF Burger — 1B Carter […]

Garret Anderson has passed away

Garret Anderson, long time major league outfielder who spent most of his career with the Anaheim Angels, has passed away, the team announced this morning. Anderson was 53. Anderson was originally a fourth round pick of the Angels in 1990, and during his career he was a member of the California Angels, the Anaheim Angels, […]

Friday morning Rangers things

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers won a spirited, comeback affair against the A’s yesterday. Kennedi Landry writes about how the Rangers finally bested their mortal enemy, the wind. Grant also writes about Gavin Collyer’s quick and efficient MLB debut. Grant also looks at some streaking Rangers, good and bad. Elsewhere MLB Pipeline lists the best […]

Minor league update for 4/16/26

All four Rangers affiliates scored double digits yesterday. Yes, even Hub City. Hickory starter Jormy Nivar allowed one run in four innings, striking out four and walking one. Paulino Santana was 2 for 5 with a walk. Yolfran Castillo was had a hit and a walk. Marcos Torres was 2 for 3 with two walks […]

10-9 – Rangers survive the wrath of Zephyrus with 9-6 win over A’s

The Texas Rangers scored nine runs while the Sacramento River Athletics scored six runs. Brother I don’t know what that was. It was barely even baseball. Anyhow, the Rangers dropped like ten popups and nearly lost a ridiculous, blustery finale in not-Oakland before the potential shame of blowing a 5-3 lead on a bases clearing […]