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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the Texas Rangers suffered through mental mistakes that led to a series loss in Atlanta yesterday. Kennedi Landry has some takeaways from Texas’ series finale defeat, which in addition to defensive miscues, included pitching miscues and batting miscues. Grant notes that the Rangers are still deciding what’s next for […]
Thoughts on an 8-5 Rangers loss
Braves 8, Rangers 5
50-49 – Atlanta too hot for Rangers in 8-5 loss to Braves
The Texas Rangers scored five runs but the Atlanta Braves scored eight runs. In the like 120 degree Cumberland, Georgia heat that had to have made the Rangers glad to play half their games at The Shed, Texas experienced a death by a thousand bombs before their own porous defense took the finishing blow. Nathan […]
Game 99 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves
Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 19, 2026, 12:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Truist Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Grant Holmes Today’s Lineups RANGERS BRAVES Joc Pederson – DH Drake Baldwin – C Wyatt Langford – LF Ozzie Albies – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Matt Olson – […]
Minor league update for 7/18/26
Hickory starter Jormy Nivar threw four shutout innings, walking one and striking out one. Michael Trausch allowed a grand slam in 0.1 IP, walking two. Guery Rodriguez struck out three in 1.2 shutout innings. Louis Marinaro threw two scoreless innings, striking out three and walking one. Pablo Guerrero went 2 for 4 with a homer. […]
Texas Rangers lineup for July 19, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for July 19, 2026 against the Atlanta Braves: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Grant Holmes for the Braves. The Rangers come to the end of their brief three game road trip this afternoon, and will try to take the series against the Braves. The lineup: Pederson — DH […]
Sunday morning Rangers things
Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves yesterday by a score of 7-6. Evan Carter had a two run homer in the win, part of a recent stretch of success Carter has had. The bullpen got a shot in the arm with the return of Jakob Junis to the active roster. Elias […]
Thoughts on a 7-6 Rangers win
Rangers 7, Braves 6
50-48 – Gory start ends in glory as Rangers get even with Braves
The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Atlanta Braves scored six runs. The Rangers couldn’t let Eli White get away with it. With MacKenzie Gore back to having one of those kind of days following stepping up for a heroic turn in the first half finale, it was former Ranger White that turned a […]
Game 98 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves
Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves Saturday, July 18, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Truist Park LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Owen Murphy Today’s Lineups RANGERS BRAVES Joc Pederson – DH Drake Baldwin – DH Wyatt Langford – LF Ozzie Albies – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Matt Olson – […]
Junis active, Corniell up
The Texas Rangers have activated relief pitcher Jakob Junis from the injured list, the team announced today. In addition, the Rangers have recalled righthanded pitcher Jose Corniell from AAA Round Rock. To make room for the pair on the active roster, the Rangers optioned relievers Emiliano Teodo and Gavin Collyer to AAA Round Rock. The […]
Saturday morning Rangers stuff
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers got destroyed by the Braves in their first game back from the ASB. Kennedi Landry writes about Chris Sale good and Cal Quantrill ungood. Evan Grant has fan reactions from the switch to BZZR, which didn’t exactly shine in its debut. Elsewhere Grant says the Rangers face a key 16-game […]
Minor league update for 7/17/26
2025 4th rounder Mason McConnaughey made his full season debut for Hickory, allowing four runs on a pair of homers by Brady Ebel in three innings, walking two and striking out three. Jesus Lafalaise struck out two in two scoreless innings. 2025 20th rounder Jay McQueen, making his full season debut, had a pair of […]
Thoughts on a 15-1 Rangers loss
Braves 15, Rangers 1
49-48 – Rangers forget to return from All-Star break, lose 15-1
The Texas Rangers scored one run but the Atlanta Braves scored 15 runs. When the probables were released and it showed that the Rangers would be facing Chris Sale to open the second half, while countering with Cal Quantrill, the best you could hope for was that they would do what they had been doing […]
Game 97 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves
Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves Friday, July 17, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33) Truist Park RHP Cal Quantrill vs. LHP Chris Sale Today’s Lineups RANGERS BRAVES Justin Foscue – DH Drake Baldwin – C Wyatt Langford – LF Ozzie Albies – 2B Brandon Nimmo – RF Matt Olson – 1B Josh […]
Texas Rangers lineup for July 17, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for July 17, 2026 against the Atlanta Braves: starting pitchers are Cal Quantrill for the Rangers and Chris Sale for the Braves. Texas begins the second half of the season with a three game set in Atlanta. Chris Sale is on the mound for the Braves, so Skip Schumaker has all the […]
2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #10
Congratulations to Jose Corniell, who has been named the #9 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little under a third of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Caden Scarborough 3 — Malcolm Moore 4 — A.J. Russell 5 — Yolfran Castillo 6 — Rafe […]
Thoughts on the Rangers’ 2026 draft
The 2026 MLB Draft is over. The Texas Rangers have made their selections and started signing players. Deals for their top few picks should be announced in the next few days, with the deadline for signing most drafted players being ten days from now, at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2026. Its a far […]
Friday morning Rangers things
Good morning, LSB. Jeff Wilson weighs in on the continued fallout from the Rangers’ BZZR bonanza. Some Rangers fans are making the switch while others are demanding refunds, Shawn McFarland writes. Elsewhere Evan Grant has his mid-season primer to help get your butt ready for the colloquial second half. MLB released the 2027 regular-season schedule. […]
Burns, Reds agree to $105M extension
The Cincinnati Reds and pitcher Chase Burns have agreed to terms on a seven year, $105 million contract extension, per reports. There are reportedly no options and no deferrals, and assuming the extension kicks in next year, it buys out two free agent years. Burns was the 2nd overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft […]
2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #9
Congratulations to Josh Owens, who has been named the #8 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little under a third of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Caden Scarborough 3 — Malcolm Moore 4 — A.J. Russell 5 — Yolfran Castillo 6 — Rafe […]
Thursday Morning Links
Morning, all! Did you enjoy the non stop excitement of direct-to-consumer streaming through Victory+? Well, that’s too bad because the Rangers have announced that they are switching streaming platforms effective immediately. The new platform will be BZZR, a sports streaming and social media platform with an executive that is also a minority partner in Rangers […]
McCullers to the Brewers, per report
MLB Trade Rumors: The Milwaukee Brewers are acquiring pitcher Lance McCullers, Jr., from the Houston Astros, according to Astros beat writer Brian McTaggert. The 32 year old McCullers has spent his entire career up to now with the Astros, having been drafted with the 41st pick of the 2012 MLB Draft (two picks after the […]
2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #8
Congratulations to Dylan Dreiling, who has been named the #7 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little over a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Caden Scarborough 3 — Malcolm Moore 4 — A.J. Russell 5 — Yolfran Castillo 6 — Rafe […]
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