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2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #17

Congratulations to Winston Santos, who has been named the #16 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little under one-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 Perich […]

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Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Ryan Myers writes that Kumar Rocker followed a team loss with a win for a second consecutive outing after finding the right adjustments in yesterday’s finale victory. Jeff Wilson writes that the Texas Rangers knew the stakes against Seattle and delivered a series win to wrest away a modest amount of control in […]

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54-52 – Rangers down Furious George, take series from M’s

The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Seattle Mariners scored three runs. For as much as yesterday’s game felt like a bummer of a wasted opportunity, today’s game felt twice as nice. It was the best of all worlds, really. If you’d like, you can mentally pretend the Rangers won yesterday and took the […]

Rangers Reacts Results: How It Ends (2026 Regular Season Edition)

In the most recent edition of Rangers Reacts, we asked how you thought the Texas Rangers’ 2026 regular season would end — winning the division, missing the playoffs, or one of the Wild Card berths. The voting was close for the top spot… …but there were slightly more folks who think the Rangers will win […]

Game 106 Game Day Thread – Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers Monday, July 27, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP George Kirby vs. RHP Kumar Rocker Today’s Lineups MARINERS RANGERS Cole Young – 2B Joc Pederson – DH Julio Rodriguez – DH Wyatt Langford – LF Dominic Canzone – RF Ezequiel Duran – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for July 27, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for July 27, 2026 against the Seattle Mariners: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and George Kirby for the Mariners. The Rangers play the finale of both the series against the Mariners and their seven game homestand in a rare Monday matinee game today. If the Rangers win, they go […]

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2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #16

Congratulations to Seong-Jun Kim, who has been named the #15 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little over one-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 Perich […]

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Texas Rangers minor league update for 7/26/26

Hickory played a pair. In Game One, starter Daniel Keaney allowed a run in four innings, striking out five and walking one. Jormy Nivar walked three and allowed a pair of home runs in three innings, giving up three runs in all. Angel Arredondo homered. Paulino Santana had a hit and a walk. Sebastian Baquera […]

Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes about what we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers playing in a historically unexceptional division in 2026. Jeff Wilson writes that the American League West slap fight continued yesterday with Texas missing a chance to sink the Mariners. McFarland writes that the growing need for high leverage bullpen help reared its […]

53-52 – Winn loses, Rangers fall 6-4

The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Seattle Mariners scored six runs. In the span of a couple of pitches, a rather large swing in the fates of these two teams perhaps transpired and not in a way that favored the Rangers. Texas had already won the first two games of this series — […]

Game 105 Game Day Thread – Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers Sunday, July 26, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Logan Gilbert vs. RHP Jacob deGrom Today’s Lineups MARINERS RANGERS Cole Young – 2B Joc Pederson – DH Julio Rodriguez – CF Wyatt Langford – LF Dominic Canzone – DH Ezequiel Duran – […]

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Minor league update for 7/25/26

For Hickory, Jesus Lafalaise struck out nine in 4.2 scoreless innings. Guery Rodriguez threw 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out three and walking two. Yolfran Castillo homered and walked. Jay McQueen had a hit and a walk. Paulino Santana was 4 for 4 with a double. Marco Argudin had three hits. Hickory box score Izack Tiger […]

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Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners last night by a score of 7-1. The DMN game story talks about Wyatt Langford fueling the win. Nathan Eovaldi had one of his best starts of the season on Saturday. Three Rangers players hit milestones in Saturday’s game. Prior to the game, Josh Jung […]

53-51 – Nate was nasty as Rangers topple Mariners 7-1

The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Seattle Mariners scored one run. The Rangers came into tonight’s game apparently with the worst starters ERA in the Majors this month with a pitcher who had most recently allowed three home runs in his last start and with a lineup featuring, at first blush, about a […]

Game 104 Game Day Thread – Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers Saturday, July 25, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / FOX) The Shed RHP Bryan Woo vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi Today’s Lineups MARINERS RANGERS Cole Young – 2B Joc Pederson – 1B Julio Rodriguez – DH Wyatt Langford – LF Dominic Canzone – RF Ezequiel Duran – SS Randy […]

Jung to the i.l., Smith recalled

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung has been placed on the 10 day injured list, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled infielder Josh Smith from AAA Round Rock. Jung left Tuesday’s win against the White Sox due to a calf issue which, after the game, […]

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Minor league update for 7/24/26

Hickory played a pair. In Game One, Hickory starter Mason McConnaughey threw four shutout innings, striking out one. Jay McQueen had a hit and a walk. Pablo Guerrero had a hit and a stolen base. Paulino Santana had a hit and a pair of walks. Curley Martha and Yolfran Castillo each had a hit. In […]

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Saturday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers beat the Mariners 5-4 last night to take the first in a huge series. Kennedi Landry writes about a big night from Jake Burger. Evan Grant says a little small ball helped the Rangers increase their lead in the AL West Shawn McFarland touches on a very strong game for […]

52-51 – Burger, small ball, and bullpen help Rangers sink Seattle

The Texas Rangers scored five runs while the Seattle Mariners scored four runs. Despite the fact that half of the time it has felt like these two teams have been fighting to see who most doesn’t want to win the division, the Rangers and Mariners entered tonight’s game within a half game of each other […]

Game 103 Game Day Thread – Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners @ Texas Rangers Friday, July 24, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33) The Shed RHP Bryce Miller vs. LHP MacKenzie Gore Today’s Lineups MARINERS RANGERS Randy Arozarena – LF Joc Pederson – DH Julio Rodriguez – CF Wyatt Langford – LF Dominic Canzone – RF Ezequiel Duran – 3B Cal […]

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2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #15

Congratulations to Cam Cauley, who has been named the #15 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving almost one-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 Perich 7 — […]

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Minor league update for 7/23/26

Hickory and Hub City were both rained out. Hickory will play two on Sunday, Hub City will play two on Friday. Dylan MacLean went four shutout innings for Frisco, striking out four. Dylan Dreiling was 3 for 5 with a homer and a stolen base. Yeison Morrobel had a pair of doubles. Arturo Disla had […]

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Friday morning Rangers things

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers were off yesterday. Evan Grant writes that this upcoming series against the Mariners will go a long way in determining who these 2026 Rangers really are. Jeff Wilson has some fun draft tidbits such as one of the Rangers’ picks actually sizing up 6’10” Chris Young. MLB Pipeline has a […]