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Minor league update for 6/3/26

For Hickory, Owen Proksch had just his second bad outing of the season allowing four runs in 1.2 IP, walking one, striking out one and giving up a homer. Aneudis Mejia struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings. Josh Springer was 3 for 4 with a double. Yolfran Castillo was 2 for 4 with a […]

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30-32 – Streak halted as Rangers drop finale to Cardinals 5-3

The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the St. Louis Cardinals scored five runs. The bad omens just kept piling up for the Rangers tonight and it ended with them losing for the first time in nearly a week as they saw their season-best five-game winning streak snapped in the finale from St. Louis. Bad […]

Game 62 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Busch Stadium LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Andre Pallante Today’s Lineups RANGERS CARDINALS Joc Pederson – DH Masyn Winn – SS Josh Jung – 3B Ivan Herrera – C Brandon Nimmo – RF Jordan Walker […]

Texas Rangers lineup for June 3, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for June 3, 2026 against the St. Louis Cardinals: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Andre Pallante for the Cards. Texas is looking to sweep the Cardinals in St. Louis, as well as extend their winning streak to six games and get back to .500. Skip Schumaker is rolling […]

Q&A with Hector Osorio

If you have been following the Texas Rangers minor league updates this year, you’ve probably seen the name Hector Osorio showing up quite a bit. The lefthanded hitting outfielder from Venezuela, who turned 21 in early April, is slashing .295/.429/.561 in 218 plate appearances over 48 games for low-A Hickory this year, while putting up […]

Wednesday Morning Links

Morning, all! Jordan Montgomery is expected to throw live batting practice this afternoon after being shut down for two weeks after his last batting practice session. Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford both played in a game for Frisco last night as their return to the big league club draws nigh. Both Langford and Seager got […]

Minor league update for 6/2/26

For Hickory, Louis Marinaro struck out five in two shutout innings. Michael Trausch struck out one in a scoreless inning. Paulino Santana was 2 for 3 with a pair of walks. Hector Osorio had a homer and a pair of walks. Dewar Tovar doubled and walked. Josh Springer doubled and walk. Marcos Torres had a […]

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Game 61 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Busch Stadium RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Dustin May Today’s Lineups RANGERS CARDINALS Joc Pederson – DH JJ Wetherholt – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Ivan Herrera – DH Brandon Nimmo – RF Alec Burleson […]

Texas Rangers lineup for June 2, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for June 2, 2026 against the St. Louis Cardinals: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Dustin May for the Cardinals. The Texas Rangers go up this evening against Texas native and one time Dodgers wunderkind Dustin May. The lineup: Pederson — DH Jung — 3B Nimmo — RF Burger […]

Brasier, Sborz opt out, become free agents

Relief pitchers Ryan Brasier and Josh Sborz, two veteran righthanders who have been pitching for Round Rock on minor league deals, have each exercised their right to opt out of their contracts and become free agents. June 1 is the date specified in the current CBA as the final date when a player who has […]

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Langford, Seager rehabbing at Frisco

Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford will both be with the Frisco Roughriders on a rehab assignment today. The Roughriders players will be eating well tonight. Seager last played on May 13. The Rangers had an off day on May 14, and then Seager had a planned day off on May 15. On May 16, Seager […]

Rangers Reacts Results: Giving Up?

Last week, in our most recent edition of Rangers Reacts, we asked a simple question: have you given up on the 2026 season? Over half of you — 53%, to be exact — said yes, you have given up already. I will note that the timing of when this question went out probably had an […]

Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant writes that it took a few attempts but Jacob deGrom earned his 100th career victory in last night’s 2-1 win over St. Louis. MLB dot com’s Jeff Jones writes that win No. 100 came on birthday No. 3 for deGrom’s son as the Rangers collected their fourth win in a row. […]

Game 60 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals Monday, June 1, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Busch Stadium RHP Jacob deGrom vs. RHP Michael McGreevy Today’s Lineups RANGERS CARDINALS Joc Pederson – DH JJ Wetherholt – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Ivan Herrera – C Brandon Nimmo – RF Alec Burleson […]

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Curvelo, Ahlstrom, Freeman up

The Texas Rangers have recalled relief pitcher Luis Curvelo from and infielder Cody Freeman from AAA Round Rock and have purchased the contract of relief pitcher Robbie Ahlstrom from AAA Round Rock, the team announced today. To make room on the active roster for the pitchers, the Rangers have optioned reliever Gavin Collyer to AAA […]

Texas Rangers lineup for June 1, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for June 1, 2026 against the St. Louis Cardinals: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Michael McGreevy for the Cardinals. The Rangers begin the month of June with a short road trip to St. Louis. Jacob deGrom will try once again to get to win #100, and if he […]

Rangers sign Kelenic to minor league deal

The Texas Rangers have signed outfielder Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract, per the beats. He will be joining Round Rock. Kelenic, 26, is a lefthanded hitting corner outfielder was the sixth overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft by the New York Mets, and was traded to the Seattle Mariners as part of […]

Minor league update for 5/31/26

Hickory starter Evan Siary allowed one run in five innings of work, striking out seven. Aneudis Mejia threw a shutout inning. Owen Proksch threw two scoreless innings with a strikeout. Hector Osorio had one of the two Crawdad hits. Hickory box score D.J. McCarthy went three innings in his start for Hub City, allowing six […]

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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes about what we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers over the last week, a club that started a homestand by getting no-hit and ended it with a sweep. Kennedi Landry writes about Jack Leiter following his Vandy bro Kumar Rocker for a stellar outing against Kansas City as the Rangers finished […]

28-31 – Rangers close out May with 6-3 win to sweep Royals

The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Kansas City Royals scored three runs. The Royals appear to have been just what the doctor ordered for a Rangers squad that had been having trouble making good on an alleged manageable portion of their schedule. After dropping a four-game set three to one to the Houston […]