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Friday morning Rangers things
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers bounced back with a series salvaging and perhaps season salvaging win over the Mets. Kennedi Landry writes about Texas sending the season into the final weekend with the win. Evan Grant eulogized the Rangers on Wednesday but now says not so fast my friend. Jeff Wilson says the Rangers seized […]
Thoughts on a 3-1 Rangers win
Rangers 3, Mets 1
79-80 – Rangers send off Shed with 3-1 win over Mets
The Texas Rangers scored three runs while the New York Mets scored one run. After a couple of elsewise embarrassing defeats to the National League’s New York squad to begin this crucial series, and with the threat of a crippling sweep, the Rangers decided to buckle down and give the hometown fans one last victory […]
Game 159 Game Day Thread – New York Mets @ Texas Rangers
New York Mets @ Texas Rangers Thursday, September 24, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed LHP Zac Thornton vs. RHP Kumar Rocker Today’s Lineups METS RANGERS Francisco Lindor – SS Justin Foscue – 2B Juan Soto – DH Corey Seager – SS Bo Bichette – 3B Josh Jung […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 24, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 24, 2026 against the New York Mets: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and Zac Thornton for the Mets. The Rangers this afternoon try to finish their home schedule with a win, avoid a sweep, keep alive their hopes of a winning record, and keep afloat in their […]
Thursday Morning Links
Morning, all! The Rangers have optioned Winston Santos and recalled right handed pitcher Gavin Collyer for the final, probably futile, push for the playoffs. Aggressive bullpen usage wasn’t enough to keep the Rangers in the game last night and the ultimately fell 7-2 to the mets, leaving them 1.5 games behind Houston for the AL […]
Thoughts on a 7-2 Rangers loss
Mets 7, Rangers 2
78-80 – Semien shot sinks Rangers in 7-2 loss to Mets
The Texas Rangers scored two runs but the New York Mets scored seven runs. Oh. So baseball games are telling jokes now, huh? With their season hanging very much in the balance, Texas went until the first batter of the fifth inning before their first time on base all night and by that point, they […]
Game 158 Game Day Thread – New York Mets @ Texas Rangers
New York Mets @ Texas Rangers Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Nolan McLean vs. LHP Cody Bradford Today’s Lineups METS RANGERS Francisco Lindor – SS Wyatt Langford – LF Juan Soto – DH Corey Seager – SS Bo Bichette – 3B Josh Jung […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 23, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 23, 2026 against the New York Mets: starting pitchers are Cody Bradford for the Rangers and Nolan McLean for the Mets. Texas did not play well yesterday. We shall see if they play better today. The lineup: Langford — LF Seager — SS Jung — DH Nimmo — RF Duran […]
Pederson on i.l., Quantrill’s season over
Prior to last night’s game, the Texas Rangers announced that outfielder Joc Pederson had been placed on the 10 day injured list due to the broken bone in his hand that he suffered on September 12. To replace Pederson on the active roster, the Rangers activated Michael Helman from the 60 day injured list. To […]
Thoughts on a 6-3 Rangers loss
Mets 6, Rangers 3
Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all! Marcus Semien is in town with the Mets for the first time since being traded last offseason and reminisced about his time with the Rangers. The Rangers have placed Joc Pederson on the IL, retroactive to Saturday, but are hopeful he will be available if they make the playoffs. Pederson also missed time […]
78-79 – Rangers fall as Mets make mess of playoff aspirations
The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the New York Mets scored six runs. The Rangers had ample opportunity to hold or enhance their fate tonight against a team that was seven games worse than them, but instead decided to play a pretty bad game of baseball all the way around. In true past like […]
Game 157 Game Day Thread – New York Mets @ Texas Rangers
New York Mets @ Texas Rangers Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed LHP Sean Manaea vs. RHP MacKenzie Gore The Mets can’t be assed to release a lineup. Here is Texas’: Go Rangers!
Peyton Gray activated, Adam Macko optioned
Texas Rangers reliever Peyton Gray has been activated from the 15 day injured list, the team announced today. To make room for him on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned pitcher Adam Macko to AAA Round Rock. The 31 year old Gray was added to the Rangers major league roster in late April, and […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 22, 2026
Texas Rangers lineup for September 22, 2026 against the New York Mets: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Sean Manaea for the Mets. We begin the stretch of the final six games of the season. The games that will determine whether the Rangers win the American League West, or are staying home […]
Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Good morning. Kennedi Landry writes that should the Texas Rangers reach the postseason, Jack Leiter might be ready as one final reinforcement. Evan Grant writes that Ezequiel Duran has made a name for himself as The Solution for the Rangers after identifying the problem. Landry writes that as goes Corey Seager so goes the Rangers […]
Gore announced as Tuesday starter against Mets
Lefthanded pitcher MacKenzie Gore will start the series opener against the New York Mets on Tuesday, September 21, 2026, the team announced today. I wrote at length earlier today about the Rangers’ final six regular season games this week, much of which was predicated on the assumption (or hope, perhaps would be the better word) […]
On the final six games of the season
The Texas Rangers enter the final week of the 2026 regular season in first place in the American League West with a 78-78 record, one game up on the Houston Astros. One week ago today, we talked about how the 2026 Rangers were in almost exactly the same spot the 2025 Rangers were in 365 […]
Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes that the patchwork pitching for the Texas Rangers finally came undone in the series finale loss to Toronto on Sunday. Kennedi Landry writes that despite the Sunday setback, the Rangers embark on the season’s final week atop the American League West by a game. McFarland writes that the Rangers are […]
Minor league update for 9/20/26
We have our final minor league update for the 2026 season. John King struck out one and allowed two runs in two innings. Robby Ahlstrom threw a shutout inning. Wilian Bormie struck out one in a scoreless inning. Ben Peoples allowed a run in an inning, walking one and striking out one. Rehabbing Kyle Higashioka […]
Thoughts on a 7-2 Rangers loss
Blue Jays 7, Rangers 2
78-78 – Rangers greet .500 like an old friend with 7-2 loss to Toronto
The Texas Rangers scored two runs but the Toronto Blue Jays scored seven runs. After winning several games where it appeared as though the Rangers weren’t exactly the favorites, today The Shed dwellers had the opportunity to sweep Toronto with their remaining best pitcher Jacob deGrom on the mound versus a bullpen game for the […]
Quantrill to the i.l., Santos recalled
Texas Rangers pitcher Cal Quantrill has been placed on the 15 day injured list with a strained right lat, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled pitcher Winston Santos from AAA Round Rock. Quantrill had been dealing with this issue in his previous start, which he […]
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