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Explaining Rangers’ Recent Absence from Trade Deadline Candidates List

The Texas Rangers spent Wednesday trying to assess the damage from their worst loss of the season after falling, 12-2, to the Minnesota Twins. Three games under .500, the World Cup offered Texas a chance to take a break on an odd day and try to figure out how to turn things around.

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Rangers Being Held Back from Controlling AL West by This One Split

The Texas Rangers are off on Wednesday. They’ll resume their series with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. They’re in need of a win — and not just because they lost the first two games of the series.

Texas Rangers News / Lone Star Ball / June 17

Minor league update for 6/16/26

For Hickory, Aneudis Mejia faced four batters, retired two of them, and gave up a walk. Louis Marinaro allowed three runs in 1.2 IP, striking out once.

Texas Rangers News / Lone Star Ball / June 17

Thoughts on a 12-2 Rangers loss

Twins 12, Rangers 2 Do you really want to think about this game? No? Me neither. Let’s not. Let’s think about something else. How about this: Look at it!

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The 'Last cycle by MLB team' quiz

Can you name the last player to hit a single, double, triple and home run in one game for every MLB franchise? Five minutes are on the clock.

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Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 17

Rangers Smartly Take Rare Wednesday Off to Avoid World Cup Match

Ordinarily, the Texas Rangers would play on a Wednesday. During the hum of a 162-game season, Wednesday is either the final game of a three-game series that started on Wednesday and leads to a getaway off day on Thursday or part of a three-game or four-game series that ends on Thursday.

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The 25 greatest rookie seasons in MLB history

Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.

MLB News / Sport Relay / June 17

Twins Beat Rangers in Lopsided Affair

ARLINGTON, Texas (June 16) — The Texas Rangers were blown out Tuesday night, 12–2, by the Minnesota Twins. One of their many highlights was a big three-run homer by Kody Clemens in the first inning.

Texas Rangers News / ESPN / June 16

Scoring change lands Rangers' Ahlstrom 1st MLB win...

After a scoring change in the official box score, Texas Rangers rookie left-hander Robby Ahlstrom, 26, was awarded his first MLB victory on Tuesday, four days after he pitched in a victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Malcolm Moore News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 16

How Rangers Promoting Malcolm Moore Shows Faith in His Future

Those attending the Frisco RoughRiders game on Tuesday morning got a surprise — Malcolm Moore was the catcher. The Texas Rangers promoted their first-round pick from the 2024 MLB draft while their full-season affiliates were dark on Monday, per his MiLB.com page.

Joc Pederson News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 16

Two Reasons Why Joc Pederson Tops Lineup Again as Rangers Face Twins

If the Texas Rangers are going to get back to .500 and then get above .500 Joc Peterson is going to have to be part of the solution. Fortunately, that’s what he’s been the past month.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 16

Robby Ahlstrom’s First Rangers, MLB Victory Delivered Five Days Later

For rookies, certain milestones are the culmination of years of hard work. The first hit, the first home run, the first run scored, the first win claimed.

Malcolm Moore News / Lone Star Ball / June 16

Malcolm Moore promoted to Frisco

Malcolm Moore, the Texas Rangers’ first round draft pick in 2024, has been promoted from high-A Hub City to AA Frisco, it was announced today. Moore, a 22 year old catcher, had a disappointing 2025 season, as he slashed .195/.300/.276 on the year, primarily at high-A Hub City, while missing time due to a fractured thumb.

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Which 20 players have hit four home runs in an MLB game?

The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.

Texas Rangers News / Lone Star Ball / June 16

2026 Texas Rangers Recap: Week 12

GAME 66: 3-5 Loss @ Kansas City Royals GAME 67: 6-4 Win @ Kansas City Royals GAME 68: 4-2 Win @ Kansas City Royals GAME 69: 1-10 Loss @ Boston Red Sox

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 16

One Rangers’ Great Season Unexpectedly Rewarded in All-Star Game Voting

The Texas Rangers had at least one player deserving of being among the top two vote-getters at their position for next month’s All-Star Game. It just wasn’t Josh Jung.

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Texas Rangers News / Lone Star Ball / June 16

Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Shawn McFarland checks out what we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers in recent days as they continue on a demanding stretch in June. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers suffered through the latest of the most prevalent kind of Rangers loss in the series opener against Minnesota.

Texas Rangers News / Lone Star Ball / June 16