The Texas Rangers are facing a serious offensive slump, and manager Bruce Bochy knows it’s time for leadership and patience. After losing five of their last six games– including a 2-1 heartbreaker against the Athletics– the Rangers find themselves searching for answers at the plate.
The Texas Rangers made a change at first base this offseason and the early returns have been mixed, while their former star player is doing great on his new team.
ARLINGTON — While the most notable short-term injury is to Kumar Rocker, the Texas Rangers have three others pitcher playing a longer game. Cody Bradford, Jon Gray and Josh Sborz are all in various stages of recovery from their respective injuries and have contrasting timelines.
After a nice start to the season, the Texas Rangers have fallen on some hard times of late and are just above the .500 mark with the first full month of the year coming to a close.
After a great start to the season for the Texas Rangers, injuries are starting to mount, and they have hit a bit of a rough patch. Following a nice start to the year, the Rangers have lost their last three series, falling into second place in the American League West.
With the Rangers’ offense off to an awful start, offensive coordinate Donnie Ecker would appear to be under pressure Here you go, the post that so many of you have been waiting for me to write.
A long-held belief in baseball is that pitching and defense win championships. The Texas Rangers have held up the front end of that deal all season. The second part?
The latest on the once and future World Series champion Texas Rangers Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes about what we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers over the last week.
A’s 2, Rangers 1 A’s 2, Rangers 1 Its deja vu all over again. The Rangers got a very good effort from their pitchers. They did not score enough runs. Rinse, repeat.
There have been several Texas Rangers players who have struggled over the first month of the season. Designated hitter Joc Pederson hasn’t come close to meeting expectations after being signed in free agency, going through a 0-for-41 slump.
The Rangers announced that they have selected right-hander Dane Dunning and optioned right-hander Caleb Boushley, two moves that were reported earlier on Monday.
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung can’t seem to catch a break. A few weeks after missing 10 days of the season with a neck spasm, Jung was being monitored by team officials after he suffered what was reported as a lacerated right index finger during an at-bat during Sunday’s game against the San Francisco Giants.
The Orioles have claimed left-hander Walter Pennington off unconditional release waivers, reports MLBTR’s Steve Adams. The Rangers had designated the lefty for assignment last week.
The Rangers minor league action from Sunday Hickory allowed 19 runs, so we’ll just skip the pitchers. Chandler Pollard had a hit and a stolen base. Jose DeJesus, Pablo Guerrero and Wady Mendez each had a hit.
The Texas Rangers are a team that has struggles on the road this season. They are 15-13 on the year, which puts them second in the American League West.
Jack Leiter’s first start back in the Texas Rangers’ rotation didn’t end the way he wanted — a gut-punch 3-2 walk-off loss to the San Francisco Giants — but the young right-hander still found a silver lining.
Giants 3, Rangers 2 Giants 3, Rangers 2 Was this the worst loss of the season? Recency bias may be at work here, but it sure feels like it. Jack Leiter
The Texas Rangers, once again, have failure to launch from an offensive standpoint. With Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants (19-1), the Rangers (15-13) lost two out of three games in the Bay Area and did so against a Giants team that only scored six runs in the entire series.
Facing a massive amount of injuries in the middle of the infield, the Colorado Rockies reunited with a familiar face late Saturday to help weather the storm.
Jake Burger hopes to cap an enjoyable weekend in San Francisco when his Texas Rangers vie for a series win over the Giants on Sunday afternoon. The three-game interleague series began in an unusual fashion -- with the home team honoring a visiting player with no tie to the host organization in a pregame ceremony.
The Rangers need García’s power, swagger and energy. One slump doesn’t erase his value, and his track record suggests he’ll snap out of it sooner or later.
The Texas Rangers’ starting rotation is one of the best in Major League Baseball under manager Bruce Bochy. The rich will get richer on Sunday with the return of Jack Leiter.
Fans of the Texas Rangers are growing weary of the lack of offense. All of last season, they heard that the team was going to start hitting. Just wait, it will turn around, they were told.