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Rangers Announce Jacob deGrom News After Leaving Blue Jays Game Early

The Texas Rangers have slipped to 62–64 on the season after losing eight of the team’s last ten games. The Rangers are looking to return to the postseason for the first time since they captured the World Series title in 2023.

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deGrom’s next start to be skipped

Jacob deGrom will skip his next start, which was scheduled to be on Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals, according to Chris Young (via the beat guys).

Texas Rangers News / MLB on ClutchPoints / August 19

Rangers’ Jacob deGrom to skip start due to shoulder soreness

With less than 30 games left in their season, every game counts for the Texas Rangers. Rangers president Chris Young decided to go all-in at the trade deadline to give Bruce Bochy a chance to make a run.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / July 26

Rangers Now Predicted To Have Quiet Trade Deadline

In years past, the Texas Rangers getting hot right before the trade deadline would have resulted in Chris Young finding a way to make a roster splash, acquiring a notable player or two who would help them for the rest of the season.

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Texas Rangers News / MLB on ClutchPoints / July 22

Rangers’ Chris Young reveals Texas’ potential trade deadline focus

The Texas Rangers struggled to stay around the .500 mark throughout the first half of the season. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has tried his best to turn things around, including getting himself ejected multiple times.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 25

Insider Gives Rangers Star Slugger Shockingly High Chance To Get Traded

The Texas Rangers continue to be a middling team this year. Almost halfway through the regular season, the Rangers sit two games under .500 and 7.5 out of first place in the AL West and three back from the final Wild Card spot.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 19

Rangers Farm System Near Bottom of Rankings After Several Recent Graduations

The Texas Rangers have a slew of talented young players who are currently contributing at the Major League level. In the lineup, they have left fielder Wyatt Langford and center fielder Evan Carter, who are key foundational pieces presently and into the future.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 18

Rangers Ship Out Their Intriguing Reliever To Phillies

For weeks now, many have wondered if the Texas Rangers are going to become sellers ahead of this year's trade deadline. That would go against the aggressive

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / June 7

Could Texas Rangers Address Glaring Weakness By Trading for Braves Star Slugger?

The Texas Rangers are not exactly contenders yet at this point in the 2025 MLB season. However, their destiny as buyers or sellers is firmly in their control as the next two months play out.

Texas Rangers News / Larry Brown Sports / May 4

Texas Rangers make big change to coaching staff

The Texas Rangers made a big change to their coaching staff on Sunday. The Rangers have fired Donnie Ecker, who had been serving as the team’s offensive coordinator.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / May 4

Texas Rangers Boss Encouraged by Young Star’s Progress in Minor Leagues

ARLINGTON — It’s been more than a year since Evan Carter impressed the Texas Rangers with his incredible stretch run as a rookie in 2023. Nothing has quite been the same since, thanks in part of a difficult-to-diagnose back injury last season.

Athletics News / Texas Rangers on SI / April 17

Texas Rangers Front Office Tough To Evaluate With Lows Outweighing the Highs

The Texas Rangers reached the highest of highs when they won the World Series in 2023. But, outside of that championship, success has been far and few between for the franchise for most of the last decade.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / April 5

Texas Rangers Pitching Staff Among Best in Baseball in These Key Areas

The season is young. The Texas Rangers had played just eight games going into Saturday’s contest with the Tampa Bay Rays. But there is already one clear trend emerging — the pitching is pretty good.

Texas Rangers News / Just Baseball / April 4

What We Know About the Rangers After the First Two Series

The first two series of the Texas Rangers‘ 2025 regular season are in the books. The club won both and currently sits at 5-2. In true baseball fashion, it was a bit of a mixed bag of games.

Texas Rangers News / Larry Brown Sports / March 25

Ex-Rangers World Series hero gets demoted to minors

Less than a year-and-a-half after starring in the World Series, one Texas Rangers player is headed to Triple-A. Rangers president Chris Young revealed on Tuesday that outfielder Evan Carter has not made the Opening Day roster.

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Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / March 22

Texas Rangers Youngster Proving Why Sophomore Slump May Just Be a Myth

When the Texas Rangers selected Wyatt Langford in 2023, they had their reasons. In the midst of what turned out to be a World Series championship season, the organization knew there was a chance it wouldn’t be selecting early in the 2024 MLB draft.

Texas Rangers News / MLB Trade Rumors / February 16

Rangers notes: Gray, Martin, Garcia

Last weekend, reports surfaced that the Rangers had some “internal discussions” about moving Jon Gray from the rotation to the closer’s role, in a creative way to address both their need for a closer and an on-paper surplus of starting pitchers.

Texas Rangers News / MLB on ClutchPoints / December 10

Chris Young reveals Rangers’ free agency strategy

The 2024 season could not have gone any worse for a Texas Rangers team that was defending its World Series crown. Struck by the injury bug over and over again, the Rangers fell flat last season, finishing out of the playoffs entirely with a disappointing 78-84 record.

Texas Rangers News / Last Word On Sports / October 11

Rangers Young Slugger Undergoes Wrist Surgery Again

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung‘s road to staying healthy took another bump. Jeff Wilson of AllDLLs.com reports that the highly touted Jung underwent additional wrist surgery, marking another setback in his quest for a healthy and consistent 2025 season.

Texas Rangers News / Texas Rangers on SI / September 17

Are Texas Rangers Interested In Young Japanese Pitcher Roki Sasaki?

ARLINGTON — Could the Texas Rangers be interested in signing a Japanese pitcher? Rangers President of Baseball Operations Chris Young just returned from a quick trip to Japan to check in with the club's Pacific Rim scouts and take a look at some of the league's top talent.

Seattle Mariners News / Seattle Mariners on SI / September 14

Former Seattle Mariners Pitcher to Continue as General Manager of Division Rival

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Chris Young has earned a contract extension as the general manager of the Texas Rangers. The news came out on Friday for Young, who had been operating without a contract moving forward.

Texas Rangers News / Last Word On Sports / September 13

Rangers Sign GM to Multi-Year Contract Extension

The Texas Rangers announced on Friday that the team has signed general manager Chris Young to a multi-year contract extension. Young, who joined the Rangers front office in 2020, was also promoted to president of baseball operations.

Texas Rangers News / Field Level Media / September 13

Rangers extend Chris Young, promote to president of baseball ops

The Texas Rangers promoted Chris Young to president of baseball operations and signed him to a multi-year contract extension on Friday. Young, 45, joined the team as executive vice president and general manager in December 2020 and took ownership of the team's baseball operations group in August 2022.

Texas Rangers News / MLB Trade Rumors / September 13

Rangers extend general manager, promote him to new position

The Texas Rangers have extended general manager Chris Young. That extension comes with a promotion to president of baseball operations.

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