*****Official Texas Rangers 2026 Season Thread*****

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3:20p, 6/21/26
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Been impressed with Nicky Lopez.
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3:49p, 6/21/26
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Need Zeke to get hot again. Really hoping he makes the all star team, but he has been struggling lately.
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3:52p, 6/21/26
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I know batting average isn't cool anymore. But if you open up the ESPN app and look at our averages it kind of almost looks like a baseball team. If you squint really hard.
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4:05p, 6/21/26
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A WIN!!!
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4:06p, 6/21/26
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Hello Win Column!

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In reply to CampingAg • 5:09p, 6/21/26
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CampingAg said:
I know batting average isn't cool anymore. But if you open up the ESPN app and look at our averages it kind of almost looks like a baseball team. If you squint really hard.


I was looking in the MLB app yesterday and thought the same thing. Really starting to come together. We just don't seem to like leading for some reason.

Regarding Joc in the leadoff spot, he has a better lifetime average in the leadoff spot than any other place in the order. I think he has thrived since being there. He's no Rickey Henderson or Lou Brock but he tends to get on base more often.
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5:39p, 6/21/26
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If the pitching trends back to earlier in the year which is a real possibility this team could go on a run, but they will have to overcome Skip's sometimes erratic moves.
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In reply to Jimtim1216 • 5:57p, 6/21/26
If we could beat the other mediocre and bad teams we would be in good shape. They put that Stat up on Friday that we were 4th best record against winning teams and 4th from the bottom playing bad teams.
#FJB
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8:38p, 6/21/26
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Happy Father's Day!
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2:56p, 6/22/26
We've played 2.5 years of mediocre baseball with only brief reprieves. I tried to stay positive this season but they aren't that interesting and there is no breakthrough coming. 9 out of 10 losing seasons. Break it up - every single player is tradable.

Enjoy the team for the sake of summer time baseball. Remain thankful for 2023.
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6:30p, 6/22/26
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Zelle with a dinger! 2-0 in the 4th
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6:38p, 6/22/26
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How is that not blocking the plate?
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6:38p, 6/22/26
What a joke of a call. If that's not blocking the plate i don't know what is.
#FJB
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6:39p, 6/22/26
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Get rid of replay if you're not going to get the call right
Jimbo Franchione
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6:50p, 6/22/26
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You see it's the Rangers challenging so we will call it not blocking.
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6:55p, 6/22/26
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Such a BS non-call and **** review. That is the definition of blocking.
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7:57p, 6/22/26
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I do like it when we play small ball.
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8:31p, 6/22/26
Managerial malpractice to go back to letting Rocker start games. He should have an opener every game for the rest of his career until he can prove he doesn't need it.

ETA: saying it would be. He's effective when he has an opener as he was tonight.
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8:32p, 6/22/26
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Latz is a warrior!
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8:32p, 6/22/26
Good win!
#FJB
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8:32p, 6/22/26
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Hello Win Column!

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8:33p, 6/22/26
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Can we get the Tartan Army to attend more Rangers games?
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8:35p, 6/22/26
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Latz
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10:06p, 6/22/26
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Tyler Alexander starting (opening) again tomorrow. Has the same pitcher ever started two games in a row? I'm sure it has back in the Tungsten Arm O'Doyle days. Or maybe during the opener era in recent years that I'm unaware of.
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In reply to CampingAg • 10:23p, 6/22/26
CampingAg said:
Tyler Alexander starting (opening) again tomorrow. Has the same pitcher ever started two games in a row? I'm sure it has back in the Tungsten Arm O'Doyle days. Or maybe during the opener era in recent years that I'm unaware of.


Ethan Darden one month ago.
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In reply to CampingAg • 7:26a, 6/23/26
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CampingAg said:
Tyler Alexander starting (opening) again tomorrow. Has the same pitcher ever started two games in a row? I'm sure it has back in the Tungsten Arm O'Doyle days. Or maybe during the opener era in recent years that I'm unaware of.

Evan later updated today's SP to Quantrill.
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In reply to South Platte • 7:33a, 6/23/26
South Platte said:
We've played 2.5 years of mediocre baseball with only brief reprieves. I tried to stay positive this season but they aren't that interesting and there is no breakthrough coming. 9 out of 10 losing seasons. Break it up - every single player is tradable.

Enjoy the team for the sake of summer time baseball. Remain thankful for 2023.


The Red Sox and especially the Twinkie series were a massive beating. I thought we were going to make some hay against bad teams, but their offense ripped us to shreds.

I will say that Leiter being on the disabled list is a blessing in disguise. The kid has been an automatic loss this year.

We need to sweep someone for momentum and to get the Twinkie stink off us. We also need to win more road games in general. The marlins and jays are beatable. We just gotta do it.
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7:40a, 6/23/26
Also i like Diaz a lot better than Jensen. Jensen had been a big disappointment.
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8:08a, 6/23/26
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While I recognize that great hitting catchers aren't easy to come by, the Rangers seem infatuated with signing guys who are career 200-220ish hitters, and then seem surprised that they don't hit better. I agree that Diaz has looked a lot better than Jansen - he's a better hitter and probably as good or better defensively.
Jimbo Franchione
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In reply to rbtexan • 8:26a, 6/23/26
I'll say this, we are a better team with Diaz and Lopez .
#FJB
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In reply to rbtexan • 8:36a, 6/23/26
rbtexan said:
While I recognize that great hitting catchers aren't easy to come by, the Rangers seem infatuated with signing guys who are career 200-220ish hitters, and then seem surprised that they don't hit better. I agree that Diaz has looked a lot better than Jansen - he's a better hitter and probably as good or better defensively.


Heim's OPS last year was around 600. Jansen had an OPS around 700 the last 2 years.

We expected him to outperform Heim based on his history, but Jensens OPS is a terrible 586. Quite a bit lower than Heim last year. Nobody was happy with Heim last year either
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11:10a, 6/23/26
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This just doesn't feel possible...man, the AL sucks this year:

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In reply to dvldog • 1:15p, 6/23/26
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dvldog said:
This just doesn't feel possible...man, the AL sucks this year:



That is amazingly pathetic. I feel like we haven't won 13 games all season.
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2:55p, 6/23/26


Love to see it. Decent things happening on the farm.
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In reply to dvldog • 3:20p, 6/23/26
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dvldog said:
Jimtim1216 said:
Tksymm7 said:
Hmmmmmmm….suspicious.


Could explain a few things or are they giving him some down time to gather himself or perhaps a move to the pen?


Here's the story they're putting out. I don't buy it for a second.


Well I stand corrected:

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