When you win a World Series, you can justify a trade that bites you in the butt for years to come. That’s what GM Chris Young did when he sent Ragans to the Royals for Aroldis Chapman last summer, a move the team felt had to be made as its bullpen began to...
Alden Gonzalez: That the depth of the Rangers' lineup hasn't really shown up. The big home runs by Corey Seager and Adolis Garcia in Game 1 masked the fact that the Rangers got very little production from the bottom half of their lineup. In Game 2, against a very sharp Merrill Kel...
“Everyone’s important. Obviously, you never want to see a player of García’s caliber go down out of the lineup and miss the rest of the World Series. But we have to get on and still play the game, and I think Janko did a tremendous job of filling in for him and the lineu...
The final win of this overwhelming run came on a night in which the Rangers survived Arizona ace Zac Gallen’s no-hit bid, got a gutsy effort from Eovaldi and turned on the full capabilities of their lethal lineup in the late innings....
Like Arizona, the Rangers have a lineup blended with young homegrown talent and veterans, although Texas has spent a lot more in free agency to bolster their offense with infielders Seager and Marcus Semien. The two combined for 14.3 rWAR in 2023. ...
The Texas Rangers will open the defense of their World Series title with the two top AL Rookie of the Year candidates in their starting lineup.
By the mid-1990s the Rangers had amassed a lineup full of powerful hitters, including catcher Ivan Rodriguez, outfielder Juan Gonzalez, and first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, and they won three AL West titles (1996, 1998, and 1999) in four years. Texas’s first forays into the postseason were...
Corey Seager, the Dodgers’ shortstop when he was the MVP of both that World Series and NLCS, homered against the team he left in free agency two winters ago for a $325 million, 10-year deal in Texas. He led off the sixth inning with his 15th homer to put the Rangers up 5-4, ...
The Rangers’ lineup featured Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Josh Smith and Adolis Garcia at the top for the second straight game. Previously, Smith had led off and Semien hit third of late. “It brought back good memories, seeing those guys in their normal place in the batting order,” ...
After Giants rookie Madison Bumgarner delivered a Lee-like performance in Game 4 — against a normally potent lineup slumping at the worst possible time — Texas is in a 3-1 hole in the best-of-seven series. "I don't think discouragement is the right word," Michael Young said after a...