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Utilityman Tyler Wade is hanging up his spikes. The nine-year veteran announced his retirement on Instagram yesterday. Wade played for the Yankees, Angels, Athletics, and Padres during his big-league career. He spent this past season in the Rangers organization. Wade was taken by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2013 draft. He moved […]
The Texas Rangers are not in the playoffs. Some other teams are, though. You can talk about today’s games here.
The Rangers World Series win in 2023 was a fluke. Walk with me. I don’t mean fluke in that it was 100% luck, because literally every championship win in any sport has an aspect of luck to it. I don’t mean fluke in that it wasn’t earned, that was a damn good team with damn […]
Good morning. Zach Crizer writes that after everyone assumed the Texas Rangers would be mediocre in 2026, the Texas Rangers were mediocre in 2026. Jeff Wilson writes that, following the franchise performing an autopsy on the 2026 squad, the Rangers want to get more athletic moving forward. Kennedi Landry writes that, in a press conference […]
The Texas Rangers’ 2026 playoff miss is harder to excuse when the Houston Astros won the AL West at 81-81. The Rangers finished 80-82, one game behind the Astros, and missed October for the third straight year since their 2023 World Series title. The final day offered one last chance. The Rangers needed to beat […] The post 3 players most to blame for Rangers missing postseason appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Rangers recorded their third straight sub-.500 season in 2026, yet their 80-82 record was almost enough to win the lackluster American League West. The division ultimately went to the 81-81 Astros, who became the first team in the 31-year-old Wild Card era to clinch a playoff spot without finishing over .500. After his team […]
Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young addressed the media today in the wake of the team’s disappointing 80-82 finish. I am not sure if this was broadcast live or not, but if it was, I didn’t hear it, because I was busy working. I haven’t seen the DMN or the Rangers website put […]
The Twins ended the season on a high note, winning their last two series, including playing spoiler in the AL West race, taking two games from the Rangers. This wraps up the season with a 77-85 record, good for 3rd in the AL Central, a distant seven games back from the last wild card spot, […]
From 2016 to 2024, San Diego Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller hired four managers. Andy Green was the rebuild manager, never intended to be the guy. Then Preller hired his friend from the Texas Rangers, Jayce Tingler. They had their first successful season in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign. From the start of 2021, […]
The Texas Rangers had a chance to reach the postseason on the final day of the regular season. A win over the Minnesota Twins, paired with a Houston Astros loss, would have given them the American League West title. Instead, Texas lost 6-4 and finished Schumaker’s first year as manager at 80-82, one game behind […] The post Skip Schumaker says ‘frustrating part’ out loud about Rangers missing playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Texas Rangers’ 2026 season has come to an end, which means it is a pretty good time for us to check in on the state of the Rangers’ 40 man roster. The 40 man roster currently is full, and in addition, there are six players — Carter Baumler, Jalen Beeks, Jose Corniell, Jack Leiter, […]
The Texas Rangers‘ season came to a close on Sunday afternoon. It was a game that was meaningful, with lots of excitement and anticipation heading into it. Yet it ended like so many others this year. With another loss that just never felt like a potential win was within reach. This 2026 Rangers campaign ends […] The post Texas Rangers Squander a Winnable AL West appeared first on Just Baseball .
As we mourn (or celebrate, depending on your point of view) the end of the Texas Rangers 2026 season, we shall do a couple of polls today in regards to the playoffs. First of all, what American League team do you think will win the American League championship and advance to the World Series? Cast […]
Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes that the Texas Rangers finally succumbed to working with a threadbare pitching staff in a season finale loss that left no doubt that there would be no October baseball. Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers went 2-4 in their final two series of the year against two teams with losing […]
The MLB regular season has come to an end. Postseason action is just days away, as the playoffs will begin on Sept. 23. During the closing day of the regular season, the Houston Astros secured the American League West title over the Texas Rangers. The Philadelphia Phillies also clinched the final spot in the National […] The post MLB postseason: Bracket and schedule for 2026 playoff baseball appeared first on ClutchPoints .
MINNEAPOLIS — Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker finished his first season one game short of the postseason Sunday, and he put the shortfall on himself. The Rangers lost 6-4 to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field and finished 80-82. The Houston Astros beat the Athletics 9-0 in West Sacramento, Calif., to take the American League […]
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Texas Rangers finished one game behind the Houston Astros in the American League West, and their season ended Sunday at Target Field. Texas lost 6-4 to the Minnesota Twins in Game 162 to finish 80-82. Houston beat the Athletics 9-0 in West Sacramento, Calif., to close at 81-81 and clinch the division. […]
It is tempting to turn the commentary on Game 162 of a playoff-less season towards current complaints and hopes for next season. I’m not going to do that here—plenty of posts from myself and the entire cadre of Twinkie Town writers will dig into all that soon enough. For today—one final time in 2026—a Minnesota […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Rangers’ 2026 season did not go out with a bang. It went out with a whimper. The Rangers fell, 6-4, to the Twins on Sunday afternoon at Target Field, squandering any chance to win the American League West on the final day of the regular season. The only way Texas could have won the division and gotten into the postseason was with a win over the Twins and an Astros loss to the A’s. Regardless of the Astros’ postseason outcome, they will go down as the worst division winner in ...
As the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers were in battle for the AL West divisional crown, the former team would come out on top on the final day of the regular season. While it was a competitive AL West between the Astros and Rangers, the former is looking to make their mark in the postseason, […] The post Astros wins ugly AL West on final day of regular season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Minnesota Twins scored six runs. The Rangers stayed true to who they were until the bitter end. A sauceless bunch. The 2026 Rangers were a dry, unseasoned chicken breast served with a side of tap water. Today’s game had everything you suffered with all summer bundled up […]
A team that costs this much shouldn't be this mediocre, which means an offseason of big changes could be coming.
Cory Provus became the latest broadcaster whose heartfelt moment was hijacked by a home run. During Saturday’s Rangers-Twins game, Minnesota’s play-by-play voice was in the middle of a tender tribute in the top of the fifth inning, with Texas ahead 5-1. Provus praised the broadcast’s sideline reporter, Audra Martin, for the player-fan connections she chronicled…
First Chuck: 2:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Lone Star Ball Picture this scene: A lone (tall) man outside walking. It is 5:00 PM CST—and pitch dark. The man is clothed in long underwear, sweatpants, three shirt layers, and a parka with fur […]