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2-1 – Newcomers help Rangers to 8-3 victory over Phillies

The Texas Rangers scored eight runs while the Philadelphia Phillies scored three runs. The two most notable offseason acquisitions for the Rangers this winter were Brandon Nimmo when he was acquired from the New York Mets for Marcus Semien back in November, and MacKenzie Gore when the Rangers unloaded the farm on the Washington Nationals […]

Game 3 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / RSN, Victory+) Citizens Bank Park LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo Today’s Lineups RANGERS PHILLIES Brandon Nimmo – RF Trea Turner – SS Wyatt Langford – CF Kyle Schwarber – DH Corey Seager – SS Bryce Harper – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for March 29, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for March 29, 2026 against the Philadelphia Phillies: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Jesus Luzardo for the Phillies. Texas will look to take the rubber game with new addition MacKenzie Gore on the mound. Evan Carter and Joc Pederson sit against the lefty, and Kyle Higashioka gets his […]

Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday by a score of 5-4. Shawn McFarland offers Five Observations from the win. Evan Grant laments that the Rangers’ closer situation is still a problem, though Skip Schumaker says Robert Garcia and Chris Martin made their pitches and will continue to be run out […]

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1-1 – Rangers survive blustery day to beat Phillies 5-4 in 10

The Texas Rangers scored five runs while the Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs in ten innings. Never a doubt, right? Ha ha ha… Corey Seager homered off Aaron Nola. So too did Jake Burger. That was a few hours ago. Feels like weeks. Then Rangers got a nice spot start from the other other Jacob, […]

Game 2 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, March 28, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / RSN, Victory+) Citizens Bank Park LHP Jacob Latz vs. RHP Aaron Nola Today’s Lineups RANGERS PHILLIES Brandon Nimmo – RF Trea Turner – SS Wyatt Langford – LF Kyle Schwarber – DH Corey Seager – SS Bryce Harper – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for March 28, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for March 28, 2026 against the Philadelphia Phillies: starting pitchers are Jacob Latz for the Rangers and Aaron Nola for the Phillies. The Rangers look to win their first game of the year and get to a .500 record on a chilly day in Philadelphia this afternoon. Jacob Latz is filling in […]

DeGrom scratched, Latz starting

Jacob deGrom, scheduled to start in this afternoon’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, has been scratched due to neck stiffness, it has been announced. Jacob Latz will start in his place. Whoever used a monkey paw wish on Latz being in the rotation needs to have their ass beat right now. deGrom, who turns 38 […]

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Minor league update for 3/27/26

Round Rock begins their season with a series in Sugar Land, and unlike the major league team, the Express won their opener. Cam Cauley was 2 for 3 with a HBP. He stayed in the game initially after the HBP, but was later replaced by Richie Martin, Jr. Alejandro Osuna was 1 for 3 with […]

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Saturday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, LSB. Kevin Sherrington writes that after the opening day thud Jacob deGrom is here to save the season and possibly the world. Jeff Wilson tells the story of how Andrew McCutchen went from a “90% chance” he wasn’t playing in 2026 to starting on opening day for the Rangers. Kennedi Landry also wrote […]

Rangers Reacts Results: Wins in 2026

Hope springs eternal and spring training, and for Rangers fans, there’s a degree of optimism about the 2026 Texas Rangers heading into the season. In the latest Rangers Reacts, we asked how many wins you are predicting for the Texas Rangers in 2026: The most votes were received for 86-88 wins, and almost three-quarters of […]

Friday morning Rangers things

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers are 0-1. Kennedi Landry has notes on a loss in which the Rangers offense got going too late. Jeff Wilson writes that two bad pitches doomed Nathan Eovaldi and the Rangers in Philadelphia. Evan Grant says at least the offense didn’t roll over and die, which was too often the […]

Game 1 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Texas Rangers @ Philadelphia Phillies Thursday, March 26, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / RSN, Victory+) Citizens Bank Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. LHP Cristopher Sanchez Today’s Lineups RANGERS PHILLIES Brandon Nimmo – RF Trea Turner – SS Wyatt Langford – CF Kyle Schwarber – DH Corey Seager – SS Bryce Harper – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for Opening Day, 2026

Texas rangers lineup for Opening Day, March 26, 2026 against the Philadelphia Phillies: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Cristopher Sanchez for the Phillies. It is Opening Day, y’all. Let’s do this. The lineup: Nimmo — RF Langford — CF Seager — SS Burger — 1B McCutchen — DH Jung — 3B […]

2026 Texas Rangers Prediction Thread

It is Opening Day for Your Texas Rangers!!! Woo-hoo!!! While we wait anxiously for this afternoon’s game in Philadelphia, here is a thread for you to make whatever predictions you want to make for the 2026 Texas Rangers. Predict!

Thursday Morning Links

Morning, all! Shawn McFarland completed his top 30 prospect countdown last week, so what’s left but to list where each of the 30 will be starting the season? McFarland is also flush with the heady optimism of spring. Kennedi Landry also thinks there are reasons to be positive, noting that it looks like the Rangers […]

Rangers make pre-Opening Day roster moves

With the Texas Rangers playing the first game of their season tomorrow, they announced the formal procedural moves to finalize their roster today. First of all, the Rangers have purchased the contract of outfielder/DH Andrew McCutchen. To make room for him on the 40 man roster, the Rangers have designated outfielder Dairon Blanco for assignment. […]

2025 Season in Review: Jacob Latz

With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at pitcher Jacob Latz. The 2017 draft didn’t work out too well for […]

Wednesday Morning Links

Morning, all! Shawn McFarland completes his prospect countdown at number 1 with Sebastian Walcott, who became the first teenager to start at shortstop in Frisco since Jurickson Profar… and if that’s not a good omen, I don’t know what is. McFarland also has the best pitches in the Ranger rotation as voted on by the […]

Spring Finale Game Thread: Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers bid farewell to spring training with a final exhibition matchup against the Kansas City Royals this afternoon in Arlington. RHP Jack Leiter will take the mound for his final warmup before the games begin for real on Thursday. Meanwhile, KC will counter with RHP Seth Lugo. Today’s Lineups ROYALS RANGERS Maikel Garcia […]

Rangers Reacts Survey: 2026 Win Total

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rangers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Okay folks…spring training is over, Opening Day is two days away, the season is about to […]