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Game 101 Game Day Thread – Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers

Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed LHP Noah Schultz vs. RHP Kumar Rocker Today’s Lineups WHITE SOX RANGERS Sam Antonacci – LF Wyatt Langford – DH Munetaka Murakami – 1B Justin Foscue – 2B Miguel Vargas – 3B Josh […]

Rangers sign Rojas, Comeau, Bumila

The Texas Rangers have signed pitcher Gio Rojas, infielder Connor Comeau, and pitcher Brody Bumila, the team’s first, second and third round draft choices, respectively, it was announced today. Rojas, the 16th overall pick, reportedly received a bonus of $4.6 million, which is roughly $500,000 below slow. Comeau, the 54th pick, reportedly received $2.5 million, […]

2026 Texas Rangers Recap: Week 17

Season Record: 50-49 Week Record: 1-2 Series Record: 16–15, 1 split GAME 97: 1-15 Loss @ Atlanta Braves GAME 98: 7-6 Win @ Atlanta Braves GAME 99: 5-8 Loss @ Atlanta Braves The Rangers came back from the All-Star break and lost two games against the Atlanta Braves. So we’re going to talk about the lone win because […]

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2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #12

Congratulations to David Davalillo, who has been named the #11 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Caden Scarborough 3 — Malcolm Moore 4 — A.J. Russell 5 — Yolfran Castillo 6 — Rafe […]

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Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. The DMN’s Nate Sanchez writes about the Texas Rangers wasting an early lead with an off night from Jacob deGrom. Kennedi Landry writes that the eventual blowout loss sent the Rangers back to .500 and further clouded their trade deadline plans. Shawn McFarland writes that Chris Young would like to see the no-longer-in-first-place […]

50-50 – Rangers take a beating, slip back to .500

The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the Chicago White Sox scored ten runs. The Rangers were perhaps simply outclassed by a better team this evening. That’s a hilarious notion facing the White Sox of this recent era but former Bruce Bochy sidekick Will Venable has the South Siders atop the AL Central and playing […]

Game 100 Game Day Thread – Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers

Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers Monday, July 20, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Erick Fedde vs. RHP Jacob deGrom Today’s Lineups WHITE SOX RANGERS Sam Antonacci – LF Joc Pederson – DH Munetaka Murakami – 1B Wyatt Langford – LF Miguel Vargas – 3B Josh […]

Texas Rangers lineup for July 20, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for July 20, 2026 against the Chicago White Sox: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Erick Fedde for the ChiSox. Texas begins a seven day homestand today that’s a pretty big deal, facing the first place Chicago White Sox for three games and then the currently second place by […]

Rangers Reacts Results: The Draft

Last week, our Rangers Reacts survey asked folks to grade the team’s 2026 draft. This turned out to be one of the rare instances where most everyone was pretty pleased. Over 90% of respondents gave the draft either an A or a B, with the B’s narrowly edging out the A’s. Most of the rest […]

2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings — #11

Congratulations to Dalton Pence, who has been named the #10 prospect in the 2026 LSB Midseason Community Prospect Rankings, receiving a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Caden Scarborough 3 — Malcolm Moore 4 — A.J. Russell 5 — Yolfran Castillo 6 — Rafe […]

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Minor league update for 7/19/26

Hickory’s game was suspended due to rain in the top of the first with the Crawdads down 6-0. It will be resumed in late August. Hub City starter Kamdyn Perry didn’t make it out of the first, allowing two runs in 0.2 IP, walking one. D.J. McCarty walked four and struck out five in five […]

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Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant writes that the Texas Rangers suffered through mental mistakes that led to a series loss in Atlanta yesterday. Kennedi Landry has some takeaways from Texas’ series finale defeat, which in addition to defensive miscues, included pitching miscues and batting miscues. Grant notes that the Rangers are still deciding what’s next for […]

50-49 – Atlanta too hot for Rangers in 8-5 loss to Braves

The Texas Rangers scored five runs but the Atlanta Braves scored eight runs. In the like 120 degree Cumberland, Georgia heat that had to have made the Rangers glad to play half their games at The Shed, Texas experienced a death by a thousand bombs before their own porous defense took the finishing blow. Nathan […]

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Game 99 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves

Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 19, 2026, 12:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Truist Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Grant Holmes Today’s Lineups RANGERS BRAVES Joc Pederson – DH Drake Baldwin – C Wyatt Langford – LF Ozzie Albies – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Matt Olson – […]

Minor league update for 7/18/26

Hickory starter Jormy Nivar threw four shutout innings, walking one and striking out one. Michael Trausch allowed a grand slam in 0.1 IP, walking two. Guery Rodriguez struck out three in 1.2 shutout innings. Louis Marinaro threw two scoreless innings, striking out three and walking one. Pablo Guerrero went 2 for 4 with a homer. […]

Texas Rangers lineup for July 19, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for July 19, 2026 against the Atlanta Braves: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Grant Holmes for the Braves. The Rangers come to the end of their brief three game road trip this afternoon, and will try to take the series against the Braves. The lineup: Pederson — DH […]

Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves yesterday by a score of 7-6. Evan Carter had a two run homer in the win, part of a recent stretch of success Carter has had. The bullpen got a shot in the arm with the return of Jakob Junis to the active roster. Elias […]

50-48 – Gory start ends in glory as Rangers get even with Braves

The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Atlanta Braves scored six runs. The Rangers couldn’t let Eli White get away with it. With MacKenzie Gore back to having one of those kind of days following stepping up for a heroic turn in the first half finale, it was former Ranger White that turned a […]

Game 98 Game Day Thread – Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves

Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves Saturday, July 18, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Truist Park LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Owen Murphy Today’s Lineups RANGERS BRAVES Joc Pederson – DH Drake Baldwin – DH Wyatt Langford – LF Ozzie Albies – 2B Josh Jung – 3B Matt Olson – […]

Junis active, Corniell up

The Texas Rangers have activated relief pitcher Jakob Junis from the injured list, the team announced today. In addition, the Rangers have recalled righthanded pitcher Jose Corniell from AAA Round Rock. To make room for the pair on the active roster, the Rangers optioned relievers Emiliano Teodo and Gavin Collyer to AAA Round Rock. The […]

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Saturday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers got destroyed by the Braves in their first game back from the ASB. Kennedi Landry writes about Chris Sale good and Cal Quantrill ungood. Evan Grant has fan reactions from the switch to BZZR, which didn’t exactly shine in its debut. Elsewhere Grant says the Rangers face a key 16-game […]

Minor league update for 7/17/26

2025 4th rounder Mason McConnaughey made his full season debut for Hickory, allowing four runs on a pair of homers by Brady Ebel in three innings, walking two and striking out three. Jesus Lafalaise struck out two in two scoreless innings. 2025 20th rounder Jay McQueen, making his full season debut, had a pair of […]

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