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Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Another Curtis Terry home run Just Round Rock was in action, but they beat Sugar Land 5-4, so hey, an undefeated day for the Rangers organization. Wes Benjamin started and allowed 4 runs in 4.2 IP on 7 hits and a walk, striking out 3. Luis Ortiz and Jacob Lemoine each threw two shutout innings with two Ks and a hit allowed. Joe Barlow … [Read more...] about Minor league update for 6/14/21

Photo by Felix Kästle/picture alliance via Getty Images Taking a look at East Carolina second baseman Connor Norby, a potential 2021 Texas Rangers draft pick The 2021 MLB Draft begins on July 11, 2021, and unlike in 2020, this will be a twenty round draft — shorter than the forty rounds the draft has been in the most recent years prior to 2020, but longer than last … [Read more...] about Texas Rangers 2021 draft preview: Connor Norby

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports VOTE IKF (or don’t if you want him to keep the chip on his shoulder) Good morning. The Texas Rangers had the day off yesterday which, as Kennedi Landry writes, gave manager Chris Woodward time to reflect on the series against his old team at Dodger Stadium. Levi Weaver writes about the difficult process of knowing when to continue embracing … [Read more...] about Tuesday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports MLB has released the new guidelines for use of foreign substances on baseballs, which will be cracked down on beginning June 21 MLB has released new guidelines for the enforcement of the rules against applying foreign substances on baseballs. These new guidelines will go into effect beginning on Monday, June 21, 2021. As you can read … [Read more...] about MLB releases foreign substance guidance

Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports Rays starter Tyler Glasnow has landed on the injured list with a flexor strain and a partial tear of his UCL Tyler Glasnow has a flexor tendon strain and a partially torn UCL, causing the Tampa Bay Rays to put him on the injured list, per multiple reports. Glasnow will attempt rest and rehab rather than surgical intervention at this … [Read more...] about Glasnow sidelined with flexor strain, UCL tear

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports The Rangers and the Astros get Silver Booty Texas Rangers lineup for June 15, 2021 against the Houston Astros: starting pitchers are Kyle Gibson for the Rangers and Lance McCullers, Jr., for Houston. Hey, it’s a baseball game! The lineup: IKF — SS Holt — 3B Garcia — CF Gallo — RF Lowe — 1B Solak — 2B Calhoun — DH Martin — LF Trevino — … [Read more...] about Texas Rangers lineup for June 15, 2021

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Dodgers 5, Rangers 3 Dodgers 5, Rangers 3 So much for winning a road series. That was an unfortunate game. It was a winnable game, in fact. Dane Dunning allowed four runs in four innings of work, though he pitched better than that line suggests. He had his usual first inning issues, giving up a run two batters in on a … [Read more...] about Thoughts on a 5-3 Rangers loss

Photo by Stefan Klein/ullstein bild via Getty Images Some good results from several prospects in today’s minor league action Mason Englert returned from his sticky foreign substance suspension and went five innings for the Ducks, allowing three runs on four hits. He struck out nine and didn’t walk anyone. Thomas Saggese had a double and a walk. Luisangel Acuna had two … [Read more...] about Minor league update for 6/13/21

Photo by Fadi Al-Shami/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fangraphs has a mock draft out that has the Rangers selecting a prep shortstop 2021 MLB Mock Draft: Fangraphs has a mock draft out today, and the Texas Rangers grab Dallas Jesuit shortstop Jordan Lawlar at #2 in this projection from Kevin Goldstein and Eric Longenhagen. Lawlar has been a hot name pretty … [Read more...] about Fangraphs mock draft has prep bat to Texas