The latest on the once and future World Series champion Texas Rangers
Good morning.
Shawn McFarland has takeaways from the weekend for the Texas Rangers where they dropped a closely contested series to the Dodgers following a 1-0 loss on Sunday.
Kennedi Landry writes that there are positive takeaways from the weekend with the pitching staff keeping Texas in games.
However, McFarland writes that the bats are thus far lagging behind the pitchers which has made their margin of error incredibly thin.
Jeff Wilson writes that the arms are excelling nearly a month into the season and the excellence seems sustainable.
McFarland notes that Joc Pederson sat on Sunday in the midst of a near-historic slump, as the Rangers hope to get him right.
Landry writes that callup Dustin Harris has been trying to pick up the slack for the lackluster position players.
McFarland notes that after a successful stint, the Rangers elected to keep Harris around when they activated Wyatt Langford on Sunday.
And, Landry names Luke Jackson — though, really the whole new bullpen — as a newcomer that has made a good impression early.
Have a nice day!