Sunday morning Rangers news and links
Good morning, folks…
The Texas Rangers lost to the Houston Astros by a score of 5-4 yesterday, in 11 innings.
The DMN’s game story laments the missed opportunities by the Rangers’ offense in the loss.
The Rangers opted to hold Jake Burger out of the lineup on Saturday due to his sore quad, though he did pinch hit late in the game.
Astros fans still hate Adolis Garcia.
Sebastian Walcott played in the Futures Game yesterday.
Evan Grant writes that the Rangers may break their six year streak of picking a college player with their first round pick.
In MLB Pipeline’s final mock draft, both Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis have the Rangers taking Georgia prep shortstop Daniel Pierce in the first round.
The final BA mock draft has the Rangers going with OU pitcher Kyson Witherspoon.
David Laurila has his Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.