The Texas Rangers face one of the worst teams in baseball in a pivotal four-game home series that starts on Monday.
host one of the worst teams in baseball, the Chicago White Sox, for a four-game series that could determine whether they are buyers or sellers at next week’s trade deadline.after falling in the first two games of that series. With the 1-2 start since the All-Star break, the Rangers actually didn’t lose any ground in the American League West race. Texas is still five games behind the leader in the American League West.
It’s just that now the leaders are the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners, who are now tied for the lead after they battled in a three-game series this weekend in Seattle.Now, the Rangers need to duplicate that formula against the White Sox . On paper, this should be a series the Rangers can win and make up a bit of ground in the division before hitting the road. With the trade deadline coming up on July 30, the Rangers need some forward momentum to be buyers at the deadline.
Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers the Texas Rangers for Fan Nation/SI and also writes about the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. He also covers the Big 12 for HeartlandCollegeSports.com.
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