<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-huge-boost-nathan-eovaldi-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers get huge boost with Nathan Eovaldi injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nathan-Eovaldi-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Rangers get huge boost with Nathan Eovaldi injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-27T14:15:37-07:00">June 27th, 2:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-27T14:36:03-07:00">June 27th, 2:36pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers starting rotation has been a strength in an overall disappointing season for the team. Veteran ace <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dominant-streak-continues-win-nationals">Jacob deGrom has returned to his dominant form</a>, leading the majors with 5 quality starts in June. But the Rangers have been without their best pitcher as Nathan Eovaldi has been sidelined by injury. That is, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rangers-nathan-eovaldi-set-to-return-friday/">until now</a>.</p><p>Eovaldi is set to return from the 15-day injured list and is scheduled to start Friday’s game against the Seattle Mariners, according to CBS Sports. He’ll face Seattle ace Logan Gilbert at Globe Life Field.</p><h2><b>Nathan Eovaldi to rejoin strong Rangers rotation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nathan-Eovaldi.jpg"><figcaption>Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 14th-year veteran last pitched on May 27, when he was forced to exit the game after two innings due to right triceps inflammation. The Rangers believed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-avoids-il-rotation-update">Eovaldi could avoid the injured list</a> with extra rest. However, the team ultimately placed him on the 15-day IL and he would be sidelined for a month with the triceps ailment.</p><p>Eovaldi had put together a Cy Young-caliber season before suffering the injury. He posted a 1.56 ERA, 0.808 WHIP, 9.5 K/9 and a 239 ERA+ in 12 starts for the Rangers. Now the two-time All-Star hopes to pick up where he left off when he rejoins the rotation Friday.</p><p>The Rangers elected to bring Eovaldi back without sending the starter on a rehab assignment in the minors. The 35-year-old righty threw simulated innings at batting practice and proved ready for a return.</p><p>In his stead, deGrom took over as the team’s ace. Through five June starts, the two-time Cy Young-winner went 4-0 with a 1.41 ERA, an MLB-best 0.72 WHIP and 32 strikeouts in 32 innings. In his most recent outing against the Orioles, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-orioles-fans-applaud-jacob-degrom-near-no-hitter">deGrom came close to a no-hitter</a>, taking the bid into the eighth inning.</p><p>The previous game featured converted reliever Jacob Latz in a spot start. And <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-gushes-about-terrific-jacob-latz-after-no-hit-bid">Latz took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning</a>. The Rangers hope the addition of Eovaldi creates an elite rotation as the team prepares for a second-half surge.</p><p>Still, despite the strong pitching performances, Texas has been streaky in June. After starting the month off with a four-game losing streak, the team turned things around by winning seven of the next eight games. But Texas is just 4-5 over the last nine contests.</p><p>Eovaldi returns to a sub .500 team as the Rangers are 40-41. They’re now eight games behind the first-place Houston Astros in the NL West.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers get huge boost with Nathan Eovaldi injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-shocking-transformation-chris-young-perplexed');   ga('set', 'title', 'The shocking transformation that has Rangers GM ‘perplexed’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Rangers-pitching-coach-Mike-Maddux-and-general-manager-Chris-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>The shocking transformation that has Rangers GM ‘perplexed’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-27T09:08:31-07:00">June 27th, 9:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-27T09:08:31-07:00">June 27th, 9:08am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints, who also covers the NBA and MLB. He received his Masters in Business Administration Bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Nichols College. Previously, ran his own website, and had bylines at FanSided, Basketball Network, Athlon Sports, and The Sporting News. In addition to his work at ClutchPoints, Owen is also a Breaking News Writer at Heavy and a Content Producer for More Views Media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dejected-reaction-failed-no-hit-bid">Texas Rangers</a> are officially halfway through their 2025 campaign, and to this point, they have been almost perfectly mediocre, as they have a 40-41 record through their first 81 games. There have been several unique trends that have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-texas-pitcher-cody-bradford-injury">not helped the Rangers</a>, but one of the more perplexing ones involves their own ballpark, Globe Life Field.</p><p>In baseball, ballparks are typically referred to as either a hitter’s park, or a pitcher’s park. In past years, Globe Life Field was typically regarded as a more batter-friendly location. This season, though, the Rangers home field has been the most difficult place to score runs in the majors. Nobody knows why that’s the case, with Texas’ general manager Chris Young recently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6455108/2025/06/27/texas-rangers-globe-life-hitters-marlins-pirates/" rel="noopener">weighing in on the puzzling trend</a>.</p><p>“Our people are perplexed,” Young said. “We’re looking at everything from the humidor to which doors and windows are open at what points of time during the game for entrance and egress. We don’t have answers right now. It’s a really hard thing for me to reconcile. Yes, the park is playing bigger. We’ve also found ways to win at home. Is that impacting us on the road? I can’t say.”</p><h2><b>Rangers trying to get on track amid confusing Globe Life Field trend</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jacob-deGroms-dejected-reaction-to-failed-no-hit-bid.jpg"><figcaption>Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>For whatever reason, teams are struggling to score at Globe Life Field, but to this point, it hasn’t exactly hurt the Rangers, as they’ve posted a strong 23-16 record when playing in front of their home crowd this season. The problem for them has been winning on the road, as they have just a 17-25 record, so it’s not as if this sudden change is having a negative impact on them.</p><p>Whatever the reason may be, Texas’ stadium becoming the most pitcher-friendly park in the game has confused folks across the league. The Rangers have bigger issues at hand, though, as they need to figure out how to start winning consistently if they want to make a playoff push in the second half of the season. Texas will kick off a new series against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night, with first pitch being scheduled for 8:05 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The shocking transformation that has Rangers GM ‘perplexed’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dejected-reaction-failed-no-hit-bid');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers’ Jacob deGrom’s dejected reaction to failed no-hit bid');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jacob-deGroms-dejected-reaction-to-failed-no-hit-bid.jpg"><figcaption>Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers’ Jacob deGrom’s dejected reaction to failed no-hit bid</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-25T23:37:17-07:00">June 25th, 11:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-25T23:39:46-07:00">June 25th, 11:39pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-orioles-fans-applaud-jacob-degrom-near-no-hitter">Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom had a masterclass</a> on the mound in the series finale against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night at Camden Yards. The two-time Cy Young winner was dealing for Texas, as he pitched seven scoreless innings, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth frame, during a 7-0 victory over the Orioles.</p><p>Baltimore outfielder Colton Cowser ended deGrom’s dream for a no-hitter in the contest when he had a single off a fastball from the 37-year-old Texas ace in the eighth inning. DeGrom’s night ended following Cowser’s hit, as he was replaced on the hill by reliever Jacob Webb, who, along with Cole Winn, finished the job for the Rangers’ bullpen.</p><p>DeGrom did not hide his <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jacob-degrom-takes-no-hitter-into-eighth-in-win-over-orioles" rel="noopener">thoughts on losing a chance</a> to complete a no-hitter.</p><p>“I even stood over there and said to [Cowser], like, ‘Dang it, I wanted that,’” deGrom said after the game (h/t Paige Leckie of MLB.com). “But it’s — they’re Major League hitters, too. So I threw a fastball — I think it was a fastball, I asked when I came in. Think I kind of blacked out, but I was like, ‘What did I throw there?’ And it was a fastball, and he got to it.”</p><p>Cowser had given Jacob deGrom some trouble in the previous two matchups in the game, as he battled the four-time All-Star for five pitches before striking out in the second inning. DeGrom retired Cowser again, but not before the latter made contact for a groundout. A perfect game was also going for deGrom until Jackson Holliday drew a walk in the sixth inning.</p><p>DeGrom may have lost a no-hitter against Baltimore, but he managed to set a new franchise record. He now has 13 consecutive starts of tossing for at least five innings and allowing no more than two runs, the longest such streak ever in the history of the Rangers and Washington Senators.</p><p>So far in the 2025 MLB regular season, deGrom has an 8-2 record, a 2.08 ERA, and 0.88 WHIP through 16 starts.</p><p>Texas, meanwhile, improves to 40-41 after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-gushes-about-terrific-jacob-latz-after-no-hit-bid">winning the Orioles series with two victories</a>, and will look to get back to .500 when the Rangers start a three-game series this coming Friday against the visiting Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Field in Arlington.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers’ Jacob deGrom’s dejected reaction to failed no-hit bid

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-orioles-fans-applaud-jacob-degrom-near-no-hitter');   ga('set', 'title', 'Orioles fans applaud Rangers’ Jacob deGrom after near no-hitter');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-starting-pitcher-Jacob-deGrom-1.jpg"><figcaption>Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Orioles fans applaud Rangers’ Jacob deGrom after near no-hitter</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-25T18:07:42-07:00">June 25th, 6:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-25T18:07:42-07:00">June 25th, 6:07pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom has been one of Major League Baseball’s best in 2025. With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-avoids-il-rotation-update">Nathan Eovaldi still on Bruce Bochy’s injured list</a>, the Rangers manager has relied heavily on his new ace. Luckily for him, deGrom was just as dominant as ever against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.</p><p>deGrom left the game after Colton Cowser broke up his no-hitter in the eighth inning. Even though Texas was the road team, Orioles fans in attendance realized just how great his performance was. According to DLLS Sports’ Jeff Wilson, Baltimore fans gave deGrom <a href="https://x.com/JeffWilsonTXR/status/1938034084858458433" rel="noopener">a standing ovation</a> as he left the game.</p><p>One New York Mets fan reminisced about deGrom after his start.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I love Jacob deGrom so much and still root for him like he’s a Met<br> <a href="https://t.co/jxHNosq5yt">pic.twitter.com/jxHNosq5yt</a></p><p>— James Schiano (@James_Schiano) <a href="https://twitter.com/James_Schiano/status/1938035207875268787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Rangers’ offense showed up for deGrom as well. After Cowser knocked him out of the game, he had a 7-0 lead. Bochy’s relievers came in and completed the shutout, giving deGrom his eighth win of the season.</p><p>Across the full game, Cowser’s single was the only hit the Orioles got on Wednesday. Despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/baltimore-orioles/orioles-news-gunnar-henderson-makes-baltimores-playoff-hopes-clear">Gunnar Henderson claiming that a turnaround is inevitable for Baltimore</a>, deGrom was not having it.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying">Bochy has been impressed by deGrom all season</a>. His brilliance on the mound is one big reason why the Rangers are still in the American League Wild Card race.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-jacob-degrom-trade-idea-draws-mlb-network-reaction">deGrom’s name is in trade rumors as the deadline approaches</a>. The 12-year veteran is well on his way to his fifth All-Star appearance. If he can stay on the mound throughout the rest of the season, he could even push Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal for the AL Cy Young Award.</p><p>Fans of one team rarely cheer for an opposing player. The fact that Orioles fans showed such respect to deGrom is a good example of how the rest of the league views him. Despite dealing with injuries throughout his career, deGrom commands respect and remains dominant.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Orioles fans applaud Rangers’ Jacob deGrom after near no-hitter

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-gushes-about-terrific-jacob-latz-after-no-hit-bid');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers’ Bruce Bochy gushes about ‘terrific’ Jacob Latz after no-hit bid');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bruce-Bochy-gushes-about-terrific-Jacob-Latz-after-no-hit-bid.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Jerome Miron</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers’ Bruce Bochy gushes about ‘terrific’ Jacob Latz after no-hit bid</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-25T11:19:57-07:00">June 25th, 11:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-25T11:19:57-07:00">June 25th, 11:19am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.spiering.3" rel="facebook">Chris Spiering</a>Chris Spiering graduated from the University of San Diego with a Communication Studies Degree. He spent his final year as the Sports Editor for the USDVista newspaper. Chris manages the betting team at ClutchPoints and contributes about the NFL, MLB, and NBA, but he follows most sports, including NCAA Basketball. Chris also covers San Diego State men's basketball for East Village Times.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/3-rangers-trade-block-2025-deadline">Texas Rangers</a> manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-all-time-ejection-leaderboard-white-sox">Bruce Bochy</a> will eventually retire (again) and go down as one of the greatest managers to ever coach baseball. When he came back out of retirement the first time to manage the Rangers, he led them to a World Series title against the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023. Two years later, the Rangers are 39-41 on the season, which places them 4th in the AL West Division, 7.5 games back of the Houston Astros.</p><p>On Tuesday, starting pitcher Jacob Latz had a no-hit bid in the 7th inning against the Baltimore Orioles but allowed a hit and two runs to end what was an incredible start. Bochy had nothing but <a href="https://x.com/victoryplustv/status/1937703391930490898" rel="noopener">great things to say about the performance</a>.</p><p>“What a job, huh? He’s been throwing the ball well. He was right on it. Good fastball, good changeup, slider, terrific job that young kid did. He’s just getting better and better. It’s a tough one for him not to get the win, but he did all he could. Really really impressive outing.”</p><p>As mentioned in the interview, Latz was a spot starter, and there were no expectations of him having the outing he had. Bochy kept him in the game after the hit allowed, but after he walked the following batter then that was it. Since becoming a spot starter, Latz has pitched 11.2 innings, allowing just three runs and four hits. Maybe being a full-time starter could be in store for the southpaw, especially after this outing.</p><p>On the season, Latz has a 3.22 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 34 strikeouts, and 16 walks in 36.1 innings.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-tyler-mahle-risk-missing-start-soreness">Tyler Mahle remains on the IL,</a> so Latz could get another start next week. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying">Jacob deGrom continues his hot season</a> on Wednesday as the Rangers take on the Orioles for the rubber match. These two teams will meet again at the start of next week in Texas.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers’ Bruce Bochy gushes about ‘terrific’ Jacob Latz after no-hit bid

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/3-rangers-trade-block-2025-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '3 Rangers who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-outfielder-Adolis-Garcia-2.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 Rangers who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-24T15:49:04-07:00">June 24th, 3:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-24T15:49:32-07:00">June 24th, 3:49pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers were 38-41 heading into Tuesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. Bruce Bochy’s team finds themselves  in the bottom half of the American League West. More than five games separate them from the Houston Astros at the top. With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-pitcher-cody-bradford-injury">Corey Bradford out for the rest of the season, the Rangers’</a> path just got a little harder.</p><p>Bochy led Texas to a World Series championship in 2023. Adolis Garcia and Corey Seager lead the team at the plate. Even though Jacob deGrom did not finish the season, his presence helped the starting rotation dominate in the postseason. The veteran starter is finally putting together a healthy season, but the offense has been underwhelming since the season began.</p><p>Bochy and the Rangers face a tough choice just over a month away from the deadline. They do not have the young players necessary to move on from their veterans and still remain competitive. However, they do have players that are attractive assets to teams around the league. Making the right trades could set Texas up for years of future success.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-all-time-ejection-leaderboard-white-sox">Bochy has been passionate throughout this season, getting himself ejected</a> from a game in the process. Unfortunately, his team cannot string together wins, regularly sitting a few games below .500.</p><p>There are former All-Stars up and down the Rangers’ roster. Seager, for one, is one of the best power hitters in the league despite a slow start. A change of scenery could be all he needs to return to his former glory and help a team win a World Series.</p><p>Here are three players that Texas should put on the trade block before the trade deadline.</p><h2>Starting Pitcher Jacob deGrom</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Jacob-deGrom-on-May-15-2025.-2.jpg"><figcaption>Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This is the obvious one, and experts around the league have already <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-jacob-degrom-trade-idea-draws-mlb-network-reaction">thrown Jacob deGrom’s name into rumors</a>. The 37-year-old is having a fantastic season and is in consideration for an AL All-Star spot, which would he first appearance since 2021. deGrom remains one of the most divisive names in the baseball world, but the story remains the same.</p><p>When he is healthy, deGrom is as dominant as anyone. Unfortunately, no pitcher is as familiar with the injured list as he is. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying">Bochy has marveled at his pitcher</a> so far this season, though. The Rangers starter has not spent any time on the IL so far this season, starting 15 games so far this season. That number is big for deGrom. 2025 is the first year since 2021 that he has made that many starts in a season.</p><p>If this is a fully healthy season for deGrom that sees him make more than 30 starts for the first time in six years, teams will be lined up to deal for him. Unfortunately for him and Texas, that is far from a guarantee. The Rangers have five weeks to sell other teams on deGrom’s start to the season and get them to buy high on his potential.</p><p>Some teams are one starter away from serious title contention. Depending on the market, deGrom could be the best player available.</p><h2>Shortstop Corey Seager</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-2.jpg"><figcaption>Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Corey Seager’s approach has changed this season. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/how-rangers-corey-seager-is-doing-his-best-juan-soto-impression">Rangers shortstop is drawing more walks than ever</a>, but has the lowest batting average of his career so far this season. For a player who made a name for himself with his power, Seager’s cold stretch is concerning. Bochy and Texas’ hitting coaches have talked with him throughout the season, trying to figure out how to help him out of his slump.</p><p>It is more than just Seager, but the Rangers’ offense has had a hard time this season. Texas is in the bottom of Major League Baseball in batting average, runs scored, RBIs, and walks. Seager’s struggles are a good representation of how underwhelming the Rangers have been. Bochy’s starting rotation has held his team afloat, but there are no signs of a turnaround.</p><p>Seager’s name still carries weight around the league, though. The 31-year-old is having one of the better defensive seasons of his career despite a career-low WAR. Teams trading for the two-time World Series MVP will bank on the fact that he is an exceptional hitter in the postseason. Outside of that, there is little reason to trade for him.</p><p>If Bochy and the front office do go in that direction, it will be a tough day for the fanbase.</p><h2>Outfielder Adolis Garcia</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Rangers-outfielder-Adolis-Garcia-53-bats.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“El Bombi” has been anything but so far this season. Adolis Garcia leads the Rangers in RBIs entering Tuesday’s game, but his nine home runs have him on pace for the lowest total since he became a full-time starter in 2021. His scorching play throughout the 2023 postseason still excuses him from a lot, but time is running out for the two-time All-Star.</p><p>Garcia would be a huge get for any team willing to bring him in and give him the cleanup role. His power is still undeniable, but the pressure might be too much in Texas. When he is on, though, he is as scary at the plate as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-adolis-garcia-gives-texas-win-walk-off-white-sox">Garcia’s walk-off home run earlier this year</a> is all that needs to be said.</p><p>Of any veteran that the Rangers could move on from this deadline, Garcia might be the easiest to sell high on. His average is not far off from his career average, and his power could come back at any time. Sending away one of the faces of their World Series team is a tough call to make, but it might be the price of doing business for Texas.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 Rangers who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-pitcher-cody-bradford-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers pitcher dealt devastating injury blow');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cody-Bradford-pitching-in-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers pitcher dealt devastating injury blow</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-24T12:49:34-07:00">June 24th, 12:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-24T12:49:34-07:00">June 24th, 12:49pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers’ 2025 season has not gone according to plan up to this point. At 38-41, Texas is trying to turn things around and make a postseason run. On Tuesday, however, the ball club received an injury blow. Left-handed pitcher Cody Bradford is <a href="https://x.com/JeffWilsonTXR/status/1937581448573440310" rel="noopener">expected to undergo</a> elbow surgery and will miss the remainder of the ’25 campaign as a result, Jeff Wilson of DLLS Sports reports.</p><p>“Bad news on the #Rangers injury front: Cody Bradford will undergo elbow surgery tomorrow. Team isn’t sure if he will have the brace procedure or full-blown Tommy John, but Bradford won’t pitch this season and probably much of 2026,” Wilson wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-tyler-mahle-risk-missing-start-soreness">Rangers have dealt with injury trouble in 2025</a>, something that unfortunately followed the team from their forgettable 2024 season. Losing Bradford is unquestionably difficult news.</p><p>Bradford, a 27-year-old southpaw, made his big league debut in 2023. In 2024, though, Bradford established himself as a reliable pitcher in MLB. He turned in a quality 3.54 ERA across 14 outings (13 starts). It was a limited sample size, but Bradford displayed signs of potential.</p><p>He dealt with injuries in 2024 which played a role in the aforementioned limited sample size. In 2025 spring training, Bradford once again landed on the injured list due to an elbow sprain. As a result, he has not made a single appearance with the Rangers in the 2025 season.</p><p>Regardless of whether or not Bradford undergoes Tommy John surgery or a different procedure, Wilson reports that the left-handed hurler will “probably” miss a significant portion of 2026 in addition to the remainder of the ’25 campaign.</p><p>It’s a devastating update, but Texas will attempt to move forward nonetheless. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying">Rangers have had some memorable moments</a> so far this year, but they will have work to do in order to compete for a playoff position.</p><p>Updates will continue to be provided on Cody Bradford’s injury status. As for the Rangers, they will play the Orioles in Baltimore on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers pitcher dealt devastating injury blow

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jake-burger-injured-list-oblique-ailment');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jake Burger hits Rangers’ injured list with oblique ailment');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jake-Burger-ii.jpg"></figure><h1>Jake Burger hits Rangers’ injured list with oblique ailment</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-21T12:52:15-07:00">June 21st, 12:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-21T13:05:02-07:00">June 21st, 1:05pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak Friday behind <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying">another strong outing from Jacob deGrom</a>. The veteran ace delivered his fourth straight quality start, leading Texas to a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, it wasn’t all good news for the Rangers as first baseman Jake Burger <a href="https://x.com/TXRangersPR/status/1936473944594559322" rel="noopener">exited the game</a> early with an injury.</p><p>On Saturday, the Rangers announced that Burger has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain, per Texas Rangers PR on X. The club promoted infielder Justin Foscue from Triple-A in a corresponding move.</p><h2><b>Jake Burger has struggled in Rangers debut</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jake-Burger-i.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Burger is in his debut season with Texas after the Rangers landed him in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-trade-slugger-marlins-winter-meetings">trade with the Miami Marlins</a> in December. The 29-year-old infielder began his career with the Chicago White Sox in 2021.</p><p>Although he started out as a third baseman, manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-bold-jake-burger-claim-before-2025-mlb-season">Bruce Bochy was adamant that Burger would start at first base</a> for the Rangers. That prediction panned out as Burger has started 59 of his 65 games played this season at first.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jake-burger-two-home-runs-yankees-game">Burger has shown flashes</a> of the 30+ home run potential he demonstrated earlier in his career. But ultimately he’s struggled at the plate in 2025, After a rough start to the season, the Rangers optioned Burger to Triple-A, hoping he would reset in the minors.</p><p>Burger was recalled to the big league club after a short stint with Round Rock. On the season he’s slashing .220/.253/.403 with 10 homers, 29 RBI, 27 runs scored and an OPS+ of just 87 – well below his career average of 109.</p><p>In addition to Burger, Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford is also ailing. He sat out Friday’s series opener against the Pirates and he’ll be <a href="https://x.com/JeffWilsonTXR/status/1936481154397290572" rel="noopener">sidelined again</a> on Saturday with back stiffness, per Jeff Wilson on X.</p><p>After appearing to turn a disappointing season around by winning seven of eight games, the Rangers have since lost three of the last four. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dominant-streak-continues-win-nationals">deGrom continues to dominate</a> in a bounce-back campaign, Texas is two games under .500 and seven games behind the division-leading Houston Astros.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jake Burger hits Rangers’ injured list with oblique ailment

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-gem-pirates-bruce-bochy-fanboying');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers star Jacob deGrom’s latest gem vs. Pirates has Bruce Bochy fanboying');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jacob-deGrom_61b5a7.jpg"><figcaption>Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers star Jacob deGrom’s latest gem vs. Pirates has Bruce Bochy fanboying</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-20T21:40:33-07:00">June 20th, 9:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-20T21:40:33-07:00">June 20th, 9:40pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Texas Rangers ace <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dominant-streak-continues-win-nationals">Jacob deGrom has been one of the best pitchers</a> in baseball for many years when he is healthy, but injury problems have kept him off the mound for a large chunk of the past few seasons. whether it has been with the Rangers or the New York Mets, deGrom’s body has limited the impact that he can have on his team.</p><p>Thankfully, that has not been the case this season. The two-time former Cy Young winner has been healthy all year and has delivered elite outing after elite outing on the mound for Texas, and that was no different on Friday night.</p><p>The star right-hander went six innings for Bruce Bochy and company in a 6-2 win over he Pittsburgh Pirates, notching seven strikeouts while giving up five hits, a walk and a pair of earned runs.</p><p>After the game, Bochy was <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jacob-degrom-logs-quality-start-in-rangers-win-over-pirates" rel="noopener">left to do nothing</a> but appreciate deGrom’s greatness after yet another strong outing, via Kennedi Landry of MLB.com.</p><p>“It’s been great [watching him],” Bochy said. “I’ve always said this, and I appreciate his talent. I’m a fan. I love watching him, so to have him back healthy and watching what he’s doing, it’s cool. For him to be pitching without being in pain, I’m excited for him, because he went through a lot before the surgery. It’s just good to see a healthy guy that’s one of the best ever in the game.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-best-hitter-aaron-judge-epic-duel">deGrom’s latest gem adds on</a> to what has been a phenomenal season from him. Now, in 15 starts, he has a 7-2 record for a Rangers squad that has struggled somewhat when he has not been on the mound. Coming into this win against the Pirates, he had a spectacular 2.19 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched with 80 strikeouts and just 17 walks.</p><p>deGrom’s 15 starts are the most he’s made since 2021, and he started just nine games over the past two seasons combined. He has not played a full season since back in 2019 for the Mets when he won his second Cy Young.</p><p>Now, he is back to his best again.</p><p>“I can’t say better than expected, because I expected Jacob to do what he’s been doing his whole career,” Bochy added after the game, per Landry. “Now he’s doing what I saw a lot from the other side. This is what he can do when he’s healthy. … The consistency is remarkable. He’s so gifted at putting the ball where he wants. I’m a fan. I appreciate these players — their gifts and talents — but especially him and what he can do.”</p><p>If deGrom can keep up this level of production, the rest of the American League will be hoping that they don’t have to see him in the playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers star Jacob deGrom’s latest gem vs. Pirates has Bruce Bochy fanboying

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-paige-bueckers-delivers-strike-pitch-royals-rangers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Wings’ Paige Bueckers delivers ‘nonchalant’ strike in 1st pitch before Royals-Rangers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_5900.jpeg"><figcaption>Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Wings’ Paige Bueckers delivers ‘nonchalant’ strike in 1st pitch before Royals-Rangers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-19T09:46:43-07:00">June 19th, 9:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-19T16:13:01-07:00">June 19th, 4:13pm</time><address><a>Jess Koffie</a>Lead Editor and lifelong sports fanatic Jess Koffie has covered a wide variety of sports in the past seven years, but spotlighting the Women’s side has always been a passion and primary focus throughout their career. The New Jersey native graduated from Rutgers University in 2017 before expanding her professional experience into areas such as live game coverage, radio and podcast production, digital content creation, and interviewing. Now, this die-hard New York Giants fan spends most of their time dodging Eagles fans like the plague.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Wings</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paige Bueckers is proving that there’s almost nothing she can’t do well. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-news-paige-bueckers-warning-home-win-2025-wnba-season">young Dallas Wings star</a> took the mound ahead of the Texas Rangers’ 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals and threw a perfect strike with her teammates cheering her on from behind.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We see you, <a href="https://twitter.com/paigebueckers1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@paigebueckers1</a> 🤩 <a href="https://t.co/Or93GUSoNK">https://t.co/Or93GUSoNK</a></p><p>— WNBA (@WNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WNBA/status/1935513023931707585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Bueckers’ toss landed perfectly in the mitt of Rangers first base coach Corey Ragsdale, which <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2025/06/18/watch-dallas-wings-paige-bueckers-throws-a-strike-for-first-pitch-at-rangers-royals/" rel="noopener">she slyly played off</a> as no big deal.</p><p>“I didn’t put too much effort into it,” Bueckers said. “I was trying to be a little nonchalant.”</p><p>Bueckers elaborated on how she really felt going into the pitch, relatably talking about how she didn’t want to end up on the wrong type of highlight reel.</p><p>“I just didn’t really want to embarrass myself. I was trying to make up for yesterday’s smoked layup, so I just wanted to do a little bit better than I did yesterday,” Bueckers said, referring to a shot she missed in the Wings’ 80-71 win over the Golden State Valkyries.</p><p>Bueckers’ dynamic performance helped lead the Wings to their second win of the 2025 WNBA season and first in their home arena. The UConn alum dropped 20 points, four rebounds, and two assists in 38 minutes.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_5901.jpeg"><figcaption>Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 23-year-old has clearly adjusted well to her time in Texas, and she’s already prepared to get even more involved with her local athletes. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-news-paige-bueckers-nba-draft-dallas-mavericks-attention">Bueckers revealed that she’s planning to attend the 2025 NBA Draft</a> and welcome a fellow No. 1 overall pick to the city.</p><p>Bueckers, like nearly every NBA fan, is prepared to see the Dallas Mavericks take Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, and the thought alone has brought the excitement to Bueckers and back to Dallas basketball.</p><p>“Obviously highly anticipated with it being Cooper,” Bueckers said of the Mavericks’ draft choice. “It’s just an exciting time in Dallas for all the franchises and all the organizations.”</p><p>Bueckers will look to add to the Wings’ win total, and her 17.7 point average over her first nine games, when they return on June 20 to her lucky location of Connecticut to take on the struggling Sun.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Wings’ Paige Bueckers delivers ‘nonchalant’ strike in 1st pitch before Royals-Rangers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-bruce-bochy-all-time-ejection-leaderboard-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bruce Bochy moves up all-time ejection leaderboard vs. White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bruce-Bochy.jpg"></figure><h1>Bruce Bochy moves up all-time ejection leaderboard vs. White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-14T19:55:03-07:00">June 14th, 7:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-14T20:05:15-07:00">June 14th, 8:05pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-adolis-garcia-gives-texas-win-walk-off-white-sox">Adolis Garcia came through with a clutch RBI single</a> in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving the Texas Rangers the walk-off win against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. The hard-fought 5-4 victory was the Rangers’ third straight win. But manager Bruce Bochy didn’t see it.</p><p>In the previous inning, Bochy was convinced the third base umpire incorrectly rang up Corey Seager on a check swing. The <a href="https://x.com/kennlandry/status/1934033858325844214" rel="noopener">argument continued</a> between innings and Bochy got ejected. It was the veteran manager’s 88th-career ejection, tying him with Frankie Frisch for sixth on the all-time list, per MLB.com’s Kennedi Landry.</p><h2><b>Bruce Bochy fires up Rangers with ejection</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bruce-Bochy-2.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Rangers had something cooking in the bottom of the 10th. Seager <a href="https://www.mlb.com/rangers/video/bruce-bochy-ejected-in-the-10th" rel="noopener">stepped to the plate</a> with the bases loaded and two out looking to end the game with a base hit. On a 2-2 count, White Sox reliever Tyler Alexander threw an 82 mph sweeper out of the zone and Seager chased, possibly pulling his bat back at the last second.</p><p>The appeal was made to the third base umpire, who said Seager went around and the inning ended with three base runners stranded.</p><p>Thirteen different pitchers were used in the 11-inning game. The White Sox sent seven pitchers to the mound while the Rangers employed six. But Jacob deGrom drew the start for Texas and the two-time Cy Young winner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dominant-streak-continues-win-nationals">continued his dominant streak</a>. DeGrom allowed two runs on five hits and zero walks with six strikeouts in six innings.</p><p>Despite the quality start, deGrom exited with his team trailing 2-1 as the Rangers’ offense struggled early on. However, Texas scored two runs in the seventh to take a 3-2 lead, ensuring deGrom wouldn’t get the loss.</p><p>In a bounce-back season after two injury-plagued years, deGrom is now 6-2 with a 2.19 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 2.4 bWAR in 14 starts. There have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-jacob-degrom-trade-idea-draws-mlb-network-reaction">trade rumors involving deGrom</a> this season, based on the Rangers’ slow start. However, given the veteran ace’s injury history, a robust market is unlikely to develop.</p><p>The Rangers have actually won six of their last seven games, improving to 35-36. But Texas remains in third place in the AL West and 5.5 games behind the division-leading Houston Astros.</p><p>The disappointing season could be Bochy’s last as the 70-year-old manager could walk away after 2025. If Bochy does decide to depart, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-rumors-bruce-bochy-likely-replacement-if-walks-away-after-season">Rangers will likely replace him</a> with Skip Schumaker.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bruce Bochy moves up all-time ejection leaderboard vs. White Sox

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He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager started his team’s comeback on Saturday. His RBI double in the fifth inning was one of the four runs scored in the last five innings to tie their game against the Chicago White Sox. He helped set the table while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-adolis-garcia-gives-texas-win-walk-off-white-sox">Adolis Garcia stepped in and won the game for the Rangers in the 11th</a>. Seager also walked twice during the game, taking a page out of New York Mets superstar Juan Soto’s book.</p><p>Seager’s walk in the third inning extended his streak to nine straight games. According to MLB.com’s Kennedi Landry, it is the <a href="https://x.com/kennlandry/status/1933991297481658718" rel="noopener">longest streak</a> in Rangers history. Joey Gallo is second on the list with eight straight games in 2023.</p><p>Seager’s improved discipline at the plate has helped him overcome a slow start to the year. In June, though, his batting average is less than .100, a troubling sign for Rangers fans. His walks have helped him maintain an on-base percentage of .295 this month despite his struggles. Soto had a similar rough stretch with the Mets earlier this season, but still brought value to the team by drawing walks consistently.</p><p>While there is a big gap between Soto’s league-leading 57 walks and Seager’s 18, the shortstop’s recent stretch shows growth. However, the Rangers and their fanbase expect more from their All-Star shortstop at the plate. The 31-year-old <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-corey-seager-injury-return-after-missing-16-games">spent time on the Rangers’ injured list</a> in May and has not been the same since his return. Despite that, Texas has won six of their last ten games to re-enter the race in the American League West.</p><p>The Rangers are still a handful of games behind the Houston Astros at the top of the division. For now, though, their biggest challenge is getting in front of the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels. In order to reach their goals this season, they will need Seager to be at his best.</p><p>Texas won a title back in 2023, but has struggled with consistency since. This season, their troubles have manifested into frustration. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was thrown out of the game in the sixth inning. That sparked the comeback, though, with Seager and Garcia leading the way.</p><p>Texas has a long way to go if they want to secure a playoff spot. As long as Seager keeps walking as much as Soto does for the Mets, the Rangers should be just fine moving forward. However, competition in the AL playoff picture will demand the a lot from the team, both at the plate and on the mound.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Rangers’ Corey Seager is doing his best Juan Soto impression

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-adolis-garcia-gives-texas-win-walk-off-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Adolis Garcia gives Rangers huge win with epic walk-off vs. White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-outfielder-Adolis-Garcia-1.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Adolis Garcia gives Rangers huge win with epic walk-off vs. White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-14T17:22:02-07:00">June 14th, 5:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-14T17:46:17-07:00">June 14th, 5:46pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Adolis Garcia is off to a slower start compared to the rest of his career. However, the former All-Star outfielder came through when it mattered the most against the Chicago White Sox. The 32-year-old hit an RBI single against Tyler Alexander to give the Texas Rangers a 5-4 win. Manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-rumors-bruce-bochy-likely-replacement-if-walks-away-after-season">Bruce Bochy, who is in the last year of his deal with the Rangers</a>, was ejected in the sixth inning. That spurred his team, lead by Corey Seager to score four unanswered runs to force the game into extra innings.</p><p>Garcia tagged Alexander for <a href="https://x.com/Rangers/status/1934035565738918001" rel="noopener">a single in the bottom of the 11th</a> to score Evan Carter, who is dealing with injury. He replaced Seager as a pinch runner, a move that helped the Rangers walk away with their 35th victory of the season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ADOLIS WALKS IT OFF! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllForTX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AllForTX</a> <a href="https://t.co/ktUiF8kUpe">pic.twitter.com/ktUiF8kUpe</a></p><p>— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers/status/1934035565738918001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The single was Garcia’s sixth walk-off hit of his career. The veteran outfielder has been with Texas since 2020, helping Bochy turn the team into a World Series champion. The win was the Rangers’ sixth in seven games, and they will try to complete the series sweep on Sunday.</p><p>Unfortunately for Bochy, his scheduled starter might not be on the mound. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-tyler-mahle-risk-missing-start-soreness">Rangers starter Tyler Mahle told the team about soreness in his throwing shoulder</a>. Bochy and Texas will be careful with his recovery. With Nathan Eovaldi already on the injured list, the Rangers cannot afford to lose another starter.</p><p>For the White Sox, the loss is a disappointing one. While Will Venable has improved the team’s morale in his first year, Chicago’s young roster still has a lot to learn about close games. Garcia took advantage of Alexander’s lack of experience and his high pitch count on Saturday.</p><p>Every win counts for Texas at this point in the season. The Rangers are in third place in the American League West, fighting with the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels for second. The team has what it takes to contend for the pennant, but their offense has been lacking.</p><p>Saturday could be a good sign of what is to come. If Garcia and Seager can get back to their former glory, Texas is a dangerous team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Adolis Garcia gives Rangers huge win with epic walk-off vs. White Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-tyler-mahle-risk-missing-start-soreness');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers’ Tyler Mahle at risk of missing next start due to soreness');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-starting-pitcher-Tyler-Mahle.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers’ Tyler Mahle at risk of missing next start due to soreness</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-14T13:17:38-07:00">June 14th, 1:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-14T13:17:38-07:00">June 14th, 1:17pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers have won five of their last six games. However, that streak could come to an end on Sunday against the Chicago White Sox. Tyler Mahle could miss his scheduled start thanks to shoulder soreness he experienced against the Minnesota Twins. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-nathan-eovaldi-avoids-il-rotation-update">Bruce Bochy is already without Nathan Eovaldi thanks to injury</a>. Losing Mahle would be another tough blow. Kumar Rocker will start on Sunday if Mahle is unable to throw.</p><p>The 30-year-old has dominated alongside Jacob deGrom all season. With Eovaldi out and Patrick Corbin struggling to settle in, Mahle’s consistency has been a calming presence. Even though <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-jacob-degrom-trade-idea-draws-mlb-network-reaction">he and deGrom have been thrown around in trade rumors</a>, that has not stopped either of them from cruising through their starts. The are tied for the team-lead in wins and each have an ERA around 2.00 in 14 and 13 starts, respectively.</p><p>Bochy is unlikely to disregard’s Mahle’s discomfort, especially if it is in his throwing shoulder. Those kinds of injuries tend to linger for pitchers. If the 10-year veteran tries to pitch through the pain, his soreness could turn into an injury that keeps him out for months. For a Rangers team fighting to get back to the top of the American League West, any extended absence would be detrimental. Texas hopes it is not a <a href="https://x.com/Evan_P_Grant/status/1933974669373456619" rel="noopener">sign of what is to come</a>, according to Dallas Morning News’ Evan Grant.</p><p>Texas put Eovaldi on their injured list at the beginning of the month. Bochy does not want any of his other starters to join him. While not having Mahle on Sunday would be less than ideal, the White Sox are one of the best opponents for it to happen against. Chicago’s struggles have had them at the bottom of the league all season.</p><p>Mahle’s status is concerning for fans who want to see the Rangers return to the World Series. Despite a tough start, Texas has the talent to compete with almost anyone. However, injuries and inconsistency have held them back. Mahle’s is the latest injury to worry the Rangers as the trade deadline looms.</p><p>Rocker is capable of filling in for Mahle if he only misses Sunday’s game. However, an extended absence leaves Bochy with very few options. Their starting pitching could end up shooting them in foot if Eovaldi doesn’t return soon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers’ Tyler Mahle at risk of missing next start due to soreness

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Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers are hopeful that center fielder Evan will avoid a long-term injury absence based on a recent update. The 2023 World Series champions have gone through an uneven season to this point. The team currently sits at 34-36 overall and is 5.5 games behind the first-place Houston Astros in the AL West. The main reason for Texas’s struggles has been its lackluster offense, which is only putting up 3.69 runs per game, 26th overall in the MLB.</p><p>It’s all hands on deck for the Rangers to turn this weakness into a strength, and this team needs all of its productive bats available. One of the players on this roster who should have a very bright future is Evan Carter. The 22-year-old was the franchise’s top prospect for the past two seasons and is gradually starting to get playing time. Through 20 games, Carter has hit for a batting average of .283 with 4 home runs and 10 RBI.</p><p>Unfortunately, the Elizabethton, Tennessee native has recently been dealing with a wrist injury that caused him to leave Friday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Texas Rangers insider Jeff Wilson <a href="https://x.com/JeffWilsonTXR/status/1933946221787246652" rel="noopener">ultimately gave an update</a> on the severity of Carter’s health setback.</p><p>“Evan Carter went for some imaging on his right wrist after waking up to some soreness. Won’t play this weekend. Hope is he’s back Tuesday. Could be used as a pinch runner.”</p><p>Texas is one of those teams where if it can sneak into the postseason, this roster has the makings of being a pesky playoff team. The starting pitching is elite, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-dominant-streak-continues-win-nationals">with Jacob DeGrom</a>, Tyler Manle, and Nathan Eovaldi all off to encouraging starts for the year. In addition, Bruce Bochy, of course, is a Hall of Fame manager who is at his best in October. Unfortunately, the hitting has to catch up to the pitching’s quality to help this team become a contender in the AL again. Carter can play a massive part in this franchise’s resurgence; he just needs to be healthy enough to give himself that opportunity.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers hopeful Evan Carter will avoid long-term injury absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-news-paige-bueckers-nancy-lieberman-rangers-first-pitch-honor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Wings’ Paige Bueckers, Nancy Lieberman get Rangers’ first pitch honor');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dallas-Wings-player-Paige-Bueckers.jpg"><figcaption>© Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Wings’ Paige Bueckers, Nancy Lieberman get Rangers’ first pitch honor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-12T18:01:46-07:00">June 12th, 6:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-12T18:01:46-07:00">June 12th, 6:01pm</time><address><a href="http://erinachenbach.com">Erin Achenbach</a>Erin Achenbach is the Lead Women’s Sports Editor at ClutchPoints, championing women’s sports coverage and media representation. Originally from Dallas, she graduated from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism in 2017. Now residing in St. Louis, the lifelong Texas Rangers fan has spent the past five years covering community news, and avoiding any Cardinals fans who remind her about Game 6 of the 2011 World Series.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Wings</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-news-sue-bird-not-ready-join-diana-taurasi-paige-bueckers-take">Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers</a> will throw out ceremonial first pitches at Globe Life Field on June 18 when the Texas Rangers host the Kansas City Royals.</p><p>The announcement <a href="https://x.com/kennlandry/status/1933286028447523180" rel="noopener">was shared Wednesday</a> on X, formerly Twitter, by Kennedi Landry, the Rangers beat reporter for MLB.com, and adds to a growing list of high-profile appearances for the WNBA’s top draft pick.</p><p>The honor comes during a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-paige-bueckers-joins-caitlin-clark-company-with-35-point-explosion-vs-mercury">breakout week for Bueckers</a>, who returned to the Wings’ lineup Wednesday night after a four-game absence and delivered a career-best performance. Despite a 93-80 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/dallas-wings/wings-news-paige-bueckers-bittersweet-mercury-game">loss to the Phoenix Mercury</a>, the rookie guard erupted for 35 points, becoming only the second rookie in league history—alongside Caitlin Clark—to post at least 35 points and five three-pointers in a single game. Bueckers added six rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block while shooting 13-of-19 from the field and 5-of-7 from beyond the arc.</p><p>“It feels great … Basketball is a game that I love and this is a group that I love to be around so to be back out there felt great,” Bueckers said, as reported by Joey Mistretta of ClutchPoints. “We’re all just trying to get better, we’re all just trying to build.”</p><p>Bueckers had missed time due to a concussion and illness but said she felt “winded” in her return, and how grateful she was to be healthy. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/phoenix-mercury/mercury-news-alyssa-thomas-spoils-paige-bueckers-career-night">Wings fell to 1-10 with the loss</a>, but Bueckers’ dominant performance signaled hope for the franchise’s future.</p><p>The Rangers’ pregame ceremony will mark one of Bueckers’ first major public honors since entering the WNBA.</p><h2><b>Rangers finding rhythm this season as Wings struggle</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-manager-Bruce-Bochy.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While the ceremonial first pitch featuring Bueckers and Lieberman will draw added attention to Globe Life Field, the Rangers are hoping to continue building momentum on the field.</p><p>Texas has gone 4-3 over its last seven games, highlighted by a 16-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. The Rangers split their series against the Washington Nationals this past weekend and showed flashes of their offensive potential.</p><p>Consistency remains a challenge for the 2023 World Series champions, who have struggled at times to string together wins. A narrow 2-0 loss to the Nationals on June 6 and a 2-6 defeat to the Twins on June 11 show that run production can still be hit-or-miss.</p><p>Despite the ups and downs, the Rangers have leaned on their lineup depth and timely hitting to stay competitive in a tight AL West race. After winning the series against Minnesota, the Rangers return home to face the Chicago White Sox and then the Royals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Wings’ Paige Bueckers, Nancy Lieberman get Rangers’ first pitch honor

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-craig-kimbrel-braves-release');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers land Craig Kimbrel after surprising Braves release');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Craig-Kimbrel_bffe1d.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers land Craig Kimbrel after surprising Braves release</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-10T15:21:47-07:00">June 10th, 3:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-10T15:21:47-07:00">June 10th, 3:21pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-rumors-bruce-bochy-likely-replacement-if-walks-away-after-season">Texas Rangers are struggling once again</a> this season, just like they did last year after winning the World Series in 2023, but they got a little bit better on Tuesday. The Rangers <a href="https://x.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1932553446332194853" rel="noopener">agreed to a minor-league deal</a> with veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel after he was shockingly let go from the Atlanta Braves earlier this month, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.</p><p>“Craig Kimbrel signing minor-league deal with Rangers, source tells @TheAthletic,” Rosenthal reported on X, formerly Twitter.  “Kimbrel elected free agency after the Braves designated him for assignment.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/braves-news-atlanta-shocking-craig-kimbrel-move-stellar-return">Kimbrel was designated for assignment by the Braves</a> on Saturday after just one appearance with the team this season, but the longtime closer chose to become a free agent instead of heading down to the minors.</p><p>The 37-year old had a strong outing in his only appearance on the mound this season on Friday night, a 5-4 Atlanta loss to the San Francisco Giants in extra innings. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/braves-news-craig-kimbrel-shines-debut">Kimbrel pitched a shutout inning</a>, giving up one hit and one walk in the process before getting out of the jam. He will hope to bring the same escapability to the Rangers.</p><p>The nine-time All Star is well past his prime at this point, but he still has the ability to be a key piece of a rotation. For his career, Kimbrel has racked up 440 saves and has just a 2.59 ERA, so he knows how to get the job done on the mound.</p><p>His experience will be very valuable for a Rangers squad that is just 31-35 on the season and is currently sitting in fourth place in the AL West. Despite the struggles on the field this year, nobody has really run away with the division as Texas is just 5.5 games behind the Houston Astros in the top spot.</p><p>Kimbrel’s role and impact remains to be seen, as it appears that he will start out in the Minor Leagues for the Rangers. However, if Bruce Bochy and company need an extra arm, they know that they have one of the best closers of his generation waiting in the wings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers land Craig Kimbrel after surprising Braves release

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-rumors-bruce-bochy-likely-replacement-if-walks-away-after-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rangers rumors: Bruce Bochy’s likely replacement if he walks away after season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-manager-Bruce-Bochy.jpg"><figcaption>© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rangers rumors: Bruce Bochy’s likely replacement if he walks away after season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-08T08:18:52-07:00">June 8th, 8:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-08T08:19:25-07:00">June 8th, 8:19am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Texas Rangers are having another disappointing season, and the team appears at a crossroads. Texas has an uncertain future with their World Series champion manager, Bruce Bochy. He is in the last year of his contract.</p><p>If Bochy leaves <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2025/06/08/colorado-rockies-record-mlb-standings/84098106007/" rel="noopener">at the end of the year</a> the team is likely to hire Skip Schumaker to replace him, per USA TODAY.</p><p>“There’s a tremendous amount of frustration in Texas these days with their struggling offense. Future Hall of Fame manager Bruce Bochy is in the last year of his contract and also is considering walking away after the season,” Bob Nightengale wrote.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/marlins-news-miami-clean-house-after-skip-schumaker-exit">Schumaker previously managed the Miami Marlins</a>. He is currently not managing a team. Schumaker also spent time as a coach with the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. As a player, Schumaker won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2011.</p><p>This season the Rangers hold a 30-35 record.</p><h2><b>The Rangers have struggled in the last several weeks of the season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Texas-Rangers-outfielder-Adolis-Garcia.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Texas started out of the gate this season looking like they would contend in the American League West. In May though, things changed. The club started to skid, and had to endure a few separate long losing streaks.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rangers-lose-in-shortest-game-in-decades">The Rangers are struggling to hit this year</a>. Texas is hitting at just <a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/batting-average" rel="noopener">a .220 batting average</a> as a team, per MLB stats. That’s next-to-last in Major League Baseball, with just the lowly Colorado Rockies behind them. Texas is also next-to-last in on-base percentage, which is another reason why they can’t get the offense going.</p><p>Those numbers are surprising, especially considering the Rangers won the World Series just a few years ago. If Texas is to turn it around this year, they need to start getting more offensive production from their lineup.</p><p>Bochy has managed the team since 2023. He has won World Series titles with both the Rangers and the San Francisco Giants. He also spent time managing the San Diego Padres.</p><p>Texas plays the Washington Nationals on Sunday. The Rangers defeated Washington on Saturday, snapping a four-game losing streak.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rangers rumors: Bruce Bochy’s likely replacement if he walks away after season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/mlb-news-umpire-suffers-concussion-diamondbacks-reds-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB umpire suffers concussion during Diamondbacks-Reds game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/A-bat-during-an-MLB-game-between-the-Diamonbacks-and-the-Reds.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>MLB umpire suffers concussion during Diamondbacks-Reds game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-07T16:40:30-07:00">June 7th, 4:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-07T16:40:30-07:00">June 7th, 4:40pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Saturday’s MLB game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati reportedly had a delay due to an apparent head injury <a href="https://x.com/RomeroJoseM/status/1931459852439810546" rel="noopener">suffered by a home plate umpire</a>, according to José M. Romero of azcentral sports.</p><p>“Was told that umpire suffered a concussion, and a new home plate umpire is changing into gear,” Romero shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>The decision to switch to a new umpire at home plate caused further delay in the contest, as both teams waited in their respective dugouts, as Romero noted.</p><p>The said umpire, Manny Gonzalez, sustained the injury after <a href="https://x.com/PBrennanENQ/status/1931466768792363452" rel="noopener">getting hit in the head</a> in the first inning.</p><p>“Umpire Manny Gonzalez is in concussion protocol, undergoing testing after he was hit in the head with a foul ball in the first inning,” wrote Pat Brennan of The Cincinnati Enquirer in a post on X.</p><p>It appears that Gonzalez didn’t leave the MLB game right away after getting struck by a pitch, but <a href="https://x.com/PBrennanENQ/status/1931461890665759142" rel="noopener">showed signs that he was not okay</a>, leading to the umpire change.</p><p>Via Brennan: “The delay at GABP was to change home plate umpires. Manny Gonzalez took a foul ball to the facemask earlier and didn’t look well. A few innings later, he is out of the game and Ron Kulpa is behind home plate. Gonzalez is out.”</p><p>As for the game itself, the Reds came away with a 13-1 victory over the Diamondbacks, who have just lost Corbin Burnes to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-news-arizona-stuns-braves-with-ninth-inning-comeback">season-ending MLB  injury</a>. Arizon has now lost the first two games of the three-leg set in Cincy. The Reds jumped on Arizona starter Ryne Nelson early, as they scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning.</p><p>Things got even worse for the Diamondbacks after Nelson departed the mound, with reliever Kendall Graveman giving up six earned runs in just an inning of work. Meanwhile, Reds starter Nick Martinez pitched six innings of one-run ball, allowing just six hits and recording six strikeouts along the way. With their win, the Reds improved to 32-33 as the Diamondbacks dropped to 31-33 in the MLB standings.</p><p>The final game of the series will be played this Sunday with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/3-trades-diamondbacks-must-make-after-corbin-burnes-tommy-john-surgery-update">Diamondbacks sending Zac Gallen</a> to the mound while the Reds will give the ball to Brady Singer.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After missing most of the last two seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-reacts-first-win-two-years">Jacob deGrom returned to the Texas Rangers’ rotation</a> in 2025. And the two-time Cy Young Award winner has quietly worked his way back into <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1931473904176156901" rel="noopener">elite form</a>.</p><p>Following his excellent outing against the Washington Nationals Saturday, deGrom has now “allowed 2 runs or fewer in each of his last 10 starts,” according to MLB on X.</p><p>Now fully healthy, deGrom has captured Rangers fans’ imagination with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-fans-buzzing-vintage-performance-vs-astros">vintage performances this season</a>. However, his gem against the Nationals was easily his best start of the campaign. The 12th-year veteran allowed just two hits in seven shutout innings against Washington. deGrom didn’t give up a walk in the contest and struck out eight batters.</p><h2><b>Jacob deGrom continues hot start to season for Rangers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jacob-deGrom-2-1.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s been a long road back for the pitcher. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-texas-inks-mets-ace-jacob-degrom-to-massive-5-year-185-million-deal">DeGrom signed a five-year, $185 million contract</a> with the Rangers prior to the 2023 season. But by early June that year he required season-ending surgery. He would miss the Rangers’ surprise World Series championship with the injury.</p><p>Over his first two seasons with the Rangers, deGrom started just nine games. He was, however, able to return to the team late in 2024, giving fans hope that deGrom would be at full strength this year. So far, he’s exceeded expectations.</p><p>DeGrom is now 6-2 with a 2.12 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 8.6 K/9 and 162 ERA+ in 12 starts for the Rangers this season. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-news-jacob-degrom-mlb-history-jorge-polanco-strikeout">hit a major MLB milestone</a> in May when he reached 1,700 career strikeouts. DeGrom became the fastest pitcher in baseball history to accomplish the feat, doing so in just 225 games.</p><p>While deGrom has been exceptional this year, the Rangers have struggled. Texas had dropped four straight games before deGrom’s gem against the Nationals. The team has lost 14 of the last 20 games, falling to 30-35 on the season and fourth place in the AL West.</p><p>While the Rangers were hoping to bounce back in 2025 after failing to reach the playoffs following their title in 2023, it’s not looking good. The team’s poor start has led to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/texas-rangers/rangers-jacob-degrom-trade-idea-draws-mlb-network-reaction">trade rumors surrounding deGrom</a>. With more than half the season remaining, it’s unclear how the Rangers will handle the four-time All-Star. And given deGrom’s injury history, it’s unknown what Texas might receive in a trade, despite his excellent start this year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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