A look at the Texas Rangers 10 games into the regular season
The Texas Rangers carried a four-game losing streak headed into a series against American League West foe Seattle and bucked that trend in a 2-1 win Monday at Globe Life Field.
The victory evens the Rangers’ record at 5-5, which puts them a half-game behind the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels in the AL West. Let’s take a look at how the Rangers have performed so far — with 152 regular-season games left.
Bats struggles after quick start
Headed into their first homestand, the Rangers’ offense was looking sharp, averaging 5.33 runs in winning series against the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles. But in their first four games at home, they’ve averaged 1.5 runs and only have 5 hits out of 25 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
Corey Seager’s season has mirrored the Rangers’ offense with the shortstop starting the season hitting .318 on the road as opposed to .083 at home going into Monday’s game.
Seager, however, went 2-for-3 Monday with an RBI and run scored — he’s now batting .270 — to help the Rangers find the win column again.
Some of the Rangers’ young guns have struggled at the plate, including left fielder Wyatt Langford, who sizzled in spring training but has not been as sharp to start the season, batting .150 with no home runs, two triples and two RBIs. He went 1-for-4 against Seattle and scored one of the Rangers’ two runs.
Third baseman Josh Jung got off to a really slow start, but he’s started to right the ship after going 0-for-17 at the plate in March, hitting .333 in April. Batting in the ninth spot, Jung went 2-for-3 Monday and upped his batting average to .188.
The Rangers will need their bats as the season progresses, especially Langford, who entered this season with big expectations.
There have been bright spots as well. Veterans first baseman Jake Burger, designated hitter Andrew McCuthchen and right fielder Brandon Nimmo have been solid, and center fielder Evan Carter looks like the same player who helped the Rangers win the World Series in 2023 — though he still can’t hit lefties.
Burger is having a big bounce-back year after struggling in 2025, hitting .324 so far with two home runs and a team-leading seven RBIs.
Burger continued his hot play Monday, going 1-for-4 with an RBI, including a clutch two-out double in the sixth inning to give the Rangers the lead.
Manager Skip Schumaker talked about facing a tough pitcher in Logan Gilbert, and how he felt about his team’s approach at the plate.
“He’s a good pitcher, and he kept us off-balance, and he was throwing 97 with a really good split. ... He just kept us off-balance all night,” Schumaker said. “I thought the first time through it, we did pretty good. We had, gosh, there’s at one point, we have five straight 3-2 counts, I think, which was really good at-bats. I don’t think we got a hit off of it, but I thought they were outstanding at-bats.”
Scintillating start for pitchers
The Rangers’ ERA though 10 games is 3.34, good for seventh in the majors and has been spearheaded so far by an elite bullpen, which has the majors’ third-best ERA.
The Rangers’ bullpen only has one pitcher, Chris Martin (9.00), with a ERA above 3.18 and is 3-for-4 on save opportunities, with two coming from Tyler Alexander (1.59 ERA in 5.2 innings).
Jakob Junis, who earned the save Monday, talked about the bullpen’s outlook this season after it put up four shutout innings in relief.
“I think as relievers you got to have a short memory,” Junis said. “You’re back in there tomorrow, type of thing. So anything that happens the day before, kind of leave it at the field the night before, and tomorrow’s a new day, and we’re all about picking each other up and next man up attitude, and that’s how we’re approaching things.”
The Rangers’ starting rotation ranks 20th in MLB in ERA. That’s partly due to early struggles for Nathan Eovaldi, who is 0-2 with an 11.42 ERA in his first two games heading into his start Tuesday night. Jacob deGrom gave up three runs in 4.2 innings in his first start, but gave up one run in five innings Monday.
Earlier in the season, Schumaker talked about the importance of a well-rounded team to win, and while Eovaldi has struggled, other members of the starting rotation — MacKenzie Gore, Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter — are shining.
Leiter is the early standout with a 1-0 record with a 2.45 ERA with 17 strikeouts, becoming the eighth Rangers pitcher to do so through his first two outings.
Gore, whom the team traded a bevy of young prospects for, has pitched well in his first two starts, going 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA.
DeGrom unsurprisingly rebounded in dominating fashion Monday, with his four-seam fastball as his most effective pitch, throwing it 44% of the time and accounting for five of his strikeouts.
The two-time Cy Young winner, who made his 250th start, revealed he was bothered by his knee, which he called tender, but doesn’t think is a long-term concern.
“I feel OK now,” he said. “My right leg, just my knee, just felt a little funny throwing, and it kind of stayed the same throughout the game. Gave ‘em heads up and said I’m fine to go. Let’s just see how long I can go. And then after the fifth, we were contemplating the sixth, I said,’ Hey, I can do it,’ and we just decided that, let’s just make sure it’s fine.”
Early standout
Nimmo has been on a tear to start the season from the leadoff position, reaching base safely in every game and ranking in the top 10 in multi-hit games (six) and hits (14), 13th in batting average (.359) and 12th in on-base percentage (.444).
Nimmo is one of only five players in Rangers history to have six multi-hit games in the team’s first nine games.
This story was originally published April 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM.
