The Rangers were off yesterday.

Shawn McFarland spent the off day doing playoff math and working out tiebreakers for the Rangers with 46 games to go.

And the Evan Grant-John Blake podcast this week spoke with John Burkett, who reminisced about his win in the Rangers’ first playoff game.

That’s all for this morning. The Rangers start up a series with the Phillies tonight at 7:05 with Merrill Kelly making his second start for Texas.