{"id":58548,"date":"2025-05-27T13:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/58548\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:31:09","slug":"texas-rangers-news-and-links-may-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/58548\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers News and Links &#8211; May 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"0gB1Nx\">Good morning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QSFuFf\">Shawn McFarland checks out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/5-things-we-learned-about-the-rangers-this-week-taking-stock-after-a-third-of-the-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where things stand<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarball.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> one-third of the way through the baseball season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"syHoFh\">Matt Fisher writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/sports\/mlb\/rangers\/rangers-stave-off-sweep-comeback-win-vs-white-sox\/287-863aa2cc-54db-4047-af64-a394635b83e8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the road woes for the Rangers<\/a>, even as things didn\u2019t go much better for them at home yesterday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"gPUPcK\">Evan Grant writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/jacob-degrom-and-alejandro-osuna-shine-but-rangers-offense-continues-season-long-nap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Rangers losing the opener<\/a> against the Blue Jays despite allowing just two runs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FUlnbr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fjacob-degrom-records-zero-strikeouts-vs-blue-jays&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F5%2F27%2F24437792%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-may-27\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Kennedi Landry writes<\/a> that the the Rangers lost while Jacob deGrom didn\u2019t record a strikeout for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ya2Kka\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/texas-rangers-mlb-american-league-west-jacob-degrom-hitting-pitching-bruce-bochy-offense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that the Rangers lost for an 11th time in which they allowed fewer than three runs. They\u2019ve played 55 games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MJ3eCW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/alejandro-osuna-texas-rangers-mlb-rookie-outfielder-toronto-blue-jays-mexican-call-up-family\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> about Alejandro Osuna collecting his first big league hits, which came in front of his mom and dad.<\/p>\n<p id=\"prQdS5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/texas-rangers-hopeful-corey-seager-can-return-to-lineup-during-homestand-vs-blue-jays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that the Rangers are trying to get Corey Seager back in the lineup, perhaps during this series against Toronto.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1ZGnOM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/rangers-manager-bruce-bochy-acknowledges-luke-jackson-out-as-primary-closer-for-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that, in case you hadn\u2019t noticed, Luke Jackson is confirmed to have been moved from the ephemeral closer role. <\/p>\n<p id=\"yKS6RX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/chris-young-shuts-down-idea-kumar-rocker-could-be-considered-for-rangers-closer-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant writes<\/a> that, no, Kumar Rocker is not going to become the closer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dzsm98\">Jeff Wilson writes that Chris Young shut down the Rocker as closer talk as the team focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/texas-rangers-kumar-rocker-closer-offense-chris-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more pressing issues<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"Eg1BoD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6370696\/2025\/05\/27\/texas-rangers-all-quarter-century-team-2020-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levi Weaver offers up<\/a> the Rangers\u2019 all-quarter-century team for the first quarter of the 2000s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QUQ2tW\">And, I guess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/05\/26\/they-bring-the-boom-watch-social-media-duos-first-pitch-at-texas-rangers-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the appearance fee was too high for the Rizzler<\/a> or Hawk Tuah wouldn\u2019t reply to DMs or something.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e5WYPL\">Have a nice day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. 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