{"id":600134,"date":"2026-03-01T17:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/600134\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:33:17","slug":"sunday-morning-rangers-things-lone-star-ball-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/600134\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday morning Rangers things | Lone Star Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Good morning, folks\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/texas-rangers-spring-training-observations-dodgers-alejandro-osuna-sam-haggerty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn McFarland has Three Observations<\/a> from the Rangers\u2019 7-6 win over the Dodgers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jack Leiter had a frustrating outing,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/texas-rangers-jack-leiter-spring-training-la-dodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> but says he understands<\/a> it is all about the process at this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/texas-rangers-spring-training-carter-baumler-los-angeles-dodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rule 5 pick Carter Baumler threw 1 2\/3 scoreless against the Dodgers<\/a>, continuing to strengthen his chances of making the Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/texas-rangers-los-angeles-dodgers-world-series-kyle-tucker-skip-schumaker-brandon-nimmo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Cowlishaw looks<\/a> at the contrasts between the Dodgers, who have won the last two World Series, and the Rangers, who won the World Series in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Texas Rangers want Josh Smith to <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fjosh-smith-fighting-to-start-at-second-base-for-rangers\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seize the starting second base job<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fjosh-jung-suffers-injury-at-rangers-spring-training\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Jung and Justin Foscue each have injuries<\/a> that will keep them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/rangers-josh-jung-justin-foscue-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">out for the next 10 days or so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/02\/28\/texas-rangers-opening-day-roster-evan-grant-carter-baumler-mark-canha\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Grant\u2019s livestream Q&amp;A<\/a> talks about NRIs with a chance of making the team and Carter Baumler\u2019s prospects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The DMN\u2019s list of the top 30 Rangers prospects continues<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/01\/texas-rangers-top-30-prospects-ben-abeldt-tcu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> with #24, Ben Abeldt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">David Laurila has his <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/sunday-notes-still-a-shortstop-xander-bogaerts-is-approaching-milestones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Notes column up at Fangraphs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarball.com\/texas_rangers_news_links\" class=\"_153sp3o9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rangers morning links posts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, folks\u2026 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