{"id":704038,"date":"2026-05-20T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704038\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:36:16","slug":"wednesday-morning-links-yahoo-sports-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704038\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Morning Links &#8211; Yahoo Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Morning, all!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10940\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mackenzie Gore;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mackenzie Gore&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzie Gore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/rangers-good-news-mackenzie-gore-wyatt-langford-22267470.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:left Monday\u2019s game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;left Monday\u2019s game&quot;}\" class=\"link \">left Monday\u2019s game<\/a> against the Rockies with Kat tightness but isn\u2019t expected to miss another start, and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/62973\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wyatt Langford;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Wyatt Langford&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wyatt Langford<\/a> may start back on a hitting progression by Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9684\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chris Martin;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chris Martin&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Martin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/texas-rangers-activate-chris-martin-15-day-22267145.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:has been activated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;has been activated&quot;}\" class=\"link \">has been activated<\/a> from the IL.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kumar Rocker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/tyler-alexander-not-kumar-rocker-start-tuesday-22266576.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:has over;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;has over&quot;}\" class=\"link \">has over<\/a> an 11.00 ERA in the first inning of games this year and the Rangers have decided to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The decision to go with an opener Tuesday night against the Rockies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/rangers-kumar-rocker-conquers-coors-field-22264688.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:paid off;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;paid off&quot;}\" class=\"link \">paid off<\/a>, with Kumar Rocker pitching 7.2 innings of shutout out ball on the way to a 10-0 win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nobody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rangers\/news\/kumar-rocker-pitches-7-2-3-scoreless-innings-after-opener\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:knows;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;knows&quot;}\" class=\"link \">knows<\/a> why Rocker has been having so many problems in the first inning, and maybe the opener didn\u2019t change anything about the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Skip Schumaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/rangers-shake-status-quo-decisive-win-22264685.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:also went with a new lineup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;also went with a new lineup&quot;}\" class=\"link \">also went with a new lineup<\/a> and saw it put up a season high 10 runs, so maybe the Rangers should try new things more often.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rangers prospect Malcolm Moore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rangers\/news\/rangers-malcolm-moore-home-run-streak-at-high-a?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:has been lighting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;has been lighting&quot;}\" class=\"link \">has been lighting<\/a> the South Atlantic League on fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morning, all! Mackenzie Gore left Monday\u2019s game against the Rockies with Kat tightness but isn\u2019t expected to miss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,9977,52,9636,360,771,4,149,1567,69,3240,1605,385],"class_list":["post-704038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas-rangers","tag-baseball","tag-chris-martin","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-kumar-rocker","tag-mackenzie-gore","tag-mlb","tag-rangers","tag-texas","tag-texas-rangers","tag-texasrangers","tag-the-rockies","tag-wyatt-langford"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116607410717218136","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}