{"id":704998,"date":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704998\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","slug":"rangers-stock-report-golden-opportunity-sits-in-front-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704998\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers stock report: Golden opportunity sits in front of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranger stocks have been flat this week. An expected surge in the market, due to an ease of the obstacles on the schedule, hasn\u2019t quite materialized. There is still time, though, for a weekend and post-Memorial Day rally that could put the Rangers<\/a> in the black for the year. Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s moving, what\u2019s shaking and what\u2019s too unpredictable at the moment: \u00a0<\/p>\n

Foscue Rakes, Inc.: What a week it was for this niche play. Long considered an underachiever as a first-round pick, Justin Foscue<\/a> has responded in a big way to everyday at-bats while Corey Seager<\/a> is out and Ezequiel Duran<\/a> is over at shortstop. In the Colorado series, he went 7 for 12 with four extra-base hits to raise his OPS to .939. Granted he\u2019s had less than 50 at-bats, but Foscue knows his route to sticking in the big leagues is \u201cto rake\u201d at the plate. If your OPS starts with a \u201c9,\u201d you are definitely raking, no matter how small the sample size. And, plus side: If he does cool off, maybe the\u00a0Rockies would like to have him. He certainly seemed to thrive in the Mile High air.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening bells: For the second time in a week, the Rangers had to use an opener and Tyler Alexander responded nicely in the role, but really the story is Kumar Rocker<\/a>. Afforded the ability to avoid early lefties and spotted a big early lead, Rocker rolled to a career-best 7 2\/3 scoreless innings. It was his best start, even though it wasn\u2019t a start. Might the Rangers try to make this a regular thing? Well, it\u2019s certainly worth a try.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smash-Burger: Hot Jake Burger has returned. In his last eight games, he\u2019s 13 for 29 (.448) with three homers and a pair of doubles. An interesting twist here: He\u2019s walked (five times) almost as often as he\u2019s struck out (six). That\u2019s a real difference for Burger, who entered the season with a career 5.2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk rate. For this season, it\u2019s at 4.5-to-1. An improvement. Still work to do. But if he can work some walks occasionally during the cold stretches, it gives him a way to contribute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Insurance rates: Adds to the high cost of doing business. But it was a busy week for the claims department with Seager heading to the IL and Josh Smith<\/a> heading to the hospital with viral meningitis. Fortunately, Smith got out of the hospital within a week and was on the road to recovery and the Rangers don\u2019t believe Seager\u2019s back spasms were related to anything more structurally significant. He is expected back when the Rangers return home. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Carter Index: How long ago that magical September 2023 run now seems. Since the start of 2024, Evan Carter has now played effectively a full season\u2019s worth of games. His slash line is, well, it\u2019s not good: .205\/.300\/.355\/.655. Against lefties: He\u2019s 6 for 87 (.079). His defense has been great, but his offense this year, despite sitting against lefties, is, well, simply unlistable. It\u2019s getting worrisome. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Travel impact: Wow, those gas prices are crazy, right? But it\u2019s going to be even more costly if the Rangers can\u2019t win at least two of three this weekend in Anaheim against the team with baseball\u2019s worst record. The Rangers are playing each of their nine games on this trip against the three worst records in baseball. Thus far: A 3-3 record. They\u2019ve held their own, so to speak, but this road trip was supposed to present an opportunity. Win two of three in Anaheim, they return home with a .500 record. Sweep the Angels and they have a winning record again. On the other hand, if they don\u2019t, it\u2019s a golden opportunity lost and there won\u2019t be many more like that before the trade deadline is upon us. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ranger stocks have been flat this week. An expected surge in the market, due to an ease of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2393],"tags":[4805,5,4,149,1567,69,3240,87965,88018,88625,88461],"class_list":["post-704998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas-rangers","tag-article","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-rangers","tag-texas","tag-texas-rangers","tag-texasrangers","tag-tp-jake-burger","tag-tp-corey-seager","tag-tp-evan-carter","tag-tp-kumar-rocker"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116613544876401532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704998","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=704998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}