{"id":73631,"date":"2025-06-02T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/73631\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:14:09","slug":"texas-rangers-news-and-links-june-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/73631\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers News and Links &#8211; June 02"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"M6uvzL\">Good morning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OQVQAf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/02\/5-things-we-learned-about-the-rangers-this-week-is-marcus-semien-back-to-his-best-self\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn McFarland writes<\/a> about what we learned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarball.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> last week, with Marcus Semien picking things up over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0HhOIL\">Kennedi Landry writes that <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fjacob-degrom-pitches-six-innings-in-win-over-cardinals&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F2%2F24441515%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-02\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Jacob deGrom was a winner<\/a> yesterday as the Rangers opened June with a series win.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UIIPz7\">McFarland writes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/01\/the-texas-rangers-excelled-at-this-small-thing-to-create-offense-vs-cardinals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Rangers focused on small ball<\/a> to overcome the Cardinals in Sunday\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QrIENJ\">Landry notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fnathan-eovaldi-heads-to-15-day-injured-list-with-right-triceps-tightness&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F2%2F24441515%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-02\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Nathan Eovaldi is hitting the IL after all<\/a> with triceps tightness, though he is expected to miss the minimum.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cdWb7z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/01\/adolis-garcias-benching-shows-texas-rangers-are-serious-about-performance-over-pedigree\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McFarland writes<\/a> that the Rangers want Adolis Garcia to get right but they aren\u2019t waiting around for it to happen anymore.<\/p>\n<p id=\"lsbwWq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/texas-rangers-nathan-eovaldi-injury-adolis-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Wilson writes<\/a> that the cautious Eovaldi decision, and Garcia benching, signal Texas\u2019 desire to play for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p895FR\">Landry writes that Semien getting back to top form would be <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fone-quick-fix-that-would-benefit-each-mlb-team-in-2025&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F2%2F24441515%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-02\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">the quickest way<\/a> to fix the Rangers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BJMdjL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/01\/texas-rangers-lhp-cody-bradford-passes-important-test-on-his-way-back-from-elbow-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McFarland notes<\/a> that Cody Bradford took the important step of throwing breaking balls as his rehab ramps up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tf9W8P\">Landry\u2019s newsletter tackles <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fjack-leiter-finds-his-groove-in-rangers-rotation&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F2%2F24441515%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-02\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Jack Leiter starting to make good<\/a> on his No. 2 overall pick prowess in a loaded Rangers rotation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Iobllu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/43639138\/2025-top-10-prospect-rankings-all-30-mlb-teams-kiley-mcdaniel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kiley McDaniel\u2019s June farm system update<\/a> picks the next Rangers prospect next in line to be called up after Alejandro Osuna debuted.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XhMmZ7\">And, I meant to share this last week but <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uszj7-ru1RY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> about the beef between Mark Teixeira (and really, most of the rest of the Rangers) and teammate Vicente Padilla was a pretty hot topic back when Lone Star Ball was still in its infancy:<\/p>\n<p>Some early century Rangers beef<\/p>\n<p id=\"SUyHvh\">Have a nice day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. 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