{"id":91272,"date":"2025-06-09T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/91272\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:47:10","slug":"texas-rangers-news-and-links-june-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/91272\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers News and Links &#8211; June 09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"6xCQ3s\">Good morning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7vvBZY\">Shawn McFarland checks out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/09\/5-things-we-learned-about-the-rangers-this-week-just-how-good-has-jacob-degrom-been\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what we\u2019ve recently learned<\/a> about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarball.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a>, including that Jacob deGrom remains excellent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NSr8Mi\">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%2Fmarcus-semien-heating-up-at-plate-for-rangers&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F9%2F24445850%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-09\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Marcus Semien is looking more like himself<\/a> in June as he hopes to put the first couple of months of the season behind him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0GsmWN\">Evan Grant writes that even in a bullpen game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/08\/texas-rangers-elite-starting-rotation-makes-its-presence-felt-even-in-a-bullpen-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the starting pitching was the key<\/a> for the Rangers in their finale win in Washington.<\/p>\n<p id=\"w7I1Rm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/texas-rangers-sebastian-walcott-offense-adolis-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Wilson writes<\/a> that the lineup is still searching for consistent answers, but don\u2019t expect that to include Sebastian Walcott.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MGu2i1\">All-Star game voting has opened so ESPN\u2019s David Schoenfield makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45475046\/2025-mlb-all-star-predictions-al-nl-rosters-debates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an early roster prediction<\/a> with Jacob deGrom as the only Texas rep. Jim Bowden, meanwhile, has Nathan Eovaldi as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6401037\/2025\/06\/04\/mlb-all-star-team-predictions-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the lone Ranger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"uxYG6C\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/06\/08\/cody-bradford-has-shown-positive-signs-in-injury-recovery-whats-next-for-rangers-lhp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant notes<\/a> that Cody Bradford (and Josh Sborz for that matter) should begin facing hitters again this week to pass another rehab milestone.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BRHb81\">And, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Frangers-hitting-coach-justin-viele-working-to-help-offense-break-out&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonestarball.com%2F2025%2F6%2F9%2F24445850%2Ftexas-rangers-news-update-june-09\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Landry\u2019s newsletter<\/a> focuses on Rangers hitting instructor Justin Viele, a guy who probably really misses having Donnie Ecker around as the obvious scapegoat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iRhc8w\">Have a nice day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. 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