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Texas Rangers Weekly Report 14: Limping into the All-Star break

By Brian Sweet

Jul 11, 2022; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Smith (47) slides into home plate as he hits an inside the park home run against the Oakland Athletics during the sixth inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 11, 2022; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Smith (47) slides into home plate as he hits an inside the park home run against the Oakland Athletics during the sixth inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Well, this is not how fans wanted to see the Texas Rangers go into the mid-season All-Star break. With a record of 41-49, all the Rangers can do now is get ready for the second half of the season starting in Miami against the Marlins.

I really don’t have to tell you what’s going wrong with the Rangers, all you have to do is go on Twitter to see all the mad tweets by fans expecting a lot out of this team. Let’s get to the final Weekly Report of the first half of the season.

Texas Rangers Weekly Report: Who’s Hot

Josh Smith 

Well, let’s start off with the guy that got his first home run in the most unusual way possible. Smith got his first career home run on an inside-the-park home run on July 11th. All it took was the center fielder for the Athletics to jump his hit and the rest was history.

Corey Seager

Seager has been on fire lately and the fans are loving it. Over the last 15 days, Seager has had 22 hits, 17 RBIs, and seven homers. He also had a long ball streak that went five straight games. Let’s just hope he has some left in the tank for the All-Star Home Run Derby he was invited to.

Leody Taveras

Taveras is another player that is currently raking in the hits. Over the last week, Taveras had 12 hits and nine RBIs. I can’t wait to see how he does in the second half of the season in Center Field for the Rangers.

Jon Gray

I got to see him pitch this past week and boy was it a pitcher’s gem. In seven innings, he only allowed one hit and stuck out nine batters. The one hit he allowed was technically an error on Semien as he misjudged a ground ball and didn’t catch it cleanly. Fans should be happy to see this performance out of Gray, he is making the contract we signed him to worth every penny.

Texas Rangers Weekly Report: Who’s Not Hot

Rangers Relief Pitchers 

The Rangers relief pitchers are currently in hot water with the fans right now. Recently they haven’t been able to close out a game recently. If the Rangers can’t close out games with a lead, they more than likely won’t be in the playoffs this season. Hopefully, the Rangers decide to trade for a couple of solid relief pitchers at the deadline.

Texas Rangers Upcoming Schedule

July 21st Away Vs Miami Marlins

July 22-24th Away vs Oakland Athletics

July 25-27th Away vs Seattle Mariners

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