There is a roster full of Texas Rangers players that are incredibly frustrating to watch and what makes it that frustrating is because we all know they can perform much better than they currently are.
We've seen these players deliver clutch hits, hit nearly .300, drive in 100 runs and hit countless homers but their offensive ineptness this season is starting to wear a little bit thin with fans and probably even Chris Young and Bruce Bochy.
Here are three Rangers that need to start producing at a better clip in order to save the Rangers' season and perhaps their playing time.
These 3 slumping Texas Rangers are testing fans patience
Adolis Garcia
Okay, El Bombi, right now you look lost at the plate. The Rangers were willing to absorb the high whiff rate and wild swings as long as you were hitting your weight and driving in runs. So far this year, neither has happened, and it's getting to be too much.
Garcia is hitting just .208 and in his last twenty games, he has exactly two long balls and nine RBIs. The most alarming El Bombi statistic is his skyrocketing strikeout rate. Yes, he's always had an all-or-nothing approach that lends itself to more strikeouts than the league average, but 18 in his last 34 at-bats?! That is a lot of non-productive plate appearances. If it doesn't improve, Garcia could find himself wearing another team's laundry soon.
Marcus Semien
Like Garcia, Semien's hall pass for the glorious 2023 World Series is quickly running out. The Gold Glove second baseman has struggled all year and is currently hitting a paltry .173 with an abominable slugging percentage of .245. When you're slugging percentage is approaching your playing weight, sorry, but you're going to end up on this list.
Clearly, Semien has a proven track record of 12 major league seasons under his belt, but he has already been shipped out of the leadoff spot and continues to slide down the Rangers' batting order. The frustrating aspect of Semien's poor play is his inability to do anything at the plate other than pull the ball on pitches on the inner-half of the plate.
Josh Smith
The bottom has dropped out for the jack of all trades Josh Smith in recent weeks. He has gone from hitting .330 with an OPS of .895 through the first 30 games of the season to his current marks of .265 with an OPS of just .723. Over his last 20 games, Smith is 12-72 (.166) with one homer and three RBIs.
The fact that Smith can literally play every position on the field is a great luxury but if he doesn't snap out of this offensive funk soon, we just might blow our collective top. And find a helmet that doesn't fall off every time you swing-and-miss, please.