Rangers second-half success relies on these 4 players turning around their struggles

Unfortunately they are a handful of Rangers that need to do a complete 180 degree turn back into the positive side of production in the second half of the season.

Going into the All-Star Break, Texas had the sixth-worst batting average (.232), OPS (.676), OBP (.300) and seventh-worst slugging percentage (.376) in all of Major League Baseball. While they've certainly seen a massive turnaround over the last couple of week, sitting top 10 in all of those categories in June, it's still not enough.

Texas needs the last 12 games of production to carry over into August, September and October for good measure. Barring a 2023-like performance not all of those players are going to turn the corner but at least some of them have to, right?

4 Rangers players that need to turn their struggles around in the second half

Kyle Higashioka, C

Following a 17 homer season in San Diego in 2024, the 35-year-old backstop only has four home runs in the first 51 games of his year. And three of those homers came within the last 7 games before the break.

The way Bruce Bochy has been structuring his lineups, featuring both Higashioka and Heim, it is imperative that Higashioka (and Heim) find way to contribute more consistently. The good news is that Higgy provides a vast of knowledge behind the plate, but finding his bat would make him a great duel threat that Texas desperately needs right now.

Wyatt Langford, OF

The 23-year-old is in his second season as a big leaguer and leads the Rangers in home runs (15) all while contributing 38 RBIs, 15 stolen bases and a .755 OPS in his first 76 games this year.

But he has seen his numbers be slightly off from his rookie year, which is somewhat normal but not ideal, given the team's struggles as a whole. He especially experienced a pretty tough May where he hit .189 and struck out 34 times. Known for his plate discipline and inability to chase, his chase rate has gone from 23% last year to 26% so far this season.

Kumar Rocker, RHP

Most of the Rangers' starting rotation has been on-point this season but if one of them has struggled to find truly consistent success in the first-half it has been Kumar Rocker.

Entering the All-Star Break, the right-hander has a 6.39 ERA in 11 starts nut perhaps the most telling stats are his 1.50 WHIP and .295 opponent batting average. Hitters are just smacking the ball off him and he currently sits fourth on the team with 9 homers allowed.

With a rotation that is arguably the best in the league, if Texas can find a way to get June 15-July 4 version of Kumar throughout the majority of the second-half opposing teams should be on high-alert when they face Texas.

Corey Seager, SS

This doesn't need much explanation. Since Seager joined the Rangers back in 2022 it has seemed to follow the structure of "When Seager gets hot, the rest of the team follows suit."

Muddled by injuries to start the season Seager has only appeared in 65 games for Texas this year and when he has been in the game, it seems those injuries have lingered and struggles come alongside him. At one point he was hitless in over 20 at-bats but since has turned it around to a .345 average in his last 15 games and a 14-game hitting streak that was snapped right before the break.

It seems MLB.com has similar feeling naming him as the Rangers' key player to a successful second-half citing the same we mentioned. Where he goes, the offense follows.