At the trade deadline, the Rangers seemingly improved the best pitching staff in baseball. But when the team can’t hit and score timely runs and that best pitching staff is constantly in high leverage situations, it’s hard to tell if anything is actually good.

The Texas Rangers finished a six-game week against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-4 record, three late-game meltdowns, two position players injured and one big bad blowout loss.

Wyatt Langford made it 8-2 with a two-run homer in the seventh, and though George Springer brought Toronto a little closer with a two-run shot of his own, Evan Carter tacked on one more two-run dinger in the ninth as the Rangers cruised to victory. The Jays are 5.5 games ahead of New York, not an insurmountable margin to say the least.

With his team in need of a spark and his wrist at about 70 percent, Semien declared himself ready to return. He picked up where he’d left off, clubbing another two-run shot that

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The Rangers beat the first-place Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre to stave off a sweep and end what had been a four-game losing streak. The win, only their fifth this month, was anchored by the team’s stars.

That unfortunate part of the game has become their reality for the Texas Rangers, though, especially in their last 14 losses.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy says first baseman Jake Burger is headed home to Texas for tests on his sore left wrist and will miss at least two or three games.

Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger exited Sunday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre with left wrist discomfort. Burger, who was 1 for 3 with a run scored and another driven in,

The Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals have little room for error considering they both reside on the outside of a wild-card berth in the American League.

The offense has been a disappointment all season long, with notable free agent signing Joc Pederson spending the year underperforming or out with injury. Over his last 30 plate appearances, the 33-year-old veteran has shown signs of life, posting a .240 batting average, .887 OPS, and two home runs.