Good morning. The fate of the franchise could be forever altered later today with the Texas Rangers selecting at No. 2 in the first round of the opening night of the MLB Draft. No pressure or anything.
Alyson Footer writes that despite homers from their All-Stars, the Rangers lost a weird one in 11 innings against Oakland on Saturday.
The DMN’s Aaron Kasinitz recaps the 8-4 loss where missed opportunities ultimately doomed Texas in their quest to preemptively claim the first half’s final series.
Footer writes about Joey Gallo and Matt Olson getting in some pre-Derby cuts at The Shed yesterday before the real thing in Colorado on Monday.