I’m not going to bury the lede here: the Texas Rangers aren’t making the playoffs this year. They are a mediocre baseball team, partially by design. This team was never intended to compete for the playoffs, and the only way that was going to happen was for a bunch of veteran pitchers with shaky elbow ligaments to have career years. That hasn’t been the case.
Despite many fans’ wishes, the Rangers aren’t going to make any moves to get better this season. Here’s why.
Texas is 12th in ERA in the American league. They are 15th in batting average against.