The Texas Rangers are on the fringe of contention in the AL West, and have their bullpen in mind as the MLB trade deadline inches closer.

In 2025, Detroit Tigers reliever Luke Jackson has posted a 4.11 ERA with 19 walks and 24 strikeouts across 35 innings in 39 games for the Texas Rangers.

What creates baseball’s best starting rotation? Good question. Two ace-caliber arms in Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi help. Two high-profile rookies that’ve shown flashes of upside in Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter do too.

Rangers veteran All-Star second baseman Marcus Semien made it clear when he addressed what this deadline means. “I want to be adding at the deadline,” Semien said in the Rangers clubhouse after a recent game. “I always want to make that a goal of mine: To make sure I’m on a team that is adding at the deadline.”

Texas Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi reacts to receiving his $100K All-Star bonus despite being snubbed from the 2025 team.

Corey Seager delivered a HR and 2B for the 2nd game in a row in the Rangers' win over the A's, further establishing himself as a historically dominant slugger.

The Texas Rangers will be welcoming a Horned Frog into the organization with the fifth-round selection of a former All-Big 12 and All-American pitcher.

Only a couple weeks ago, yours truly wrote that the best option for Chris Young is to sell off a few parts at the deadline and start on next year’s modest rebuild. Nothing crazy. Thank Adolis Garcia for his service, dismantle the bullpen, coast into football season.