Until the Rangers trade for a hitter, and until Josh Jung returns, this is the fate of the Rangers.

A team that cannot hit consistently enough to win.

Once again, the rotation gave them a chance to win it. Heaney allowed just three runs. The Rangers offense just isn’t good enough to be competitive. They got two first-inning runs. Then folded the tent and went him. 

Two runs isn’t enough.

In games where the Rangers score three runs or more, they are 31-14.

In games where the Rangers score two runs or fewer, they are 2-22.

There it is. Numbers don’t lie. 

The Texas Rangers play .688 baseball when they score three runs or more.

The Texas Rangers play .083 baseball when they score two runs or fewer.

To win a World Series, a team needs career years out of players. They got that out of Heim, Lowe, Taveras, and Evan Carter.  

This year, the only hitter having a career year is Josh Smith. 

If the Rangers have any aspirations of making the playoff (forget winning it all at this point), they need to find a quality bat, a bona fide hitter, to go along with the return of Josh Jung. Someone who can shake up the offense. Someone they can put in the number three hole and be the engine to jumpstart this mess. 

That’s going to cost prospects and money. 

And if they don’t, all it will cost them is their season. 

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