Watching Toronto destroy the Yankees that last two days, while satisfying, was also a bit depressing. It really highlighted just how far away from being good the Rangers offense was in 2025. 

The Blue Jay make contact, they rarely strike out. In fact, during the first two games of their series with the Yankees, they as many home runs as strikeouts, seven each. Just seven strikeouts in two games. The Rangers are usually at seven strikeouts by the fourth inning. The Yankees struck out fifteen times in Game 2. That’s a typical Rangers performance, but without those pesky runs scored.

Toronto had the second-fewest strikeouts of any team this season. They had the highest batting average and highest on-base percentage, too. Texas was twenty-sixth in both categories.

Toronto’s offense generates runs. Texas’s generated boredom. The Rangers weren’t able to sneak into the playoffs and, quite frankly, weren’t worthy of it. Through the first week of games, one thing is abundantly clear. This was a club the Rangers did not belong to. 

What makes playoff baseball so much fun is we see the best of the best. This is how good baseball can be. Having experienced this only once in nine years, Rangers fans can be forgiven for forgetting what baseball at the highest level looks like. 

Maybe one day it will return. And if it does, I hope it stays.

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