The Texas Rangers’ 2026 season was undone, in part, because of too many injuries to the same star players. The team also didn’t make enough dynamic plays in falling short of the playoffs.

ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers played meanginful baseball in the final month of the season and had a chance to reach the postseason on the final day. Every team in baseball would take that scenario.

But it was evident for most of the season that Rangers were a flawed team, and club brass had months to contemptate what went wrong even as the club competed for the American League West title. They were a .500 club on their best day.

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