Mets traded Justin Verlander<\/a> to the Astros and then shipped his teammate Scherzer to the Rangers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Rangers were buyers at the trade deadline and added left-handed starter Jordan Montgomery in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n
The Rangers’ current rotation includes Montgomery (9-11), Nathan Eovaldi (11-4), Dane Dunning (10-6), and Jon Gray (8-7). Manager Bruce Bochy will have to decide who will replace Scherzer in the final 17 games and the postseason. Andrew Heaney (10-6, 4.10 ERA) and Martin Perez (9-4, 4.74) are both left-handed pitchers vying for the final spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n
Betting the Rangers Down the Final Stretch<\/h2>\n The AL West division title could come down to the final series of the regular season. The Rangers and Mariners square off seven times in the last ten games of the season, including a four-game home stand in Texas in the final weekend.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, four teams battle for the final three AL Wild Card spots. The AL East and AL West each have three teams within striking distance of a postseason spot. However, only one of those two competitive divisions will send three teams to the postseason.<\/p>\n
The Astros are the betting favorite to win the AL West at -175 odds, followed by the Mariners (+300) and Rangers (+400).<\/p>\n
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The Rangers are -430 odds to make the playoffs, according to a prop bet by DraftKings. You can back them to miss the postseason at +360 odds. FanGraphs<\/em> projects that the Rangers have a 65.7% chance to clinch as a Wild Card and a 13.4% chance to win the division. They have a 79.1% overall chance to qualify for the postseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Rangers are +700 odds to win the AL pennant and +1500 odds to win the 2023 World Series as the eighth favorite on DraftKings’ MLB futures board. FanGraphs<\/em> estimates the Rangers have a 2.9% chance to win the World Series.<\/p>\nThe Rangers are one of six MLB franchises that have never won a World Series. They began their existence in 1961 as an expansion team, the Washington Senators, before relocating to the Dallas suburbs in 1971 and rebranding as the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n
The Rangers advanced to the World Series in back-to-back seasons under manager Ron Washington in 2010 and 2011 but were the runner-up both years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Veteran hurler Max Scherzer will not pitch for the Texas Rangers for the remainder of the regular season because of a muscle injury, and he’s doubtful to take the mound in the playoffs. The Rangers have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2016 season. They currently occupy one of the three Wild Card spots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":289675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82963,1074],"tags":[86973,87989,87249,82996,81829,86884,85067,87988,87283],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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