Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran are suddenly playing greater roles than expected for the Texas Rangers, who open a four-game series against the visiting Houston Astros on Friday.
The Rangers have already been dealt some adversity in 2024 and will need someone to step up as they defend their World Series title.
How does manager Bruce Bochy work utilityman Ezequiel Duran into the lineup for the Texas Rangers? Right now, he's not sure. That's not a problem for the Rangers at the start of spring training.
NASHVILLE — Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young and manager Bruce Bochy have a ton of topics to discuss as they prepare the team to defend its World Series title.
The Rangers are on the outside looking in on the postseason at the moment. After a miserable few weeks, Texas is in an “all-hands-on-deck” mode, which includes everyone on the roster.
Patrick Bailey ripped a two-run, walk-off home run to the left-field corner to lift the San Francisco Giants over the Texas Rangers 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park.
Ezequiel Duran had a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single as part of a three-hit night as the visiting Texas Rangers made it two in a row in manager Bruce Bochy's homecoming against a former team with a 9-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are expected to start Ezequiel Duran in the field for Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. That will probably be a welcome development for Duran.
Patience is a not a quality normally associated with Ezequiel Duran. Among the Texas Rangers with at least 50 plate appearances this season, Durant is 14th in walk rate.
The Texas Rangers will try to carry the winning momentum into the third of a four-game series against Detroit on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas. YB's Jack Dougherty has the pick.
ARLINGTON, Texas – It was supposed to be a night off for two of the Texas Rangers struggling young sluggers. Instead, it turned out to be a slump-busting night of heroics for both.
Ezequiel Duran and Adolis Garcia belted home runs in a five-run eighth inning as the Texas Rangers pulled away late for an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas.
Much of the trade chatter around the Texas Rangers has surrounded what the team needs. It hasn’t addressed what other teams might be interested in acquiring from the Rangers.
Ezequiel Duran and Jonah Heim each had a home run among their two hits and Martin Perez pitched seven strong innings to boost the Texas Rangers to a 6-3 win against the host Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
The Rangers have taken baseball by storm this season. Despite their preseason projections to land as a fringe Wild Card team, if not miss out on the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year, Texas has fully put themselves back on the map.
Miller is headed to the 10-day IL himself due to a right oblique strain, and his placement is retroactive to May 31.
Duran missed the last few games with what was initially described as rib soreness, and while the new designation of an oblique problem isn’t exactly good news, the injury does seem to be relatively mild.
The Texas Rangers placed infielder/outfielder Ezequiel Duran on the 10-day injured list Saturday. Duran, 24, has mild discomfort in his right oblique. His IL designation is retroactive to Wednesday.
The Los Angeles Angels will host the Texas Rangers on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif., with the teams continuing to get their first look at each other this season in the three-game series.
Ezequiel Duran just wants to make the Opening Day roster for the Texas Rangers. Doesn’t matter how, doesn’t matter what position. “I’ll play them all,” Duran said recently through an interpreter.
Utility-men Ezequiel Duran and Josh Smith are both drawing trade interest from teams. The pair came across from the Yankees in the Joey Gallo trade last year, and both made their big league debuts this past season.
Ezequiel Duran's three-run double in the ninth inning snapped a tie and lifted the Texas Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
Texas Rangers rookie Ezequiel Duran is getting better at playing third base, but the throw he made on Wednesday against Philadelphia was one of the fastest by a Major League Baseball infielder this season.
“He’s one of my best friends [and] we have conversations every day. If you ask him, he’s like a brother,” Josh Smith told me when I asked about Rangers’ Ezequiel Duran.
The Rangers are promoting top infield prospect Ezequiel Duran to the big league club.
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