Texas Rangers Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 27 | 91-71 | 11 | The Rangers won their final seven games to sneak into the wild-card tiebreaker game against the Rays. They finished 32-6 against the Astros and Angels. Martin Perez will start against Tampa and he's 7-2 with a 3.05 ERA in 11 starts since July 31. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 26 | 84-71 | 11 | Sunday's extra-inning loss dropped the Rangers to 5-15 in September. They do finish up with the Astros and Angels and they're 14-2 against the Astros and 11-4 against the Angels. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 25 | 81-67 | 11 | After going 20-7 in August, the Rangers are now 2-11 in September. They began the month two games up on the A's in the AL West and seven up in the wild card. They now trail Oakland by 6 1/2 and are just a half-game up on Cleveland. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 24 | 81-61 | 9 | Derek Holland is winless in his past six starts, although it's his past four that leave cause for concern, with nearly as many walks (13) as strikeouts (15), and 13 extra-base hits allowed. He's been struggling while throwing his curveball: .321 average and four home runs allowed in those four starts. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 23 | 79-57 | 6 | The Rangers have won in each of Martin Perez's past six starts, and during that stretch Perez has compiled a 2.74 ERA. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 22 | 75-55 | 8 | Yu Darvish is 12-5, but in eight no-decisions he has a 2.93 ERA while averaging seven innings per start. In 12 starts allowing two runs or fewer, he's 7-2 with three no-decisions. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 21 | 71-53 | 3 | Derek Holland has quietly put together an impressive season with a 2.95 ERA and 157 K's and in 168 innings. Yu Darvish and Holland is as good as any 1-2 punch in the AL right now. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 20 | 68-50 | 7 | The Rangers have now won 12 of 13 to climb from six games down to one up in the AL West. Expect them to stay hot: Their next 18 games are against the Astros, Brewers, Mariners, White Sox and Twins. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 19 | 62-50 | 12 | The Rangers have the easiest schedule of any of the AL wild-card contenders, including 10 games each against the woeful Astros and likely-to-go-in-the-tank Angels. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 18 | 56-49 | 11 | The Rangers have lost 12 of 15 and are now six games out of first place -- the furthest out of first they've been since the end of the 2009 season. The good news: Matt Garza pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings (against the Yankees) in his Rangers debut. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 17 | 54-44 | 10 | The Rangers have lost seven of eight to the Orioles and Tigers while scoring more than two runs just twice. Will they trade some prospects for a couple of hitters? -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 16 | 54-41 | 7 | Remember when Justin Grimm and Nick Tepesch were the surprise rookies helping the rotation? Since June 1, Grimm has a 9.91 ERA in eight starts and Tepesch has a 6.14 ERA in seven starts. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com | |
| Week 15 | 51-37 | 5 | Ignore the 6-4 record: Derek Holland was a deserving All-Star with his 3.13 ERA and 107 K's in 112 innings, great numbers for pitching half the time in Texas. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com | |
| Week 14 | 48-34 | 4 | Elvis Andrus' offense continues to be a big problem with his meager .243/.300/.287 line. And yet Ron Washington continues to bat him first or second (he's been hitting second since mid-June). -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 13 | 44-32 | 9 | The back of the Rangers bullpen continues to be the key to their season as they have lost just one game they've led heading into the eighth inning. -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 12 | 38-31 | 10 | In losing six straight, all at home, the Rangers hit just .221 as a team with three home runs and they failed to score more than two runs in any of the games. That matched the franchise record for most games in a row scoring that few runs, last done in 1986. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 11 | 37-25 | 6 | The Rangers won on Sunday to move back into first place, but as a team they're hitting just .209 with a .286 OBP in June. They need to get more production from Elvis Andrus (.305 OBP, no HRs) in the leadoff spot. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 10 | 35-21 | 2 | Robbie Ross got the loss on Saturday, but the back three relief of Joe Nathan, Tanner Scheppers and Ross have been the Rangers' secret weapon with a combined 7-1 record and 1.29 ERA. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 9 | 32-18 | 1 | Having played 10 games against the Mariners and six against the Astros, the Rangers have benefited from the second-easiest schedule in the majors so far. Of course, that may not change if Seattle and Houston remain this bad. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 8 | 29-15 | 1 | The Rangers have surged to the best record in baseball on the strength of an impressive 12-4 run over their last 16 games -- one which includes six wins in seven contests against the division-leading Red Sox and Tigers. -- Joey Matschulat, Baseball Time in Arlington | |
| Week 7 | 24-13 | 2 | The Rangers continue to beat up on their AL West "rivals" as they're now 14-5 against the Astros, Angels and Mariners. And their first series of the year against a slumping and beat-up A's team starts on Monday. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 6 | 20-11 | 2 | Yu Darvish has allowed three or fewer runs in six of his seven starts. He also leads the majors with 72 strikeouts. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 5 | 16-9 | 1 | Rookie right-hander Nick Tepesch has pitched well in four starts, having compiled a 2.53 ERA in 21 1/3 innings. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 4 | 12-6 | 6 | Yu Darvish leads the majors in strikeouts (38) and has a .144 batting average against. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 3 | 8-5 | 7 | Alexi Ogando has pitched well (2-0 with a 1.08 ERA and a .194 batting average against) in his first three starts to begin the season. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 6 | Lance Berkman, perhaps the biggest wild card in an overhauled Rangers lineup, has more than fulfilled expectations thus far with a monstrous .450/.542/.750 opening week of the season. -- Joey Matschulat, Baseball Time in Arlington | |
| Week 1 | 0-1 | 10 | The Rangers fell hard on Opening Night, but stole the overnight headlines, reportedly nearing an eight-year deal worth as much as $120 million with Elvis Andrus that will keep him in Texas almost into the next decade. -- Joey Matschulat, Baseball Time in Arlington | |