The Texas Rangers have posted a strong stretch in recent weeks and maintain hopes for the 2025 MLB playoffs in a competitive American League wild card race leading into the MLB trade deadline.

The Rangers have the second-worst record against left-handed pitching and are dead last in OBP, slugging and OPS against lefties.

Texas Rangers lineup for July 25, 2025 against the Atlanta Braves: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Joey Wentz for the Braves.

Adolis García, who led the team with 39 home runs in 2023, is hitting .232 with 13 home runs in 96 games. The Rangers have shifted García around in the lineup, even removing him from the lineup at times for mental breaks and to work on his mechanics.

Especially not if you’re Rangers Hall of Famer Elvis Andrus running in the dot race at Globe Life Field. For the uninitiated, the dot race is a consistent feature of mid-inning entertainment at the Rangers’ park in Arlington. Three dots — red, blue and green — race along the warning track in the outfield.

Texas still holds the best team ERA in baseball and by a good margin, 3.18 to the second-place Royals' 3.50. The bullpen of mixed parts and pieces remains among the best in baseball, their ERA second in MLB behind the Astros.

The Atlanta Braves (44-57) and the Texas Rangers (53-50) open a 3-game interleague series Friday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Braves vs. Rangers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

What creates baseball’s best starting rotation? Good question. Two ace-caliber arms in Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi help. Two high-profile rookies that’ve shown flashes of upside in Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter do too.

Corey Seager delivered a HR and 2B for the 2nd game in a row in the Rangers' win over the A's, further establishing himself as a historically dominant slugger.