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 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 Miami Marlins have been on quite the run lately, having gone 23-12 over their last 35 games to miraculously insert themselves into the National League Wild

Rangers veteran All-Star second baseman Marcus Semien made it clear when he addressed what this deadline means. "I want to be adding at the deadline," Semien said in the Rangers clubhouse after a recent game. "I always want to make that a goal of mine: To make sure I'm on a team that is adding at the deadline."

The Texas Rangers have emerged as one of many teams to watch at the trade deadline, and president Chris Young explained his squad's approach.

Corey Seager delivered a home run and double for the second game in a row in the Texas Rangers' win over the Athletics, further establishing himself as a historically elite slugger.