{"id":226932,"date":"2026-03-30T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226932\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:21:10","slug":"texas-rangers-news-and-links-march-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226932\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers News and Links &#8211; March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Shawn McFarland checks out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/30\/texas-rangers-philadelphia-phillies-wrapup-brandon-nimmo-mackenzie-gore-carter-baumler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what we learned<\/a> about the American League West-leading Texas Rangers during their first series of the season, a series win in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/29\/texas-rangers-pitchers-mackenzie-gore-philadelphia-phillies-skip-schumaker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McFarland writes<\/a> that Gore showed a taste of the promise that the Rangers are hoping on with five hitless frames to begin his tenure with Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/29\/texas-rangers-philadelphia-phillies-series-recap-andrew-mccutchen-brandon-nimmo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Grant writes<\/a> that it was the creative-with-payroll Rangers that came away with a road series win over the free-spending Phillies over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Landry writes that Nimmo was one of those former NL East players that <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fbrandon-nimmo-hits-first-homer-with-rangers\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">haunted the Phillies<\/a> again throughout the first series of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/29\/texas-rangers-abs-challenge-learning-evan-carter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McFarland writes<\/a> that the implementation of ABS was the big story of the first weekend of the season and the Rangers are still figuring it out as they go along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Landry notes that former Phillie <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Frangers%2Fnews%2Fandrew-mccutchen-apologizes-to-fan-after-first-home-run-with-rangers\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew McCutchen was integral<\/a> to Texas\u2019 win on Sunday, so much so that he could only offer words of condolence to a fan after hitting his first homer as a Ranger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2026\/03\/29\/jacob-degrom-injury-update-texas-rangers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McFarland writes<\/a> that the team hasn\u2019t yet made a decision on whether or not Jacob deGrom will make his 2026 debut in the remaining series of this road trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn McFarland checks 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