The Texas Rangers have wrapped up Week Six of the 2026 season, and unfortunately, the struggles that plagued April have followed them into May. With a weekly record of 2-4 and an overall mark of 16-18, the team is sitting at a crossroads that feels all too familiar for fans.
The week started with a frustrating series against the New York Yankees, where Texas dropped two of three games at home. After a 4-2 loss and a 3-2 defeat, the Rangers managed a bright spot with a 3-0 shutout win in Game 31. But that momentum quickly evaporated on the road against the Detroit Tigers, where they lost three of four games, including back-to-back 7-1 and 5-1 defeats to close out the week.
The biggest issue? Clutch hitting—or the lack of it. In the Detroit series alone, Texas went a dismal 3-for-20 with runners in scoring position. And that stat is misleading because all three hits came in their lone win. On Saturday and Sunday, they were 0-for-11 in those critical moments. When you can't deliver with men on base, it's a recipe for a long season.
This offensive drought feels like a painful echo of early last season, when the Rangers made a coaching change to address similar struggles. Now, it's starting to look psychological. Players are pressing, trying too hard to make something happen because they know the numbers aren't there. And as any baseball fan knows, that pressure only makes things worse.
May is typically the month when the Rangers start to find their identity and build some rhythm. But if this is who they are—a very average team—then it's not going to be a fun summer. The numbers don't lie: Texas ranks in the bottom four in the majors for total hits and bottom three in runs scored. In the American League, they're dead last in both categories.
There is one bright spot, and his name is Josh Jung. After a brutal start to the season where he looked completely lost at the plate, Jung has turned things around in a big way. He's not just getting on base consistently—he's making it feel like a guarantee that he'll hit a double or two every series. Jung currently sits fourth in all of baseball with 12 doubles, and if he can bottle whatever he's found, the rest of the lineup would do well to take notes.
We're only 34 games into the season, but the pattern is getting old: one good win, then a flat performance. The Rangers are about to face two teams leading their respective divisions, so the pressure is on to turn things around—before "average" becomes the permanent label.