As Texas tries to make a playoff push, Josh Jung has been activated and Bruce Bochy changed the lineup order a bit.
Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien follows through on a single as Chicago White Sox's Chuckie Robinson and umpire Vic Carapazza, right, look on in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Arlington, Texas., who will go somewhere into the middle third of the lineup when he officially returns to the starting lineup Tuesday. They officially added. And they flipped the Nos.
But Project Runs-way really relies on the long-awaited return of Jung from a fractured wrist suffered four games into the season and the somewhat surprising flip of Semien and new leadoff hitter Josh Smith.The hope is Smith, who began the week sixth in the AL in OBP at .379, will give the Rangers more early baserunners. And that Semien, hitting third, would get more drivable fastballs. Semien has only reached base at a .308 rate to start games. He is, however, hitting .302 with an .
The biggest part of the shakeup - Jung - will join the lineup on Tuesday. Bochy would not indicate where he will hit, but it’s likely he could be worked in anywhere between fifth and seventh. The Rangers just seem to be a different team with Jung in the lineup. Since the start of 2023, they are 75-49 when he starts and were 69-79 entering Monday when he didn’t. He hasn’t played since April 1,, going 4 for 12. All four hits were singles.
“It’s going to take a little time to be a finished product,” Jung said. “But hopefully I can bring some life back to the offense.”, Rangers beat writer/insider. Evan has covered the Rangers since 1997. He has twice been named one of the top 10 beat writers in the country by the AP Sports Editors. His passions outside of covering baseball are his wife, Gina, his two step kids, two crazy dogs & barbecue. Let's not discuss the cat.
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