What midseason grade would you give the Rangers?

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Last night's Rangers game was a bit of a microcosm of the season. Things to like (the offense), things to dislike (Kumar Rocker struggling), and a loss at the end. What grade would you give this team as we've passed the midpoint of the season?

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00:00so if you don't win your last four games and honestly what in the world would lead you to

00:19believe that that's going to happen you're going to have a sub 500 record at the all-star break

00:24so what do you think is a fair grade for the rangers in the first half

00:28it's this is tough because the pitching the starting pitching has been good yes

00:35i think somewhere in like the 79 range yeah b minus c plus like because the pitching's been that good

00:48the uh the hitting has had weird moments yeah yeah i'll give i'll give it somewhere in that range

00:54i'm not as down as some people are like where this team is thinking the whole thing's bad

01:02i gotcha so i'll put it in the 79 range right now i'm really i was fascinated to hear your grade

01:08before alec but no pressure now i'm really fascinated oh no i would say letter grade give me

01:16a c plus okay and the plus is purely for the pitching the offense has been so lackluster this

01:22team is too talented to not be better than they are so you guys might think this grade is unfair then

01:28but this is what we talk about with the raised expectations so first line of espn is a little

01:36blurb i bet y'all will be able to guess it's lower than that 18 of our 28 voters picked the rangers to

01:44win the al west before the season but it's looking more and more like the 2023 world series might be

01:51a stone cold fluke in the middle of a string of losing seasons so raised expectations the texas rangers

02:00got a d plus and that is better than six teams in major league baseball including cory you won't be

02:10surprised to know the baltimore orioles who got an f as we talked about they might be one of the

02:14biggest disappointments in modern baseball

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