In the last installment of “5 things we learned about the Rangers this week,” which published the Monday after the first half finished, we wrote that “maybe the rest of us [deserve a break], too, after that first half.

Adolis García, who led the team with 39 home runs in 2023, is hitting .232 with 13 home runs in 96 games. The Rangers have shifted García around in the lineup, even removing him from the lineup at times for mental breaks and to work on his mechanics.

Former Rangers scribe Sam Blum checks in on Texas’ second half surge which has put them back in the mix. Grant notes that with Jake Burger nearing a return, the lineup is close to being fully healthy for the first time in months.