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While the Texas Rangers have a day off before starting a three-game series in the Bronx against Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, maybe they'll take some time to look at the newest MLB Power Rankings.

According to The Athletic, which has MLB reporters put together weekly power rankings, the Rangers find themselves in the No. 8 position.

In writing about Texas, Levi Weaver of The Athletic pointed toward a couple of players and their statistics in MacKenzie Gore and Josh Jung.

Despite being 16-18 for the 2026 MLB season right now, the Rangers are in second place in the American League West Division. It's been a tough start to the season for a bunch of teams in the division, so the Rangers and Athletics have found ways to take advantage of it all.

Weaver turned his attention first on Gore and his season so far.

"First: When the Rangers traded for Gore, it was an example of doubling down on an existing strength," Weaver wrote. "One number that really drives home the point?

"Gore entered Monday night as the AL leader in K/9, at 12.2, but — depending on how things go Tuesday, he may lose that lead to his own teammate Jacob deGrom, who currently sits at 12.4, but hasn’t yet pitched enough games to qualify for the leaderboard," Weaver continued.

Then, Weaver started reviewing what type of start Jung has had in the 2026 MLB season.

"But the bigger development might be that Jung seems to be having that big breakout season," Weaver wrote. "The eighth pick of the 2019 draft, Jung finished fourth in AL Rookie of the Year voting in 2023, but has battled injury after injury, struggling to find consistency. He’s been on fire this month."