Thursday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks...

I don’t want to talk about the Rangers today. I don’t want to think about the Rangers today. I want to ignore them and pretend they don’t exist.

However, Ben informed me this morning that he couldn’t do the links this morning, so I’m starting my day off with the Rangers.

The Texas Rangers lost to the Oakland A’s by a score of 6-5 last night.

Drew Davison’s game story laments the inevitability of Khris Davis.

Evan Grant says the Rangers have hit rock bottom. And he said that before last night’s loss.

T.R. Sullivan says the Yankees may have interest in acquiring Cole Hamels.

Rangers coaches want to figure out what happened to Willie Calhoun’s power.

With Delino DeShields down, Carlos Tocci will be seeing more time in center field.

Jeff Wilson says you should hate the situation Tocci has found himself in, not Tocci himself.

Gerry Fraley says Austin Bibens-Dirkx is now the iron man of the Ranger pen.

Elvis Andrus talks about playing with Adrian Beltre.

At the Athletic, Jamey Newberg fields questions from readers.