We've known that this Ranger season has been on the brink from the first pitch.

Corby told us so.

Corby made it so.

He labeled it as such.

Which I didn't know what that really meant at the time.

It was just hot air from Corby at the time.

But now it's starting to make a lot of sense.

As the Rangers in their current spot have lost six of seven with 40 games left in the regular

season, they find themselves three and a half back of the Yankees for the third and final

wildcard spot in the American League, and they trail Houston by seven and a half in the

division leading into their seven-game road trip beginning

tonight in Toronto, as Will Connerley told you on the ticker. That is the best record in

the American League, second best record in baseball trailing only the Milwaukee Brewer. So

you are getting down to the point in the season where you've got a couple of more series against Houston to go, but you've also got a lot of games remaining against teams that are still playing for a lot.

Toronto is trying to maintain their spot.

You've got Cleveland, who is in the mix for the wildcard race.

You've got a three-game series against Milwaukee.

You close the season with Cleveland.

So you are going to have a lot of competitive series moving down the stretch here,

and it does feel a little bit like the Rangers are on their last breath. I'm not going to say they're dead. I'm not going to say

they're even dying. I'm going to say they're not playing well at a time to where Houston seems to be

playing extremely well. And the other teams that are in the mix for the American League Wildcard are

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