The Texas Rangers are on the fringe of contention in the AL West, and have their bullpen in mind as the MLB trade deadline inches closer.

In 2025, Detroit Tigers reliever Luke Jackson has posted a 4.11 ERA with 19 walks and 24 strikeouts across 35 innings in 39 games for the Texas Rangers.

The Texas Rangers have emerged as one of many teams to watch at the trade deadline, and president Chris Young explained his squad's approach.

Texas still holds the best team ERA in baseball and by a good margin, 3.18 to the second-place Royals' 3.50. The bullpen of mixed parts and pieces remains among the best in baseball, their ERA second in MLB behind the Astros.

Corey Seager delivered a home run and double for the second game in a row in the Texas Rangers' win over the Athletics, further establishing himself as a historically elite slugger.

Only a couple weeks ago, yours truly wrote that the best option for Chris Young is to sell off a few parts at the deadline and start on next year’s modest rebuild. Nothing crazy. Thank Adolis Garcia for his service, dismantle the bullpen, coast into football season.

Rangers veteran All-Star second baseman Marcus Semien made it clear when he addressed what this deadline means. “I want to be adding at the deadline,” Semien said in the Rangers clubhouse after a recent game. “I always want to make that a goal of mine: To make sure I’m on a team that is adding at the deadline.”