JAKE BURGER NEWS

2025 MLB power rankings: What are the injuries worth monitoring?

This week’s power rankings don’t feature much movement at the top, but they do feature the latest injury updates as we sort through the wrec...

8 HOURS AGO

Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow leaves start at Texas with lower leg cramps, expected to make next start

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow left Sunday’s start against the Texas Rangers with lower leg cramps in the fifth inning of a scoreless game that the Dodgers won 1-0

1 DAY AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sitting Saturday Burger is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

Impact Burger's six-game hitting streak was put to an end Friday, as he struck out in all three of his at-bats. He'll get a chance to regroup Saturday while Josh Smith starts at first, opening up left field for Dustin Harris.

2 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Bracelet gift from young fan helps Burger avoid injury ARLINGTON -- Jake Burger was hit by a 95.9 mph sinker out of the hand of Angels pitcher Jack Kochanowicz in the Rangers’ 5-3 win over the An...

4 DAYS AGO • MLB.COM

Hits in five straight Burger went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Angels.

Impact Burger returned to the lineup after missing one game due to an illness and recorded his first multi-hit game of the season. A slow start has given way to hot stretch for the first baseman. Burger, who batted .105 over his first 11 games, has now hit safely in five straight, going 7-for-19 with a double, two RBI and a run scored.

4 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Deadspin | Jake Burger, Corey Seager lead Rangers past Angels Deadspin | Jake Burger, Corey Seager lead Rangers past Angels

4 DAYS AGO • DEADSPIN.COM

Corey Seager gets 3 hits and 2 RBIs as the Rangers beat the Angels 3-1

Corey Seager and Jake Burger each had three hits, and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1

5 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jake Burger, Corey Seager lead Rangers past Angels Corey Seager had three hits and two RBI and Jake Burger added three hits as the host Texas Rangers defeated the suddenly swooning Los Angele...

5 DAYS AGO • SACBEE.COM

Returns to Texas lineup Burger (illness) will start at first base and bat seventh in Wednesday's contest versus the Angels.

Impact Burger missed Tuesday's tilt due to illness but feels well enough to give it a go in this one. The first baseman's tenure with the Rangers hasn't gotten off to an ideal start, as he'll carry a .484 OPS into play Wednesday.

5 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Sitting with illness Burger is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Angels due to an illness but may be available off the bench, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Impact Burger started the previous four contests but will sit for the second time this season due to the ailment. Ezequiel Duran will take over at first base and bat eighth against Halos lefty Yusei Kikuchi.

6 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Last Night in Baseball: Hall of Famer Joe Mauer gets a statue

Joe Mauer gets a statue in Minnesota, a huge come-from-behind walk-off win, dodging a tag, and more from the weekend in MLB.

APRIL 14

Raleigh homers for 3rd straight game to give Mariners 3-1 win, sweep of Rangers

Cal Raleigh homered for a third straight game to spark the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win and a sweep of the Texas Rangers

APRIL 13 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MLB roundtable: Will torpedo bats be banned? Can the Braves bounce back?

The FOX Sports MLB staff weighs in on the hottest early-season topics, including which division leaders are here to stay, whether torpedo ba...

APRIL 10

Getting breather Tuesday Burger is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs.

Impact It's the first day off this season for Burger, who is just 4-for-38 in his first 11 contests with his new team. Josh Smith is starting at first base and batting sixth for the Rangers.

APRIL 8 • ROTOWIRE

Provides early cushion Burger went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Rays.

Impact After Marcus Semien led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer, Burger extended the Rangers' cushion later in the frame with a three-run blast. It was Burger's second homer of the season and snapped an 0-for-11 run.

APRIL 6 • ROTOWIRE

Langford's 2-run homer in the seventh inning lifts Rangers past Rays 6-4 for 4th straight win

Wyatt Langford hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning after Jacob deGrom allowed a four-run lead to slip away and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 for thei...

APRIL 6 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rangers announce No. 21 jersey sales to benefit Burger Foundation ARLINGTON -- Ashlyn Burger got emotional when she first saw her husband, Jake Burger \-\- the Rangers’ new first baseman -- take the field o...

APRIL 4 • MLB.COM

Jack Leiter shuts down Reds in Rangers' second straight 1-0 win

Jack Leiter shut the Cincinnati Reds down for the second game in a row and the Texas Rangers won 1-0 to take the three-game series

APRIL 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Goes deep in loss Burger went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 14-3 loss to Cincinnati.

Impact Burger's two-run shot in the ninth inning was little consolation for the Rangers, who were down 6-0 after two innings and 14-0 before they got on the scoreboard. The homer was Burger's first of the season. The first baseman has reached base safely in four of the first five games, scoring four runs and knocking in three.

APRIL 1 • ROTOWIRE

Reds' Elly De La Cruz posts career-high 7 RBIs in first game with torpedo bat

Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs for a career-high seven RBIs and the Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14-3.

APRIL 1

Langford and García both homer in the 6th to push Rangers past Red Sox 3-2

Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit solo home runs in the sixth inning to put the Texas Rangers over the Boston Red Sox 3-2

MARCH 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ranking the 10 best first basemen in MLB for 2025

Our eight-part position series continues with the top 10 first basemen entering the 2025 season.

MARCH 27

AL West Preview: The Astros will look different, and that could mean a new division champ this year

The Houston Astros will look different when trying to continue their impressive run of AL West titles

MARCH 17 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

3 Texas Rangers observations: Pillar of strength, center of attention and smash-Burger Kevin Pillar’s efforts to make the team and Jake Burger’s power were on full display Saturday.

MARCH 8 • DALLASNEWS.COM

Adolis (oblique) scratched, to get MRI: 'Gonna miss a little bit of time' SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Adolis García was scratched from Tuesday’s Cactus League matchup with the A’s at Surprise Stadium due to a left oblique i...

MARCH 4 • MLB.COM