Outfielder Sam Haggerty has been activated from the 10-day injured list ahead of Friday’s game against Atlanta, the Rangers announced. In a corresponding move, the Rangers are optioning Cody Freeman to Triple-A Round Rock.

Earlier this week injured Texas Rangers designated hitter Joc Pederson left to join Double-A Frisco in Omaha for a rehab assignment.

The Texas Rangers have won six of seven games since the All-Star break and will look to continue that roll when they clash with the sputtering Atlanta Braves on Saturday in the middle game of a three-game interleague series in Arlington,

What creates baseball’s best starting rotation? Good question. Two ace-caliber arms in Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi help. Two high-profile rookies that’ve shown flashes of upside in Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter do too.

The Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the Athletics on Wednesday with a 2-1 win. The A's have now lost five of their first six games coming out of the All-Star break, and sit in last place in the AL West with one of the worst records in all of baseball.

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.

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.”

Corey Seager delivered a HR and 2B for the 2nd game in a row in the Rangers' win over the A's, further establishing himself as a historically dominant slugger.

After the Rangers recorded a win over the Braves, it was led by an effective performance from Nathan Eovaldi, who spoke about his outing.