At the risk of jinxing the Rangers out of 6 straight wins and a 4-game sweep of the Blue Jays IN TORONTO I’d like to submit that we have a decent chance to get it done. 

I’m already okay with taking 3 outta 4 from the Jays but the reason I think we have a good chance at completing the sweep is Nathan Eovaldi starting. 

He was excellent at the beginning of the season. He’s still not back to that form but he’s getting there. If he can give us even 3 solid innings tonight the bats may be enough to pull off 6 straight and move to within a half game of stupid Houston and 1st Place in the division again. 

At the moment I don’t think we have a chance to actually overtake the Astros for first, not because we can’t win the majority of the games we have left, but because the Astros remaining schedule is so soft. 6 of their last 15 games are vs the Royals who are the worst team in the MLB. Then they end the season in Arizona. The best the Rangers can hope for is the Diamondbacks playing for that 3rd playoff spot in the NL those last 3 games and even then the Astros are just the better team. 

Win or lose, playoffs or no playoffs, it’s been a lotta fun following the Rangers this season. 

Thanks for reading and have a great rest of September!