The Rangers’ offensive struggles have reached a critical point. When you keep losing games in the same way, over and over, something has to change eventually. On Friday, Texas made a major change by demoting first baseman Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock after his April struggles.

Hours after yet another offensive no-show by the Rangers, the club moved onto the next step of trying to shake up the offense. Each one gets more dramatic. The Rangers will option struggling first baseman Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock and add Blaine Crim to the big league roster to replace him,

The Texas Rangers have struggled to find offense, and one struggling slugger is being sent down to Triple-A to find his swing.

The obvious narrative on the Rangers’ decision to send Burger down is Chris Young wasn’t going to be as patient as he was a year ago. Allow us to

The Rangers traded for Burger from the Marlins during the offseason in December, looking to replace Nathaniel Lowe, whom the Rangers traded to the Nationals. Burger hit .250 with 23 doubles and 29 home runs through 137 games with the Marlins in 2024 after he hit 34 dingers the season before with Miami and the White Sox.

The Texas Rangers reportedly demoted slugger Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock after being shut out by the Athletics on Thursday afternoon. The move packs significance because Burger smacked 63 homers over the previous two seasons.