For the better part of the last week and a half, the Texas Rangers have tried everything to fix their offensive woes.

Entering the week, the Rangers rank 29th in runs scored, RBI, and walks, 28th in OBP, 25th in SLG, and 25th in batting average.

However, their struggles don’t come from a position of a lack of effort. After mixing up the lineup in extreme fashion for the last week and a half, more eye-popping tactics were implemented at the beginning of last week’s home stand.

Before Monday’s 2-1 loss to the Athletics, Rangers hitters were not available to the media in the clubhouse before the game, as they attended intensive meetings amongst themselves and with hitting coaches.

On Tuesday, Rangers President of Baseball Operations Chris Young stepped in, insisting that the entire team take batting practice together and work on situational hitting.

Despite what many across baseball would consider to be extreme measures, the Rangers most recent seven-game home stand was an offensive failure.

Texas finished with a 2-5 record, just narrowly saving themselves from the least amount of wins on a home stand of 7+ games since July of 2015.

In those five losses, the Rangers offense managed to score just four runs and never scored more than one in a game.

Following that performance, Rangers brass had seen enough and did just about the only thing that they hadn’t done.. Dismiss people.

Immediately after putting up eight runs in an 8-1 series-closing victory over the Seattle Mariners, the Rangers dismissed offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker from his duties.

Ecker was the mastermind behind the high-powered, historic offense that led the Rangers to the 2023 World Series championship, but after a down offensive year in 2024 and a slow start in 2025, the only thing left to do was make a major move like this.

“After lengthy discussions and deliberations, we feel now is the appropriate time to provide our hitters with a new voice as we pursue goals of winning the division and reaching the postseason,” Young said.

The Rangers later said in the release that “The structure of the club’s hitting staff is expected to be addressed in the coming days”.

Said move marks the first time in Bruce Bochy’s 28 years as a big league manager that a member of his staff has been dismissed in-season.

Ecker wasn’t the only one who saw his time with the Rangers come to an end yesterday evening.

Texas placed center fielder Leody Taveras on waivers, ending his six-year tender with the Rangers for now.

After getting the first crack as the starting center fielder, it’s been evident that the Rangers have pretty much given up on Taveras for at least the last week.

In hopes of him taking a step forward, the Rangers chose to hold onto Taveras during the offseason despite having interest from other teams wanting to acquire his services.

Now, just a few short months later, the roles were flipped as Texas attempted to trade Taveras before placing him on waivers, but his play and his $4 million salary led to no suitors stepping forward this time around.

Moving on from Taveras puts action behind Young’s words from earlier this week when he said, “the players who perform will get the playing time”.

Now, the Rangers could soon tap into their minor league system and call up someone like Evan Carter or Alejandro Ozuna, both of whom have had very strong opening months in the minor leagues.

Ultimately, these moves were inevitable if the Rangers offense were to continue performing the way that it has been, but more importantly, it sends a message.

As Texas hits the road for a six-game road trip with stops in Boston and Detroit, it’s on the players to respond to that message.