The written preview lands about a day and a half before the game, once the lineups, the injuries and the market have settled. Until then the boards below carry the matchup: recent form, how the two sides compare, and where each of them sits.
The full preview, matchup keys, probable starters and the storylines to watch, posts closer to game time, once lineups are set.
Where both sides sit in the division they share, with each marked.
Houston Astros74-72.507L1
Texas Rangers72-74.493L1
Seattle Mariners68-78.466W1
Oakland Athletics59-88.401W1
Los Angeles Angels56-90.384W2Taken from each club's most recent lineup. The official cards post 2 to 3 hours before first pitch, so a name here can still be scratched, and the batting order is the likelier thing to move than the nine men in it.
Texas Rangers
Ezequiel Duran#20RHB.272hotThird base
Corey Seager#5LHBShortstop
Justin Foscue#14RHB.272Second base
Brandon Nimmo#24LHB.263Right field
Wyatt Langford#36RHBLeft fieldOakland Athletics
Henry Bolte#33RHB.277hotLeft field
Lawrence Butler#4LHBRight field
Zack Gelof#20RHBThird base
Denzel Clarke#1RHBCenter field
Tommy White#47RHBFirst base
