The Texas Rangers were able to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks for a critical series win to keep themselves within range of the Houston Astros for the rights to the American League West Division, but what does the rest of the season look like?

At 74-76 heading into Monday’s slate of games across Major League Baseball, the Rangers are just one game behind the Astros for first place in the division. However, the series they just played against the Diamondbacks is hardly the final test they have left.

The Rangers have 12 games remaining on their regular season schedule, and luckily for them, most of them will be played at home.

Texas is set to begin a nine-game homestand on Monday, but the opponents it will face will not all be easy. Recently, Stephen J. Nesbitt and Chad Jennings of The Athletic provided the strength of the remaining schedule for the Rangers and all of the other teams that had at least a 10% chance of making the playoffs.

Nesbitt and Jennings illustrated that Texas’ strength of schedule is coming in at .514, and its playoff chances are at 30.9%. This means that because of the average level of baseball the Rangers have played most of the season, their room for error is extremely slim.

Texas will kick off its homestand with arguably the most difficult series it will play the rest of the season: A three-game set against the Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox come to Globe Life Field on Monday with an 82-68 record and firmly hold second place in the American League Wild Card standings. Meanwhile, the Rangers sit in fifth, two games behind the Cleveland Guardians for the third and final Wild Card spot that will be included in the postseason for the AL.

The last time Texas faced the Red Sox was in mid June, and Boston took the series. That took place at Fenway Park, though, and the Rangers have been much better at home.

Next up on the docket in Texas’ homestand will be the Toronto Blue Jays, and while they may not be the most difficult opponent the Rangers will face down the stretch, the series against them might be the most important.

This is because Toronto currently occupies fourth place in the Wild Card standings with a 75-75 record. As of Monday, the Rangers only trail the Blue Jays by one game, and depending on how the next few days plays out, that gap can change in favor of Texas or against it.

The defending American League champions have had a disappointing season, but their postseason hopes are not dead yet. Expect them to give the Rangers a fight. But as Nesbitt and Jennings point out, the good news is that Texas swept them in a four-game series earlier in the season.

Finally, Texas will host the New York Mets, who have perhaps had a more disappointing season than any team in MLB. The Mets have the second-highest payroll, yet have a 69-80 record and are on the brink of playoff elimination.

This has to be a series the Rangers not just win, but ideally sweep to boost their chances of punching a ticket to October.

Finally, the Rangers will take a trip to Minnesota to play the Twins, and this is the series that Nesbitt and Jennings highlighted as the key among Texas’ remaining opponents.

The good news is that, at 70-79, the Twins are a below-average team. The bad news for the Rangers is that they have not been good on the road, which is reflected in a 34-44 record. Moreover, Minnesota swept them earlier in the season, and the Twins might want to play the spoiler in a series with much greater implications.