The second half of the 2026 Major League Baseball season for the Texas Rangers has not gone particularly well, and the last week has been even more of a struggle.

Since Aug. 11, the Rangers have lost five of their last six games, and while that did change on Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, it does not change the fact that they are falling further below the .500 mark.

Texas opened its series against Washington with a 61-64 record, which is enough to keep it in second place in the struggling American League West Division, but the Rangers are rapidly losing ground on the first-place Houston Astros.

Moreover, Texas is losing ground in the power rankings. In the latest rankings constructed by​ Tim Britton, Johnny Flores Jr. and Levi Weaver of The Athletic, the organization has regressed.

Except for the Nationals, who fell from No. 15 in The Athletic's previous rankings to No. 20, the Rangers have the next worst regression, going from No. 19 to No. 23.

Britton, Flores, and Weaver also picked a struggling star from each organization to dissect what has gone wrong. For Texas, that player is Corey Seager.

The Rangers already were below average in terms of power rankings alone. Now, they are falling dangerously close to being in the company of the worst teams in the sport. However, that is what happens when inconsistency has defined the franchise this year.

In Seager’s case, it has been closer to a complete disaster than an up-and-down road like his team has experienced. Between injuries and poor play, the 32-year-old looks like a shell of himself.

As The Athletic pointed out, Seager had a .203 batting average, a .307 on-base percentage, a .390 slugging percentage and a .696 OPS, all of which are career lows. Tie those lowly marks to his rapidly waning availability, and you are witnessing the demise of a star.

However, this hardly falls all on Seager. The Rangers are struggling at the plate in general (19th in batting average, 21st in OPS), and they have been below average in multiple pitching categories (16th in ERA among starters, 17th in strikeouts).

So, what can Texas do with time running out? At the time of writing, it sits in fourth place in the American League Wild Card race, and it possesses the same record as the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles.

A couple of wins can push the Rangers back up in the Wild Card race, but any additional losses will bury them further. If they are serious about making the postseason, it is time to play the right way.