The Texas Rangers have had one of MLB's best pitching staffs this season, including a number of players that are playing themselves into award conversations. ML

Well, in case you were too caught up in all the turmoil that roiled the offense, here’s exactly where the Rangers’ rotation stands after a 4-1 win over Colorado Tuesday night: The best it’s ever been. Not even a pair of homers by Josh Jung, who drove in all four runs, could steal the spotlight from the pitching staff. Nice try, though.

The Rangers won a closely contested match in the first game of the series 2-1. The Rockies took a one-run lead in the second inning, but gave up two runs in the sixth, which cost them the game. While the Rockies lost the game, they covered the massive +3.5 runline.

It was not too long ago that Texas Rangers slugger Adolis Garcia had turned himself into one of the most feared right fielders in baseball.

Texas closer Luke Jackson took a 111-mph comeback liner off his pitching hand on the only pitch he threw after coming on in the ninth inning of the Rangers’ 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

With the New York Mets, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies each logging a pair of series wins last week, the top-tier of MLB teams has become increasingly crowded with no clear-cut No. 1 team in baseball right now.

Whether it’s a smartphone, a computer or even a Major League Baseball player, sometimes a reset is necessary. For Rangers first baseman Jake Burger, that meant getting recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Monday after spending 10 days clearing his cache in the Minors.

On Tuesday, the subject was Chris Martin, who lasted one pitch in the ninth inning of a 4-1 game against Colorado, then walked off the mound and seemed to say “it popped,” on his way back to the dugout with athletic trainer Matt Lucero. It came a day after Luke Jackson was hit by a line drive on the hand and wrist on the first pitch he threw.