The Latest Breaking News from Marcus Semien

Picking player awards for the AL and NL as well as which teams will reach the postseason as we approach the All-Star Game in Seattle.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have played in front of the two largest crowds for a baseball game in Globe Life Field history this season. The record, set Saturday vs. the Houston Astros, is 40,380. The previous mark, set April 29. vs. the New York Yankees, was 40,027.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sure, Josh Jung imagined making the All-Star team. Put it down on the vision board he made for himself before the season.

ARLINGTON, Texas — It defies logical explanation.

CHICAGO – As the deadline for the initial phase of All-Star Game voting approaches, there has been some slippage in support for the Rangers.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bruce Bochy tends to speak with conviction. He doesn’t dabble much in exaggeration, and he doesn’t say things just to say them. Maybe that’s the mark of a veteran manager. His three World Series rings and a couple thousand career victories sure help give some credence, too.

The umpire’s right arm got a workout.

Jose Caballero is a certified pest, in the best possible baseball sense of the word.

PITTSBURGH — From the first pitch of Johan Oviedo’s last start, it was clear the Pirates right-hander meant business. Debuting a sinker after tinkering with it throughout spring, it didn’t take Oviedo long to show that he was intent on displaying a different version of himself.

Everything is bigger in Texas.

Texas led MLB in stolen bases last season, but Bruce Bochy’s squad is on a far slower pace this year despite the league’s new runner-friendly rules.