The Rangers’ offensive struggles have reached a critical point. When you keep losing games in the same way, over and over, something has to change eventually. On Friday, Texas made a major change by demoting first baseman Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock after his April struggles.

Getting sent down to the minors in the first month of the season is just about a worst-case scenario for a player drafted in the first 10 rounds of a Fantasy Baseball league, so it's hard to imagine a worse start to the season than the one Jake Burger had.

That makes Burger’s demotion in some ways about circumstances as much as it’s about performance. After all, while Burger’s plate discipline numbers early in the season have been worrying as ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers optioned slumping slugger Jake Burger to Triple-A Round ... “Fair or unfair, his performance is magnified a little bit by the performance of others ...

so it's hard to imagine a worse start to the season than the one Jake Burger had. Burger, the Rangers' big offseason addition to their lineup, hit just .190/.231/.330 in his first 30 games ...