Texas stopped a three-game slide with a 3-1 win over New York in the final home game, but Austin isn't treating three runs and seven hits like an offensive breakthrough. Josh Jung went 3-for-3 with a homer, Kumar Rocker delivered five steady innings, Corey Seager added insurance, and the bullpen allowed one baserunner over four scoreless frames.

Austin gets into why that combination may be Texas' survival formula for the final weekend, the case for holding Jacob deGrom to ace-level expectations, and the bigger offseason questions around Jake Burger, Alejandro Osuna, Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter and the hitting operation. Then it's on to Minnesota, Joe Ryan and an AL West race that is now Texas' only postseason path.

Chapters / Timestamps

• (00:00) - Rangers Salvage the Home Finale
• (04:39) - First Place for Now, AL West Math
• (21:02) - Osuna, Burger and the Offseason Offense
• (32:40) - Burger’s 88 RBI and Replaceability
• (37:05) - Rocker Was Wonderfully Boring
• (39:14) - The Offense Still Isn’t Fixed
• (42:34) - deGrom Has to Be the Ace
• (48:24) - Garcia and the Bullpen Dominate
• (51:49) - On Deck: deGrom vs. Joe Ryan
• (55:41) - Landing: Texas’ Winning Formula

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