Nothing deGrom did Sunday was a surprise. But it was a reminder: When he's healthy, he's the most dominant pitcher of his generation. He's filthy, dirty, and nasty. And that's all a good thing for the Texas Rangers.

Kumar Rocker takes the blame for the Rangers' brutal loss to the Reds in his first start of the season. They lost 14-3 on Monday.

Kennedi Landry writes that Jacob deGrom was good and the Texas Rangers were winners on Sunday to take the series against Boston. Shawn McFarland writes that the opening series against the Red Sox had a more intense quality than you might expect pre-April and Texas came out on top.

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy wanted three things from starter Jacob deGrom on Sunday — five innings, 75 pitches and no injuries.

Kevin Sherrington: Except for the team that wins the World Series, nobody ever has enough starting pitching. The Rangers have depth, but how much is quality depth? If they get 20-25 starts from deGrom, a typical season from Eovaldi, a bounceback from Tyler Mahle and innings from Corbin, Rocker and Leiter, they’ll be in the thick of it.

The Rangers won three straight after dropping the series opener. Red Sox DH Rafael Devers went 0-4 with two strikeouts and a walk. Devers went 0 for 16 in the series with 12 strikeouts.

Heading into the 2025 regular season, the Texas Rangers already have some major question marks with their starting rotation.

The roots of the Rangers’ opening day roster that will take the field vs. the Boston Red Sox on Thursday at Globe Life Field don’t quite stretch that deep. The Rangers’ pockets certainly did, though. Here’s a glance at how the roster is made up: