Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien looks out from the on deck circle before batting leadoff in the Rangers first spring training game of the season against the Kansas City Royals at ...

Will Marcus Semien enjoy a bounce-back season with the Texas Rangers simply because it’s an odd-numbered year? That’s been the recent pattern for the former Cal star. Semien finished third in ...

So that’s fun. But Bregman possibly being a second baseman this year had me thinking about him in relation to Marcus Semien. Semien is, like Bregman, a well rounded player who provides value by ...

Semien went 3-for-6 with a homer and a double while scoring a pair of runs and knocking in one. With the big performance, the 33-year-old bumps up his slash line to .286/.355/.464 on the season.

If there has been anything close to a certainty about the Rangers in the peaks and valleys of the last two seasons, it’s this: Batting first and playing second base, No. 2, Marcus Semien.