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Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers Starting Lineups — September 18, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
8:05 PM ET · Globe Life FieldFinal lineups locked · Sep 18, 5:05 PM ETStats updated Oct 26, 10:04 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
TOR.722
−1 ptsOPS edge
TEX
.723
Even matchup
Power
Season HR
97vs119
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.327vs.318
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.735vs.759
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.673vs.656
TOR wins 6 of 9 batting-order slots · TEX wins 3
TORSlotTEX
Brett Bateman.786
1.758Ezequiel Duran
Nathan Lukes.713
2.751Corey Seager
Vladimir Guerrero Jr..698
3.793Josh Jung
George Springer.741
4.733Brandon Nimmo
Alejandro Kirk.763
5.753Wyatt Langford
Kazuma Okamoto.766
6.728Jake Burger
Josh Smith.680
7.653Nicky Lopez
Ernie Clement.677
8.687Elias Díaz
Myles Straw.661
9.629Evan Carter
3 of 9 Toronto Blue Jays hitters have the platoon advantage vs Kumar Rocker (4 of 9 for Texas Rangers)
Toronto Blue Jays
- Balanced lineup, no standout strength or weakness
- Handedness works against them today
Texas Rangers
- Balanced lineup, no standout strength or weakness
- Bottom third drops off sharply