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Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers Starting Lineups — September 19, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

7:05 PM ET · Globe Life FieldFinal lineups locked · Sep 19, 4:05 PM ETStats updated Oct 26, 10:04 AM ET
TOR
79–83 · 5th AL East
Official
HandRHP
L / R bats4 L / 5 R
OPS vs hand.705 vs RHP
TEX
80–82 · 2nd AL West
Official
HandRHP
L / R bats4 L / 5 R
OPS vs hand.692 vs RHP

Lineup strength vs today's starter

Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.

Updated Sep 19, 4:05 PM ET
TORTOR
.721
−1 ptsOPS edge
TEXTEX
.722

Even matchup

Power
Season HR
97vs118
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.326vs.320
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.747vs.759
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.667vs.653

TOR wins 5 of 9 batting-order slots · TEX wins 4

TORSlotTEX
Brett Bateman.787
1
.758Ezequiel Duran
Vladimir Guerrero Jr..698
2
.752Corey Seager
Alejandro Kirk.763
3
.793Josh Jung
George Springer.741
4
.733Brandon Nimmo
Nathan Lukes.713
5
.753Wyatt Langford
Kazuma Okamoto.767
6
.728Jake Burger
Josh Smith.681
7
.653Nicky Lopez
Andrés Giménez.660
8
.676Danny Jansen
Myles Straw.661
9
.629Evan Carter

4 of 9 Toronto Blue Jays hitters have the platoon advantage vs Cal Quantrill (4 of 9 for Texas Rangers)

Toronto Blue Jays
  • Balanced lineup, no standout strength or weakness
Texas Rangers
  • Balanced lineup, no standout strength or weakness
  • Bottom third drops off sharply

Toronto Blue Jays batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Cal Quantrill
#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP
1Brett BatemanLCF50.329.402.8262181.900118 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
1Brett Bateman CF · L.329/.402/.826·2 HRvs hand.900 · 118 PA · No MLB history · No MLB50H-Score
2Vladimir Guerrero Jr.R1B60.260.332.6889609.650425 PA1-for-7 · 7 PASmall sample
2Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B · R.260/.332/.688·9 HRvs hand.650 · 425 PA · 1-for-7 · 7 PA · Small60H-Score
3Alejandro KirkRC61.278.351.76610313.755188 PA0-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
3Alejandro Kirk C · R.278/.351/.766·10 HRvs hand.755 · 188 PA · 0-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small61H-Score
4George SpringerRDH60.249.321.72615517.754329 PA0-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample
4George Springer DH · R.249/.321/.726·15 HRvs hand.754 · 329 PA · 0-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small60H-Score
5Nathan LukesLRF47.277.327.71410450.744333 PA1-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample
5Nathan Lukes RF · L.277/.327/.714·10 HRvs hand.744 · 333 PA · 1-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small47H-Score
6Kazuma OkamotoR3B71.232.310.76233636.728432 PA0-for-2 · 2 PAVery small sample
6Kazuma Okamoto 3B · R.232/.310/.762·33 HRvs hand.728 · 432 PA · 0-for-2 · 2 PA · Very small71H-Score
7Josh SmithL2B36.203.290.6116243.614180 PA0-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
7Josh Smith 2B · L.203/.290/.611·6 HRvs hand.614 · 180 PA · 0-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small36H-Score
8Andrés GiménezLSS40.244.291.6509508.660342 PA0-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample
8Andrés Giménez SS · L.244/.291/.650·9 HRvs hand.660 · 342 PA · 0-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small40H-Score
9Myles StrawRCF40.241.304.6463330.657137 PA1-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
9Myles Straw CF · R.241/.304/.646·3 HRvs hand.657 · 137 PA · 1-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small40H-Score

Texas Rangers batting order

Official lineupvs RHP José Soriano