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The Rangers are teetering on the edge of another losing road trip, failing to carry over any momentum from a sweep over the Royals last weekend. These are your questions.

Assuming (and it’s obviously a big assumption) the offense plays up to where it should and the Rangers are back in the playoff hunt when the injured pitchers start coming back online, what does the rotation and more notably, what does the bullpen look like in September and October? -- @dopamine1 on Twitter

Best-case scenario, if everybody is healthy -- big if there as well -- the Rangers' pitching staff will likely line up as follows:

Rotation: Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, Nathan Eovaldi, Tyler Mahle, Michael Lorenzen

Bullpen: Kirby Yates, David Robertson, Dane Dunning, Andrew Heaney, Josh Sborz, José Leclerc, José Ureña, Jon Gray, Cody Bradford

Texas will have more starting pitchers than it knows what to do with if everything works out well, which it almost never does. That being said, most, if not all, of these starters have thrived out of the bullpen at one point or another. The biggest question will probably be if Lorenzen or Gray gets booted to the bullpen, but Gray has been lights out as a reliever in the postseason and in two appearances this year. That would probably be the best bet.

If it does work out where they’re all healthy at the same time, the Rangers are going to majorly get caught in a numbers game. Would Ureña be the odd man out? Or could it be Cody Bradford, who has been elite when healthy this year but has options remaining?

Is Chris Young “all in”? Or is a more cautious approach to the Deadline the thought with the pitching coming off of the IR this fall? -- @CedarPollen on Twitter

I think general manager Chris Young is intent on improving this team, both this season and down the line, so he’ll evaluate that as he sees fit. I wouldn’t say he’s “all in” or “cautious” either way, because I think the market and how the Rangers play these next few weeks, as we get closer to the July 30 Deadline, will also dictate what moves can and will be made.

“The reality is, in my opinion, the group we have out on the field right now is the best group to help the Texas Rangers win,” Young said during the last homestand. “And at this point, there are no external options and internally, we feel like we've put the best Major League roster together that we can compile minus injuries, of course. This is our group and I believe in this group.

“The only thing I focus on is how we're going to win tonight's game, and how we are going to win the next series and the short term. I just know that if we don't win, it's not going to matter.”

Got a best guess for what happens with the three men on third when Jung returns? -- @buckysportsguy on Twitter

If by three men on third, you mean Josh Jung, Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran, I think this week’s decision with Duran has shown what the plan is.

The Rangers optioned Duran to Triple-A Round Rock while in Milwaukee, hoping for him to work on his fastball timing in a lower-pressure situation. Smith has been the club’s most valuable player this season in Jung’s absence, and it’s not particularly close.

If Evan Carter is still down when Jung returns, the best lineup is likely some variation of:

1. Marcus Semien, 2B
2. Corey Seager, SS
3. Jung, 3B
4. Adolis García, RF
5. Smith, DH
6. Wyatt Langford, LF
7. Nathaniel Lowe, 1B
8. Jonah Heim, C
9. Leody Taveras, CF

Bruce Bochy has said that Smith could get some outfield reps when Jung gets back, and he’s shown himself to be a versatile defender at multiple positions. It’s also likely that Jung will be eased back into it and will receive a lot of DH time, while Smith remains at third base, at least to start. Duran will likely rejoin the big league club at some point, but as a bench bat.

Is the club just going to go with “the best available player” at No. 30? Or will the Rangers focus on a position in the MLB Draft? -- @BIGDOG31 on Twitter

For the first time since 2017, the Rangers are not picking in the top half of the MLB Draft, leaving a few more questions than usual as it pertains to who will be available at pick No. 30.

According to MLB Pipeline, the Rangers have been connected to a handful of college catchers and high school shortstops at No. 30 in this year’s Draft. In the most recent Mock Draft, Pipeline had Texas selecting Kellon Lindsey, a shortstop out of Hardee High School in Wauchula, Fla. He’s No. 29 on Pipeline’s Draft Top 250.

Pipeline also lists Illinois high school pitcher Ryan Sloan (No. 19), LSU third baseman Tommy White (No. 20) and Arkansas high school outfielder Slade Caldwell (No. 27) as other considerations.