The Texas Rangers were coming off a 102-loss season when they invested a half-billion dollars in free agents Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Now with their All-Star middle infielders at the top of the batting order for the second straight year, the Rangers are getting ready for their first AL Championship Series since 2011 after opening this postseason with sweeps of the American League's two winningest teams of 2023. Seager was World Series MVP when the Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2020 title in a neutral-site matchup at Globe Life Field, but the Rangers had never had a postseason game in that ballpark until this week's Division Series clinching Game 3 against Baltimore.