Heim even stole a base for the ninth time in his career. The start today was his fifth in 10 games this season, as the Rangers have had he and Kyle Higashioka splitting time evenly thus far. That might start to change with Heim currently 6-for-18 with two homers. Higashioka is 3-for-16.

Heim made the most of his season debut with two long balls. His second one was especially impressive: a no-doubter clubbed an estimated 417 ft deep into the right field stands. He is expected to be in a fairly even timeshare with the newly acquired Kyle Higashioka this season, but can definitely make an impact with the bat when he’s in the lineup.

The 29-year-old backstop had a down season offensively in 2024, slashing .220/.267/.336 with 13 homers, 59 RBI and one stolen base in 491 plate appearances. With Kyle Higashioka now in town, he’ll need to quickly improve upon that performance or risk ending up as the understudy to the free agent addition.

Heim is splitting time rather evenly with Carson Kelly at the moment, and the Rangers probably aren’t going to change much there, given that they’re out of the race and Kelly is going to be a free agent after the season anyway. Still, coming off two very solid campaigns, one of which earned him an All-Star nod, Heim has been one of MLB’s worst hitters this season, coming in at .216/.263/.330 in 441 plate appearances.