This is a projection on the players that I believe will make up the Texas Rangers 25-man Major League roster come Opening Day.
Since Spring Training is still not over, obviously this is not my final list and I will make adjustments by the week and as we get closer to Opening Day.
Those players that are italicized are players that I believe are locks for the 25-man roster, and the stats listed with them are their 2008 season stats.
STARTING ROTATION
Kevin Millwood – 9-10, 5.07 ERA, 168.2 IP, 125 K, 49 BB
Vicente Padilla - 14-8, 4.74 ERA, 171 IP, 127 K, 65 BB
Scott Feldman - 6-8, 5.29 ERA, 151.1 IP, 74 K, 56 BB
Brandon McCarthy – 1-1, 4.09 ERA, 22 IP, 10 K, 8 BB
Matt Harrison – 9-3, 5.49 ERA, 83.2 IP, 42 K, 31 BB
BULLPEN
Dustin Nippert – 3-5, 6.40 ERA, 71.2 IP, 55 K, 32 BB
Warner Madrigal – 0-2, 4.75 ERA, 36 IP, 22 K, 14 BB
C.J. Wilson – 24 saves, 6.02 ERA, 46.1 IP, 41 K, 27 BB
Derrick Turnbow – 1 save, 15.63 ERA, 6.1 IP, 5 K, 13 BB
Eddie Guardado – 4 saves, 4.15 ERA, 56.1 IP, 33 K, 19 BB
Josh Rupe – 3-1, 5.14 ERA, 89.1 IP, 53 K, 46 BB
CLOSER
Frank Francisco - 5 saves, 3.13 ERA, 63.1 IP, 83 K, 26 BB
STARTING LINEUP
Catcher – Jarrod Saltalamacchia – .253 AVG(50-198), .352 OBP, 13 2B, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 27 runs
First Base - Chris Davis – .285 AVG(84-295), .331 OBP, 23 2B, 17 HR, 55 RBI, 51 runs
Second Base – Ian Kinsler – .319 AVG(165-518), .375 OBP, 41 2B, 18 HR, 71 RBI, 102 runs, 26 SB
Shortstop – Elvis Andrus – (2008 Double-A Frisco stats) .295 AVG(142-482), .350 OBP, 19 2B, 4 HR, 65 RBI, 82 runs, 54 SB
Third Base – Michael Young – .284 AVG(183-645), .339 OBP, 36 2B, 12 HR, 82 RBI, 102 runs, 10 SB
Left Field – David Murphy - .275 AVG(114-415), .321 OBP, 28 2B, 15 HR, 74 RBI, 64 runs, 7 SB
Center Field – Josh Hamilton - .304 AVG(190-624), .371 OBP, 35 2B, 32 HR, 130 RBI, 98 runs, 9 SB
Right Field – Nelson Cruz – .330 AVG(38-115), .421 OBP, 9 2B, 7 HR, 26 RBI, 19 runs
Designated Hitter – Hank Blalock - .287 AVG(74-258), .338 OBP, 19 2B, 12 HR, 38 RBI, 37 runs
BENCH
Marlon Byrd (OF) – .298 AVG(120-403), .380 OBP, 28 2B, 10 HR, 53 RBI, 70 runs, 7 SB
Taylor Teagarden (C) – .319 AVG(15-47), .396 OBP, 5 2B, 6 HR, 17 RBI, 10 runs
Omar Vizquel (IF) – .222 AVG(59-266), .283 OBP, 10 2B, 23 RBI, 24 runs, 5 SB
Brandon Boggs (OF) – .226 AVG(64-283), .333 OBP, 17 2B, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 30 runs, 44 BB
Topics: Brandon Boggs, Brandon McCarthy, C.J. Wilson, Chris Davis, David Murphy, Derrick Turnbow, Dustin Nippert, Eddie Guardado, Elvis Andrus, Frank Francisco, Hank Blalock, Ian Kinsler, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, josh hamilton, Josh Rupe, Kevin Millwood, Marlon Byrd, Matt Harrison, Michael Young, Nelson Cruz, Omar Vizquel, Scott Feldman, Taylor Teagarden, Texas Rangers, Vicente Padilla, Warner Madrigal
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