Texas Rangers Projected 25-Man Roster

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)(pictured above) - .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