The 25 man roster has been set:
Position Players:
C – Gerald Laird
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Ian Kinsler
SS – Michael Young
3B – Hank Blalock
OF – Brad Wilkerson
OF – Frank Catalanotto
OF – Kenny Lofton
OF – Nelson Cruz
DH – Sammy Sosa
Bench:
C – Chris Stewart
UT – Matt Kata
UT – Jerry Hairston Jr
Starters:
Kevin Millwood
Vicente Padilla
Brandon McCarthy
Robinson Tejeda
Pen:
Akinori Otsuka (closer)
Kameron Loe
Joaquin Benoit
C.J. Wilson
Ron Mahay
Scott Feldman
Mike Wood
Bruce Chen
Mike Wood & Bruce Chen are roster quirks, as they’ll both be dumped once Jamey Wright comes up to be the fifth starter, and Eric Gagne is ready. Wood I have no real opinion on, but Bruce Chen on the roster is almost as bad as Wright.
Other moves:
Gagne placed on DL, retro to Mar 28
Miguel Ojeda optioned to AAA
Guillermo Quiroz, Marlon Byrd, and Ezequiel Astacio all DFA
And Francisco Cruceta and Adam Fox have been outrighted to AAA & AA respectively.
I’ll have my roster updated some time on Sunday, although I don’t know when exactly, as I have a lot of church stuff going on during the day, and I’m having some more family health problems back home that have consumed a lot of my thoughts.
UPDATE: I created placeholder roster pages for the additions, and put people in the right places so my roster page will be accurate, but I haven’t had time to create the 4 or 5 roster pages for players on the 25 that I didn’t already have pages for. That will come in the next couple of days. Also, uniform numbers for guys not on the 25/40 change a bunch at the last minute when the season starts, so some of the guys might still change their numbers.
Here is the official press release from the Rangers about all this.