The Texas Rangers have announced their opening day starter. It’ll be Jon Grey on Apr 8 in Toronto.

That continues the current streak of opening day starters not repeating. The last time we had two years in a row with the same starter was 2009, when Kevin Millwood started for the fourth year in a row. Since that, every one has been different.

Here are the current record holders for consecutive Game 1 starts in Texas Rangers history.

Consecutive Game 1 Starts:

• Kevin Millwood – 4 (06-09)
• Charlie Hough – 4 (86-89)
• Nolan Ryan – 3 (90-92)
• Ken Hill – 2 (96-97)
• Jon Matlack – 2 (80-81)
• Dick Bosman – 2 (72-73, if you count Senators, it would be 4 as he did 70-71 as well)

… and the overall / non consecutive game 1 starter record is Charlie Hough who did it six times, between 1982 and 1989.  Behind him are Kevin Millwood with 4, and Nolan Ryan with 3.

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I’m not going to get into it here, as it makes me sad. But the opening of the 2022 MLB season has been canceled (not postponed, but CANCELED) due to labor strife.  Could be more, but for now it’s just the first two series.

The Rangers issued a press release this afternoon about what’s happening ticket wise with those who have bought tickets – either individually or as a season ticket holder of some variant.  Here’s that press release:

Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2020 will be the 13th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2020.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 26 man roster officially.  Here goes:

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2020: 50
Total pitchers used in 2020: 25
Total position players used in 2020: 25
Total players making major league debut: 9

• #50 – Andrew Romine (Sep 24 – replacing Nick Goody (DFA))
• #49 – Demarcus Evans (Sep 15 – replacing Luis Garcia (DFA))
• #48 – Sherton Apostel (Sep 12 – replacing Elvis Andrus (placed on 10 day DL))
• #47 – Sam Huff (Sep 10 – replacing Scott Heinemann (optioned to ATS))
• #46 – John King (Sep 1 – replacing Yadiel Rivera (DFA))
• #45 – Eli White (Sep 1 – replacing Todd Frazier (traded to NYM))
• #44 – Kyle Cody (Aug 20 – replacing Elvis Andrus (placed on 10 day DL))
• #43 – Yadiel Rivera (Aug 20 – replacing Willie Calhoun (placed on 10 day DL))
• #42 – Luis Garcia (Aug 18 – replacing Juan Nicasio (placed on restricted list)
• #41 – Juan Nicasio (Aug 14 – replacing Edinson Volquez (placed on 45 day DL))
• #40 – Derek Dietrich (Aug 11 – replacing Anderson Tejeda (optioned to ATS))
• #39 – Wes Benjamin (Aug 11 – replacing Jimmy Herget (optioned to ATS))
• #38 – Taylor Hearn (Aug 10 – replacing Adolis Garcia (optioned to ATS))
• #37 – Rafael Montero (Aug 7 – replacing Joe Palumbo (placed on 10 day DL))
• #36 – Joely Rodriguez (Aug 4 – replacing Greg Bird (placed on 10 day DL))
• #35 – Anderson Tejeda (Aug 2 – replacing Danny Santana (placed on 10 day DL))
• #34 – Jimmy Herget (Jul 31 – replacing Jose LeClerc (placed on 45 day DL))
• #33 – Greg Bird (Jul 31 – replacing Ronald Guzman (optioned to ATS))
• #32 – Brett Martin (Jul 28 – replacing Corey Kluber (placed on 45 day DL))
• #31 – Adolis García (Jul 28 – replacing Leody Taveras (optioned to ATS))

#30 to #1 (no particular order): Lance Lynn, Mike Minor, Corey Kluber, Kyle Gibson, Jordan Lyles, Jose Leclerc, Jonathan Hernandez, Jesse Chavez, Edinson Volquez, Nick Goody, Luke Farrell, Ian Gibaut, Joe Palumbo, Kolby Allard, Willie Calhoun, Danny Santana, Joey Gallo, Shin-Soo Choo, Nick Solak, Scott Heineman, Leody Taveras, Rob Refsnyder, Todd Frazier, Rougned Odor, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Elvis Andrus, Ronald Guzman, Robinson Chirinos, Jose Trevino, Jeff Mathis.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

• ATS in the list above means “Alternate Training Site”, which is the pool of players to pick from given there are no minor leagues this year.
• With 2020 being such a strange season, the opening day roster will be 30, then reduced to 28 on Aug 6, and then to 26 on Aug 20.
• UPDATE: They did change the rosters from 30 to 28 on Aug 6, but announced that the subsequent cut to 26 was canceled, the roster will remain at 28 for the rest of the season (and postseason).
• Of the opening day 30 man roster, 1 player is making their Rangers AND major league debut (Leody Taveras)
• Of the opening day 30 man roster, 6 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Corey Kluber, Kyle Gibson, Jordan Lyles, Leody Taveras, Rob Refsnyder, Todd Frazier)
• Previous years counts for major league debuts on opening day roster: 2019 (2, Bird, Dowdy), 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
• Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 25 man roster, but did not actually play.  The team doesn’t count those as players who played.  I do (because they were here), but the team doesn’t.

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Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2019 will be the 12th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2019.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2019: 52
Total pitchers used in 2019: 33
Total position players used in 2019: 19
Total players making major league debut: 14

• #52 – Luke Farrell (Aug 23 – replacing Locke St. John (optioned to AAA))
• #51 – Jonathan Hernandez (Aug 20 – replacing Phillips Valdez (optioned to AAA))
• #50 – Brocke Burke (Aug 20 – replacing Ian Gibaut (optioned to AAA))
• #49 – Nick Solak (Aug 20 – replacing Nomar Mazara (10 day DL))
• #48 – Ian Gibaut (Aug 16 – replacing Pedro Payano (optioned to AAA))
• #47 – Kolby Allard (Aug 9 – replacing Scott Heineman (optioned to AAA))
• #46 – Emmanuel Clase (Aug 2 – replacing Kyle Bird (optioned to AAA))
• #45 – Jose Trevino (Aug 2 – replacing Tim Federowicz (DFA))
• #44 – Scott Heineman (Aug 2 – replacing Asdrubal Cabrera (DFA))
• #43 – Rafael Montero (Jul 22 – replacing Shawn Kelley (10 day DL))
• #42 – Taylor Guerreri (Jul 16 – replacing Willie Calhoun (optioned to AAA))
• #41 – Pedro Payano (Jul 6 – replacing Locke St. John (optioned to AAA))
• #40 – Jesse Biddle (Jul 1 – replacing Shelby Miller (DFA))
• #39 – Locke St. John (Jun 20 – replacing Drew Smyly (DFA))
• #38 – Peter Fairbanks (Jun 8 – replacing Joe Palumbo (optioned to AAA))
• #37 – Phillips Valdez (Jun 8 – 26th man DH player)
• #36 – Joe Palumbo (Jun 8 – replacing David Carpenter (DFA))
• #35 – Tim Federowicz (Jun 7 – replacing Isiah Kiner-Falefa (10 day DL))
• #34 – David Carpenter (May 31 – replacing Zack Granite (optioned to AAA))
• #xx – Zack Granite (May 29 – replacing Kyle Bird (optioned to AAA))
• #33 – Willie Calhoun (May 15 – replacing Elvis Andrus (10 day DL))
• #32 – Wei-Chieh Huang (Apr 26 – replacing Jeffrey Springs (optioned to AAA))
• #31 – Ariel Jurado (Apr 26 – replacing Taylor Hearn (10 day DL))
• #30 – Taylor Hearn (Apr 25 – replacing Wei-Chieh Huang (optioned to AAA))
• #29 – Brett Martin (Apr 19 – replacing Kyle Bird (optioned to AAA))
• #28 – Danny Santana (Apr 13 – replacing Rougned Odor (10 day DL))
• #27 – Patrick Wisdom (Apr 7 – replacing Ronald Guzman (10 day DL))
• #26 – Adrian Sampson (Apr 1 – replacing Kyle Bird (optioned to AAA))

#25 to #1 (no particular order): Kyle Bird, Jesse Chavez, Kyle Dowdy, Jeanmar Gomez, Shawn Kelley, Jose Leclerc, Lance Lynn, Chris Martin, Shelby Miller, Mike Minor, Drew Smiley, Jeffrey Springs, Edinson Volquez, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jeff Mathis, Elvis Andrus, Asdubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, Ronald Guzman, Rougned Odor, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Hunter Pence.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

• Of the opening day 25 man roster, 2 players made their Rangers AND major league debut (Kyle Bird, Kyle Dowdy)
• Of the opening day 25 man roster, 9 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Bird, Dowdy, Gomez, Lynn, Miller, Smiley, Cabrera, Forsythe, Pence)
• Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
• Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 25 man roster, but did not actually play.  The team doesn’t count those as players who played.  I do (because they were here), but the team doesn’t.
• Wei-Chieh Huang was originally brought up Apr 23rd, sent down on the 25th, and brought back on the 26th.  Between the 23rd and the 25th he didn’t actually pitch.

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The Texas Rangers made the following roster moves today to get to the opening day limit of 25 players:

–Selected the contracts of RHP Jeanmar Gomez, INF Logan Forsythe, and OF Hunter Pence from Triple-A Nashville.

–Designated RHP Connor Sadzeck for assignment.

–Optioned OF Zack Granite to Triple-A Nashville.

–Assigned RHP Adrian Sampson to Triple-A Nashville.

–Placed LHP Yohander Mendez (right UCL sprain) on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to March 25.

–Placed RHP Luke Farrell (non-displaced jaw fracture) on the 60-day injured list.

The numerical roster is attached.

TEXAS RANGERS OPENING DAY ROSTER

PITCHERS (13): Kyle Bird, Jesse Chavez, Kyle Dowdy, Jeanmar Gomez, Shawn Kelley, Jose Leclerc, Lance Lynn, Chris Martin, Shelby Miller, Mike Minor, Drew Smiley, Jeffrey Springs, Edinson Volquez.

CATCHERS (2): Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jeff Mathis.

INFIELDERS (5): Elvis Andrus, Asdubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, Ronald Guzman, Rougned Odor.

OUTFIELDERS (5): Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Hunter Pence.

10-DAY DL (1): RHP Luke Farrell.

60-DAY DL (2): OF Scott Heineman, LHP Yohander Mendez.

The Rangers have 40 players on their major league roster.

Texas opens the 2019 season on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Park in Arlington at 3:05 p.m.

Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2018 will be the 11th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2018.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2018: 50
Total pitchers used in 2018: 30
Total position players used in 2018: 20
Total players making major league debut: 9

• #50 – C.D. Pelham (9/4 – September Callup)
• #49 – Adrian Sampson (9/4 – September Callup)
• #48 – Zac Curtis (9/1 – September Callup)
• #47 – Connor Sadzeck (8/31 – replacing Cory Gearrin (traded to OAK))
• #46 – Drew Hutchison (8/5 – replacing Brandon Mann (DFA))
• #45 – Jeffrey Springs (7/31 – replacing Keone Kela (traded to Pirates))
• #44 – Eddie Butler (7/27 – replacing Cole Hamels (traded to Cubs))
• #43 – Willie Calhoun (7/20 – replacing Nomar Mazara (10 day DL))
• #42 – Cory Gearrin (7/9 – replacing Austin Bibens-Dirks (optioned to AAA))
• #41 – Ricardo Rodriguez (7/5 – replacing Chris Martin (10 day DL))
  NOTE: Ricardo was first called up on Jun 18, but sent down without playing.
• #40 – Yovani Gallardo (6/17 – replacing Brandon Mann (optioned to AAA))
• #39 – Jose Trevino (6/15 – replacing Chris Martin (10 day DL))
• #38 – Austin Bibens-Dirks (5/24 – replacing Brandon Mann (optioned to AAA))
• #37 – Ariel Jurado (5/19 – replacing Matt Moore (10 day DL))
  NOTE: Jurado sent back down next day.
• #36 – Hanser Alberto (5/15 – replacing Adrian Beltre (10 day DL))
• #35 – Brandon Mann (5/13 – replacing Yohander Mendez (optioned to AAA))
• #XX – Eliezer Alvarez (5/7 – replacing Drew Robinson (10 day DL))
  NOTE: Alvarez was sent down after 1 day, did not actually play, so doesn’t officially count.
• #34 – Carlos Perez (5/3 – replacing Juan Centeno (DFA))
• #33 – Yohander Mendez (5/3 – replacing Nick Gardewine (optioned to AAA))
• #32 – Renato Nunez (4/16 – replacing Ryan Rua (optioned to AAA))
• #31 – Ronald Guzman (4/13, replacing Elvis Andrus (10 day DL))
• #30 – Isiah Kiner-Falefa (4/10, replacing Rougned Odor (10 day DL))
• #29 – Tony Barnette (4/10, replacing Doug Fister (10 day DL))
• #28 – Martin Perez (4/5, replacing Jose Leclerc (optioned to AAA))
• #27 – Bartolo Colon (4/2, replacing Nick Gardewine (optioned to AAA))
• #26 – Nick Gardewine (3/31, replacing Delino DeShields (10 day DL))

#25 to #1 (no particular order): Matt Bush, Jesse Chavez, Alex Claudio, Jake Diekman, Doug Fister, Cole Hamels, Kevin Jepsen, Keone Kela, Jose Leclerc, Chris Martin, Mike Minor, Matt Moore, Juan Centeno, Robinson Chirinos, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Joey Gallo, Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Nomar Mazara, Drew Robinson, Ryan Rua, Carlos Tocci

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

• Of the opening day 25 man roster, 1 player is making his Rangers AND major league debut (Carlos Tocci)
• Of the opening day 25 man roster, 8 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Chavez, Fister, Jepsen, Martin, Minor, Moore, Centeno, & Tocci)
• Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
• 1 guy is on an Opening Day roster for the first time (Tocci)

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Today was the press conference given with a “Design Update” on the new Rangers Ballpark.   We got some much better design artwork shown.  HKS spent a lot of time talking about their design philosophies.  In the end it somewhat looks like MMP in Houston, but not too much.  Anyway, below are some high quality photos that HKS released, along with my own notes I jotted down from the press conference.   Here goes the info:

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Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2017 will be the 10th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2017.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2017: 51
Total pitchers used in 2017: 31
Total position players used in 2017: 21 (one position player pitched)
Total players making major league debut: 7

• #51 – Willie Calhoun – 9/12
• #50 – Yohander Mendez – 9/4
• #49 – Miguel Gonzalez – 9/2
• #48 – A.J. Jimenez – 9/1, replaces Joely Rodriguez (DFA)
• #47 – Will Middlebrooks – 9/1, replaces Jhan Martinez (DFA)
• #46 – Paolo Espino – 9/1, recalled from AAA
• #45 – Jake Diekman – 9/1, replaces Dario Alvarez (DFA)
• #44 – Nick Gardewine – 8/21, replaces Matt Bush (placed on DL)
• #43 – Phil Gosselin – 8/19, replaces Carlos Gomez (placed on DL)
• #42 – Tyler Smith – 8/9, replaces Nick Martinez (optioned to AAA)
• #41 – Ricardo Rodríguez – 8/8, replaces Keone Kela (placed on DL)
• #40 – Clayton Blackburn – 7/31, replaces Jeremy Jeffress (traded to MIL)
• #39 – Jason Grilli – 7/3, replaces Dario Alvarez (optioned to AAA)
• #38 – Preston Claiborne – 6/22, replaces Jeremy Jeffress (10 day DL)
• #37 – Tanner Scheppers – 6/19, replaces Jared Hoying (optioned to AAA)
• #36 – Ernesto Frieri – 6/17, replaces Andrew Cashner (10 day DL)
• #35 – Tyson Ross – 6/16, replaces Dillon Gee (DFA)
• #34 – Adrian Beltre – 5/29, replaces Drew Robinson (optioned to AAA)
• #33 – Dillon Gee – 5/27, replaces AJ Griffin (10 day DL)
• #32 – Jared Hoying – 5/16, replaces Carlos Gomez (10 day DL)
• #31 – Austin Biben-Dirkx – 5/7, replaces Dario Alvarez (optioned to AAA)
• #30 – Pete Kozma – 5/1, replaces Jurickson Profar (optioned to AAA)
• #29 – Anthony Bass – 4/20, replaces Mike Hauschild (DFA)
• #28 – Keone Kela – 4/17, replaces Sam Dyson (10 day DL)
• #27 – Andrew Cashner – 4/15, replaces Nick Martinez (optioned to AAA)
• #26 – Nick Martinez – 4/12, replaces Drew Robinson (optioned to AAA)

#25 to #1 (no particular order): Dario Alvarez, Tony Barnette, Matt Bush, Alex Claudio, Yu Darvish, Sam Dyson, A.J. Griffin, Cole Hamels, Mike Hauschild, Jeremy Jeffress, Jose Leclerc, Martin Perez, Robinson Chirinos, Jonathan Lucroy, Elvis Andrus, Joey Gallo, Mike Napoli, Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar, Drew Robinson, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Carlos Gomez, Nomar Mazara, Ryan Rua.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

• The number of position players and pitchers doesn’t sync up, because Brett Nicholas (backup catcher) pitched on July 26, 2017.
• Of the opening day 25 man roster, two players are making their Rangers AND major league debuts (Hauschild, Robinson)
• Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
• 9 guys are on an Opening Day roster for the first time: Alvarez, Bush, Claudio, Gallo, Hauschild, Leclerc, Mazara, Profar, Robinson.

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