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Here’s a Rangers starting lineup with uniform numbers all under 10.  No repeat numbers, either.  :)

C – Pudge (7)
1B – Mike Napoli (5)
2B – Scott Sheldon (4)
3B – Wayne Tolleson (3)
SS – Elvis Andrus (1)
LF – Al Oliver (0)
CF – Leonys Martin (2)
RF – Larry Parrish (9)
DH – Dick Billings (8)
SP – Rob Bell (6)

DH made it easy to stick anyone there.  I didn’t want to use another catcher there (Lord knows there’s enough “8” catchers), but you rarely see catchers as DH’s.  Dick Billings got on there because I wanted an early Ranger on the list.  Plus the DH came into being the second of his third years with the Rangers.

I may have over thought this a bit.  :)

How Many in 2018?

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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 (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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Globe Life Field Photos & Info

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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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Ballpark Seating Capacity

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So the new Rangers Ballpark for 2020 is breaking ground next week.  They announced the seating capacity being between 41 & 42,000.  I’ve seen a lot of fans get mad about that given the capacity of the current park is about 49,500.   I want to examine that irritation and what the reality of ballpark seating capacity has been since our place opened in 1994.

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Realignment & Expansion

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If you remember some time ago when Tom Hicks owned the Texas Rangers, then commissioner Bud Selig had promised to do something about the fact that the Rangers were stuck in a division with all West Coast teams.  While there was no solid info as to what was going to happen, there was much talk that Selig would “fix the problem”.   Then came Interleague play. [Read more…]

The 25/40 Man Roster

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Was having a chat on Facebook about bringing up Willie Calhoun, and I made a comment about him not being on the 40 man roster.  The comment was made “I only counted 32 up here at the moment”.  I tried to explain it, but when I didn’t think I was getting the message through, I decided to go and write my own article explaining the 25 man and 40 man rosters.  It’s not as confusing as the infield fly rule, but I’ll try and sort it out.

UPDATE Nov 2019: Starting in 2020, the 25 man roster will be a 26 man roster, and things are changing relative to “September Callups”.  I will revisit this closer to the rest of the season, but for now, this mostly all still applies.

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How Many in 2017?

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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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A farewell to Josh Hamilton

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While the final decision/announcement on Josh has not been made, I cannot see how his decision is anything else other than “retire formally”.

Watch this video, it’s quite amazing, and is way better than anything I could even dream of writing.  Excellent EXCELLENT piece.

Pudge is a Hall of Famer!

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Congrats to Pudge, who was elected to the Hall of fame today.  He goes in with Jeff Bagwell & Tim Raines (plus Bud Selig & John Schuerholz).

Two catchers have reached the Hall of Fame on 1st ballot: Johnny Bench and Pudge Rodriguez.

Pudge is now the youngest member of the Hall of Fame.

No word as to what cap he will wear yet. We as Rangers fans expect it to be a Rangers cap, but the official word isn’t out yet. However, Pudge had this to say about the matter:

Only the HOF is “official”, but that post is darned close.

Here’s a couple of videos of him taking the call at home.

I saw Pudge play almost all of his career in Texas, including the back half of the 2009 season when he returned via trade.  Was an awesome player to watch, and steroids charges be damned.  I’m glad to see him going in.  Only the second catcher ever (Bench) to go in on the first ballot.   While I can’t make it to the ceremony, I’ll definitely be watching it.

And finally, some tweets from his teams congratulating him.

The Yankees did not congratulate him on his induction, but he was only a Yankee for about eight weeks.  The Astros didn’t, either – but then they had their own guy go in today, so that’s understandable.

How Many in 2016?

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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 seven seasons, 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 here:

[ 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 ]

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2016.  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 2016: 52
Total pitchers used in 2016: 28 (29*)
Total position players used in 2016: 23
Total players making major league debut: 6

  • #52 – Tanner Scheppers (9/6, September callup)
  • #51 – Yohander Mendez (9/2, September callup)
  • #50 – Carlos Gomez (8/25, replaces Drew Stubbs, who was designated for assignment)
  • #49 – Jeremy Jeffress (8/3, replaces Hanser Alberto, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #48 – Carlos Beltran (8/2, replaces Joey Gallo, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #47 – Jonathan Lucroy (8/2, replaces Bobby Wilson, who was designated for assignment)
  • #46 – Lucas Harrell (7/29, replaces Shawn Tolleson, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #45 – Dario Alvarez (7/28, replaces Nick Martinez, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #44 – Kyle Lohse (7/9 – replaces Nick Martinez, who was optioned to AA)
  • #43 – Jose LeClerc (7/5 – replaces Michael Roth, who was designated for assignment)
  • #42 – Michael Roth (7/3 – replaces Luke Jackson, who was optioned to AA)
  • #41 – Chi Chi Gonzalez (6/27 – replaces Alex Cludio, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #40 – Yu Darvish (5/28 – replaces Joey Gallo, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #39 – Jurickson Profar (5/27 – replaces Shawn Tolleson who was placed on Family Medical Leave)
  • #38 – Joey Gallo (5/23, replaces Drew Stubbs, who was placed on the DL)
  • #37 – Jared Hoying (5/23, replaces Shin Soo-Choo, who was placed on DL)
  • #36 – Luke Jackson (5/16, replaces Tom Wilhelsen, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #35 – Matt Bush (5/13, replaces Delino DeShields Jr, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #34 – Drew Stubbs (5/8, replaces Alex Claudio, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #33 – Anthony Ranaudo (5/6, replaces Phil Klein, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #32 – Bobby Wilson (5/4, replaces Brett Nicholas, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #31 – Cesar Ramos (4/25, replaces Nick Martinez, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #30 – Nick Martinez (4/16, replaces Andrew Faulkner, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #29 – Alex Claudio (4/13, replaces Phil Klein, who was optioned to AAA)
  • #28 – Nomar Mazara (4/10, replaces Shin-Soo Choo who was placed on the DL)
  • #27 – Brett Nicholas (4/10, replaces Robinson Chirinos who was placed on DL)
  • #26 – A.J. Griffin (4/8, replaces Justin Ruggiano who was designated for assignment)

#25 to #1: Tony Barnette, Jake Diekman, Sam Dyson, Andrew Faulkner, Cole Hamels, Derek Holland, Keone Kela, Phil Klein, Colby Lewis, Martin Perez, Shawn Tolleson, Tom Wilhelmsen, Robinson Chirinos, Bryan Holaday, Hanser Alberto, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Ian Desmond, Prince Fielder, Mitch Moreland, Rougned Odor, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Ryan Rua, Justin Ruggiano.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

  • * Bryan Holaday pitched in a game on Jul 2, and Jared Hoying pitched in a game on Jul 7.  The Rangers don’t  count position players pitching as a “pitcher used”.
  • Of the opening day 25 man roster, six are making their Rangers debuts (Barnette, Faulkner, Wilhelmsen, Holaday, Desmond, Ruggiano) and only one of THOSE is making a major league debut (Barnette)
  • Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (Seth Rosin), 2013 (Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (Darvish & Ross), one in 2011 (Mason Tobin), none in 2010, one in 2009 (Elvis Andrus), and one in 2008 (Kaz Fukumori).