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Baseball is back. And the Texas Rangers Opening Day roster is nearly set.
Two of the biggest questions marks were answered Tuesday, when manager Bruce Bochy told reporters that outfielder Evan Carter will start the season in the minor leagues and pitchers Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker — former college teammates at Vanderbilt — will get a chance in the Rangers’ rotation to start the season.
While Texas hasn’t officially announced the roster for Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox, we have a pretty good idea of who will be in the Rangers clubhouse at Globe Life Field.
Here’s how the roster will likely look:
- SP Nathan Eovaldi
- SP Jacob deGrom
- SP Tyler Mahle
- SP Jack Leiter
- SP Kumar Rocker
- RP Shawn Armstrong
- RP Gerson Garabito
- RP Robert Garcia
- RP Luke Jackson
- RP Chris Martin
- RP Hoby Milner
- RP Jacob Webb
- RP Marc Church*
*Expected to make the roster, but not official yet, per MLB.com
- Jonah Heim
- Kyle Higashioka
- 1B Jake Burger
- 2B Marcus Semien
- SS Corey Seager
- 3B Josh Jung
- UT Josh Smith
- RF Adolis Garcia
- CF Leody Taveras
- CF Kevin Pillar
- LF Wyatt Langford
- UT/OF Ezequiel Duran
Notables not on the roster yet
- OF Evan Carter (assigned to AAA)
- SP Patrick Corbin (recently signed, not expected to be active yet)
- SP Cody Bradford (elbow soreness)
- SP Jon Gray (wrist fracture, IL 60)
