Texas Rangers 2021 Spring Training

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Here is the new MLB Pipeline Top Ten Rangers Prospects list, with their expected year of arrival given.

1	Josh Jung	3B	2021
2	Sam Huff	C	2021
3	Dane Dunning	RHP	2021
4	Leody Taveras	OF	2021
5	Cole Winn	RHP	2022
6	Maximo Acosta	SS	2024
7	Justin Foscue	2B	2023
8	Luisangel Acuna	SS/2B	2023
9	Hans Crouse	RHP	2022
10	Davis Wendzel	3B	2022

 

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11	Sherten Apostel	3B/1B	2021
12	Anderson Tejeda	SS	2021
13	Steele Walker	OF	2021
14	Ricky Vanasco	RHP	2023
15	David Garcia	C	2023
16	Evan Carter	OF	2024
17	Yeison Morrobel	OF	2025
18	Ronny Henriquez	RHP	2022
19	Owen White	RHP	2023
20	Bayron Lora	OF	2024

 

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21	Yerry Rodriguez	RHP	2022
22	Kyle Cody	RHP	2021
23	Joe Palumbo	LHP	2021
24	Chris Seise	SS	2023
25	Jonathan Ornelas	SS/2B/OF	2022
26	A.J. Alexy	RHP	2022
27	Tekoah Roby	RHP	2024
28	Jonah Heim	C	2021
29	Justin Slaten	RHP	2022
30	Curtis Terry	1B	2022

 

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The Rangers top 3 are in the overall top 100.

 

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More from Jim Callis with MLB Pipeline.

Best tools
Players are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale for future tools -- 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average. Players in parentheses have the same grade.

Hit: 60 -- Josh Jung
Power: 60 -- Sam Huff
Run: 70 -- Leody Taveras
Arm: 70 -- Anderson Tejeda
Defense: 65 -- Leody Taveras
Fastball: 65 -- A.J. Alexy (Hans Crouse, Ricky Vanasco)
Curveball: 60 -- Cole Winn (A.J. Alexy, Joe Palumbo, Owen White)
Slider: 65 -- Hans Crouse
Changeup: 55 -- Yerry Rodriguez (Dane Dunning, Ronny Henriquez, Cole Winn)
Control: 55 -- Yerry Rodriguez (Dane Dunning)

How they were built
Draft: 16 | International: 9 | Trade: 5

Breakdown by ETA
2021: 10 | 2022: 9 | 2023: 6 | 2024: 4 | 2025: 1

Breakdown by position
C: 3 | 1B: 1 | 2B: 1 | 3B: 3 | SS: 5 | OF: 5 | RHP: 11 | LHP: 1

 

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Boy that lineup they put out there today really sucked big time even for ST

 

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One writer is projecting this:

FINAL ROSTER PROJECTION:​

Opening Day lineup:

LF – David Dahl
SS – Isiah Kiner-Falefa
RF – Joey Gallo
2B – Nick Solak
DH – Willie Calhoun
CF – Leody Taveras
1B – Ronald Guzmán
C – Jose Trevino
3B – Rougned Odor

Rotation:

Kyle Gibson, Dane Dunning, Kohei Arihara, Mike Foltynewicz, Kyle Cody/Taylor Hearn

Bullpen:

Jordan Lyles, Wes Benjamin, Josh Sborz, Brett Martin, Ian Kennedy, Jonathan Hernández, José Leclerc

Bench:

Jonah Heim, Brock Holt, Khris Davis, Eli White

 

[scotsman1948]

One writer is projecting this:

FINAL ROSTER PROJECTION:​

Opening Day lineup:

LF – David Dahl
SS – Isiah Kiner-Falefa
RF – Joey Gallo
2B – Nick Solak
DH – Willie Calhoun
CF – Leody Taveras
1B – Ronald Guzmán
C – Jose Trevino
3B – Rougned Odor

Rotation:

Kyle Gibson, Dane Dunning, Kohei Arihara, Mike Foltynewicz, Kyle Cody/Taylor Hearn

Bullpen:

Jordan Lyles, Wes Benjamin, Josh Sborz, Brett Martin, Ian Kennedy, Jonathan Hernández, José Leclerc

Bench:

Jonah Heim, Brock Holt, Khris Davis, Eli White

Wonder what this author was going to do with Nate Lowe?

 

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Wonder what this author was going to do with Nate Lowe?

Send him to AAA.

 

[scotsman1948]

Send him to AAA.

Why?

 

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Why?

Because he had Guzman winning the 1B position.

 

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Here we go.

 

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Was Hernandez expected to be a major BP contributor?

 

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Was Hernandez expected to be a major BP contributor?

From what I have been reading it seemed that way.

 

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Pretty tough break for Hernandez and Rangers

 

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Because he had Guzman winning the 1B position.

Well I’d have looked at him as a more than viable Bench player

 

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Well I’d have looked at him as a more than viable Bench player

Teams don't put prospects like that on the bench until they have proven themselves not worthy of starting. They play them everyday somewhere.

Myself, I would arrange it how I said yesterday and Lowe would DH mostly and play some 1B when Guzman has a day off or is in the OF. My first inclination, actually, would be to jettison Odor and put Lowe at 3B this spring.

 

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These two potential trades were mentioned on The Athletic today.

Done deal?

RANGERS GET	ROCKIES GET
SS Trevor Story	SS Anderson Tejeda
$7.5 million	RHP A.J. Alexy
	RHP Tyler Phillips
	1B Blaine Crim

In an alternate universe?

RANGERS GET	ROCKIES GET
SS Trevor Story	SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa
$4 million