YOUNG AT HEART

Upstarts hold the key

BY PAT DORWIN

Sportswriter               

DALLAS MORNING NEWS

ARLINGTON - IT USED TO BE, "DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS."

NOW, IT'S "THE MESS IN TEXAS."

AS THE "STRANGERS" HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE TO A MAJOR-LEAGUE WORST 19-40 RECORD - AND 21 STRAIGHT LOSSES - IT'S TOO EASY TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS: THE 25-MAN ROSTER IS BY FAR THE YOUNGEST IN THE MAJORS AND THE HITTERS AND PITCHERS RARELY CONNECT IN THE SAME GAME.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN TEXAS FANS SHOULD GIVE UP HOPE.

"WE'VE MADE DEALS TO PUT THE NEW OWNERSHIP IN GOOD POSITION WITH SOLID CORE PLAYERS SIGNED LONG-TERM," SAYS INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER DAN RAJKOWSKI. "YOUNG PLAYERS ARE ABOVE THE LEVEL THEY SHOULD BE PLAYING AT, BUT HAVE DONE WELL AND SOME WILL BE STARS."

IN PHONE INTERVIEWS WITH A HALF-DOZEN MAJOR-LEAGUE SCOUTS, THE ORGANIZATION WAS BROKEN DOWN BASED ON PLAYERS' PROJECTED POTENTIAL -INTO STANDARD SCHOOL LETTER GRADES AS FOLLOWS.

CAPSULES MAY INCLUDE SCOUTS' REMARKS, STATS, CONTRACT INFO, AGE, POSITION ...ETC. STATS INCLUDE RECORDS WITH FORMER MLB TEAMS.

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LEIGH WEIR #27
THE 19-YEAR-OLD LHSP HAS ONLY EIGHT DAYS OF MLB SERVICE. FIRST YEAR OF TWO-YEAR CONTRACT.

HAS POTENTIAL TO BE TOP-FLIGHT STARTER. THE 6-4, 200 WEIR HAS QUALITY STARTS IN 6 OF 8 AA GAMES AND 3.12 ERA.

"GOOD STAMINA, NOT A CLUTCH SP - YET. AVERAGE BB-SO RATIO. COULD REACH AS HIGH AS A NO.2 STARTER, BUT LIKELY A 3."

MADISON BUMGARNER #41
THE 6-4, 215 LHSP IS JUST 20, BUT POSTED AN 0-2 RECORD AS A LONG RELIEVER (12 GAMES, 3 STARTS) IN TEXAS WITH AN ERA NEAR 9.

ERA UNDER 2 IN 5 AA STARTS, GOOD STAMINA, BUT CONTROL ISSUES AT TIMES. HAS A 1-YEAR, 400K DEAL.

MAT LATOS #32
THE 22-YEAR OLD RHSP (6-5, 225) ALSO HAS 1-YEAR, 400K CONTRACT. POSTED 1-2 RECORD IN LONG RELIEF FOR RANGERS, WITH 4.59 ERA, INCLUDING A PAIR OF STARTS. WENT 4-5 IN SAN DIEGO LAST YEAR WITH 4.62 ERA.

NEVILLE CRUISE #9
"HAS HAD THE UPS-AND-DOWNS EXPECTED OF ANY 18-YEAR OLD WHO HAS BEEN THE MAIN STARTER AT 3B SINCE TRAINING CAMP BEGAN."

STRONG FIELDER, BUT SLUMP AT THIRD HAS SEEN HIM DH SOME IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THREE-YEAR CONTRACT PAYING HIM 374K IN 2010.

THE 6-0, 218 CRUISE CAN ALSO PLAY 2B AND 1B. SALARY RISES TO 393K, THEN 412K.

"TEXAS IS RE-ASSESING AN EXTENSION, AND THAT COULD GO EITHER WAY FOR THEM."

"I THINK TEXAS DRAFTED (RYAN) BRAUN FIRST IN THE FANTASY DRAFT WITH AN EYE ON MOVING HIM TO THIRD AS THEY HAD WITH (ALBERT) PUJOLS IN SEASON-ONE."

AVERAGE HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR .250 TO .228 WITH 9 HR AND 22 RBI. OBP JUST .247.

"THERE'S NO DOUBT HE HAS SUPERSTAR POTENTIAL, BUT WON'T SEE ROBIN YOUNT-LIKE STARDOM."

"CLUTCH HITTER AND RUNS BASES WELL AND 25- TO 30 HR POTENTIAL IS THERE."

RYAN BRAUN #8
"STRICTLY AN OUTFIELDER NOW, HE PLAYS THE WALL AND CORNER WELL IN LEFT."

THE 6-1, 200-POUNDER IS SIGNED TO A 6-YEAR, $46.8M CONTRACT AND IS A YEAR REMOVED FROM A 32, 114 AND .320 SEASON, ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY HITTING JUST .291 WITH 13 HOMERS AND 33 RBI'S.

"HE WAS IN THE LINEUP EVERYDAY FOR ALMOST THE FIRST 50 GAMES, SO HE MAY BE A BIT TIRED, BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE FOR HIS POOR PITCH SELECTION. HE CAN BE BUSTED INSIDE OR FLAIL AWAY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLATE."

"BRAUN HAS A VERY MANAGEABLE CONTRACT, SO YOU MAY JUST HAVE TO WRITE OFF THIS SEASON AS A BLIP BASED ON HIS PAST NUMBERS."

JUSTIN MORNEAU #33
THE FORMER AL MVP IS JUST 28 AND SIGNED TO A 5-YEAR DEAL WORTH $36.3M.
"HE WAS THEIR MOST DANGEROUS PLAYER EARLY, BUT HIS AVERAGE HAS DROPPED TO JUST .268 AND IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THE TEXAS HEAT TO BE AFFECTING HIM."

THE 6-4, 235-POUND MORNEAU PUT UP 30 HOMERS WITH 100 RBI'S WITH A .274 AVERAGE IN 2009.

"HE'S DEFINITELY LOST SOME FOCUS THIS SEASON."

HAS 14 HR AND 37 RBI WITH A .505 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE.

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DELMON BHADELIA #40
THE 6-2, 177-POUND RHSP WAS JUST CALLED UP TO THE BIGS AS TEXAS LOOKS TO HALT A RUN-AWAY TRAIN LOSING STREAK. SIGNED TO A 3-YR, $1.18M DEAL.

"NOT A STAR, STILL A QUALITY PITCHER."

WAS 7-2 IN THE MINORS.

MASAO OGAWA #25
THE 6-1, 201-POUND RHSP IS JUST 18 AND SIGNED TO A 2-YR/790K DEAL. HASN'T PITCHED MUCH AFTER FAILING AS A STARTER IN THE MINORS. NOW IN LONG RELIEF IN AA.

"HE NEEDS TO GET STRONGER SO HE CAN GET DEEPER INTO STARTS."

RANDOLPH GINDL #37
GOOD-SIZED (6-4, 205-POUND) RELIEVER HAS A 2.53 ERA WITH TEXAS IN 10 GAMES, BUT TIRES TOO EASILY.

SIGNED FOR CONTRACT YEARS OF $374K, $393K AND $412K.

"SOLID, BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET."

CARLOS GONZALEZ #11
"INJURED ALMOST ALL YEAR (BROKEN ANKLE) AND THAT DOESN'T HELP HIS CHANCES NEXT SEASON."

THE 6-1, 215-POUNDER HIT .284 WITH 13 HRs LAST YEAR FOR THE ROCKIES, BUT DROVE IN JUST 29 RUNS.

THE SCOUTS WERE DIVIDED ON HIS FUTURE, HALF SAW STARTER POTENTIAL, HALF SAW JOURNEYMAN OUTFIELDER. JUST ACTIVATED BY AAA OKLAHOMA CITY.

CHA SEUNG LEE #50
THE 24-YEAR-OLD SWITCH-HITTING OF SHOWED PLENTY OF POTENTIAL IN SEASON ONE-2010, BUT HAS YET TO BE CALLED UP FOR SEASON TWO, AS INJURIES AND DEPTH HAVE HINDERED HIM.

"NICE COMBINATION OF SIZE (6-4, 231-POUNDS) AND SPEED (4.48 40-YARD DASH), BUT NOT AS STRONG AS HE LOOKS."

HITTING JUST .264 AT AA WITH NINE RBI'S IN 38 GAMES. IN INITIAL YEAR OF 2-YR DEAL.

GRAHAM DOLAN #15
HAS PUT UP PRODUCTIVE NUMBERS IN BOTH SEASONS AND WITH TAMPA IN EARLIER THREE-YEAR TRIAL.

"HE'S MISCAST AS A LEADOFF HITTER, WHERE HE'S BEEN SLOTTED WITH TEXAS MOST OF THE SEASON, AND THE ACQUISITION OF (MICHAEL BOURN) WILL CUT INTO HIS PLAYING TIME."

THE 6-1, 185-POUND ROOKIE HAS HIT .333 IN 108 AT-BATS WITH THREE LONGBALLS AND 14 RUNS KNOCKED IN. CAN PLAY ALL THREE OF POSITIONS, BUT DOESN'T STAND OUT DEFENSIVELY.

"HE'S VERY SOLID OFFENSIVELY AND COULD DEVELOP 20-PLUS HOME RUN POWER.DECENT SPEED, A NO 2. HITTER OR BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP ON A STRONG TEAM."

RANDY WOLF #43
THE LHSP BEGAN THE SEASON AS THE STAFF ACE - WITH TRADES FOR FELIX HERNANDEZ, JOSH JOHNSON AND COLE HAMELS, THE INJURED WOLF IS NOW A FOURTH STARTER.

"TEXAS REALLY NEGLECTED ITS PITCHING STAFF - AS FAR AS ESTABLISHED STARTERS - AND WOLF WAS THE ACE. HE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM PITCHING BEHIND THE GUYS ACQUIRED IN TRADES."

THE 33-YEAR-OLD, WITH 11 YEARS IN THE BIGS, WAS JUST 1-4 WITH A 4.75 ERA, BEFORE FRACTURING HIS ARM THROWING A PITCH. HE'S EXPECTED BACK WITHIN TWO- TO THREE-WEEKS.

SIGNED TO A 3-YR,$15.5 MILLION CONTRACT.

MARCEL McARTHUR #66
RH CLOSER JUST TOOK THE CLOSING SPOT VACATED BY THE TRADE OF VETERAN RYAN FRANKLIN.

THE 6-3, 217-POUNDER IS IN THE FIRST SEASON OF A THREE-YEAR DEAL.

"NEEDS TO THROW MORE STRIKES EARLY IN THE COUNT AND NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS STAMINA."

COLTON METZGER #68
LHRP IS GETTING UP THE IN YEARS AT 28 AND HAS BEEN AT  FRISCO ALL SEASON WHICH IS DISCOURAGING AS RANGERS' PITCHING HSA BEEN UNSOUND. METZGER'S APPARENTLY UNER THE RADER DESPITE NOT BLOWING ANY OF HIS 14 SAVES  AND POSTING AN ERA UNDER 3.00.

JOSH JOHNSON #28
THE BIG RHSP (6-7 AND 252 POUNDS) WAS ACQUIRED IN A TRADE IN THE OPENING YEAR OF A 5-YEAR, $49M CONTRACT.

"HE MIGHT BE THE BEST MLB PITCHER IN THE PAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF."

JUST 4-7 WITH A 5.40 ERA THIS YEAR, HOWEVER.

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LORENZO ORTIZ #35
HAD ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR CAMPAIGN GOING IN SEASON-ONE FOR THE PIRATES. IN FIRST OF TWO-SEASON CONTRACT.

"THIS SEASON HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A LETDOWN FOR HIM, AS HE REALLY HASN'T GOT THAT EVERYDAY IN THE MAJORS HE GOT IN SEASON-ONE."

THE 19-YEAR-OLD HIT .260 IN 96 MLB AT-BATS WITH TWO DINGERS AND EIGHT RUNS DRIVEN IN. PLAYED 3B, 2B AND DH. IN 30 AA GAMES FOR FRISCO, ORTIZ HAS HIT 8, 24, .280, WITH  .517 LUGGING PERCNTAGE.

"TEXAS ACQUIRED IAN KINSLER, WHO THEN GOT HURT, AND THE YOUNGSTERS, (EDDY) CRAMM AND (TOSHIHSA) UCHIDA, ALONG WITH (SKIP) SCHUMAKER, BLOCKED HIS PATH AT SECOND, AND (NEVILLE) CRUISE IS THE THIRD BASEMAN."

IRA SOLERI #16
PITCHED A BIT IN MIDDLE RELIEF IN ARLINGTON, BUT ERA SKYROCKETED TO 7.43. IN 13 AAA GAMES, HE'S AT 4.26.

NICK SWISHER #44
EASILY THE RANGERS' MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER, THE VERSATILE SWISHER SEES TIME IN CF, RF AND 1B. THE 29-YEAR-OLD LEADS THE TEAM WITH 20 HOMERS IN ONLY 198 AT-BATS, AFTER CLUBBING 29 IN 300 MORE AT BATS THIS YEAR,

"THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR NICK IN SEASON-TWO IS HIS ABILITY TO HIT LEFTIES, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A SWITCH-HITTER. THAT TURNAROUND ALLOWED HIM A FULL-TIME SPOT IN THE LINEUP."

SWISHER HAS KNOCKED IN A TEAM-HIGH 40 RUNS ON JUST 56 HITS, AND LOST HIS 13-GAME HIT STREAK WHEN TEXAS DROPPED ITS 20TH STRAIGHT, A 2-0, 12-INNING LOSS AT HOUSTON.

DARIN LOWELL #20
RECENTLY ACQUIRED CF WILL GET A CHANCE TO PLAY PLENTY IN CF, TO SEE IF HE'S A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE TO MICHAEL BOURN. THE 19-YEAROLD HAS HIT 7, 18, .252 IN 115 MLB AT-BATS, GONE 4-FOR-4 IN STEALS AND SCORED 19 RUNS.

SIGNED TO A 3YR-$1.1M CONTRACT.
COLE HAMELS #88
JUST 26, THE LHSP SEEMS LIKE HE'S BEEN AROUND A LOT LONGER. ACQUIRED IN A TRADE, HE'S DROPPED HIS LAST SIX DECISIONS AND HAS A YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT.

"HE WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE NL IN STRIKEOUTS BEFORE HE WAS TRADED, SO THAT EXTRA AL HITTER MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR HIM AS VELOCITY ISN'T HIGH, BUT HE'S GOT A HIGH STAMINA LIMIT."

HAS AN EXCELLENT CIRCLE CHANGE BUT IS 3-6, 4.21 A YEAR AFTER POSTING 10-11, 4.32 NUMBERS.

"2011 IS A CONTRACT YEAR - I EXPECT 18 WINS."

RANDY CHOATE #36
THE VETERAN SET-UP MAN WILL LIKELY CHANGE LEAGUES TO A CONTENDER SOON AS HE'S PUT UP A 5.84 ERA, WAY UP FROM 3.47 IN 2009. JUST TRADED.

SKIP SCHUMAKER #55
GUTSY 2B CAN ALSO PLAY ALL THREE OUTFIELD POSITIONS.

HAD FANTASTIC SEASON-ONE AS A LEADING SILVER SLUGGER AWARD CANDIDATE. HAS JUST 10 RBI'S IN 153 SEASON-TWO AT-BATS.

"A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD HAVE HIM PLAYING EVERYDAY, BUT TEXAS HAS TOO MANY YOUNGSTERS IN SEASON-TWO. BUT I DON'T SEE THEM MOVING HIM. HE'S TOO GRITTY."

AT AGE 30, SCHUMAKER COULD LAST ANOTHER DECADE IN THE MAJORS AS A UTILITYMAN AND PINCH-HITTER.

DERREK WILEY #45
JUST 23, THE 6-4, 209-POUND WILEY HAS FLASHED IMMENSE POWER AND HAS THE FRAME TO ADD ANOTHER 30 TO 40 POUNDS OF MUSCLE.

"BUT WHERE DO YOU PLAY HIM? HE'LL NEVER TAKE JUSTIN MORNEAU'S JOB AWAY AND THE RANGERS ARE FILLED WITH DH-TYPES."

HAS NINE HITS IN 34 RANGERS AT-BATS, WITH A HOMER AND FOUR RBI'S. WILL GET A SHOT SOMEWHERE IN 2011.

FELIX HERNANDEZ #10
KING FELIX GETS A "C?" WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"YOU SAW WHAT HE COULD DO IN THE HOUSTON GAME, VIRTUALLY STONEWALLING THE ASTROS FOR 10 OF 11 INNINGS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT GAME? HE MAY GIVE UP FIVE RUNS IN FIVE INNINGS"

OR HE MAY BE PLAYING FIRST BASE. MANAGER RON WASHINGTON SAID HERNANDEZ WILL SEE SOME TIME THERE AFTER BATTING THE 6-3, 225-POUNDER IN THE SEVEN HOLE VS. HOUSTON.

IS 4-8, 3.55 A YEAR REMOVED FROM 19-5, 2,49 AND IN THE FIRST OF A 5-YR/$52.5M DEAL. AT JUST 23, HE HAS MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IN THE MAJORS.

BRETT GARDNER #30
THE 26-YEAR-OLD OF HAS SEEN JUST 11 AT-BATS IN TEXAS, BUT HAS HIT .313 IN AAA.

MICHAEL BRANTLEY #87
PRIMARILY BATTED LEADOFF AND PLAYED LF FOR FRISCO. WENT O-FOR-14 IN BRIEF ARLINGTON STAY AND THE 22-YEAR-OLD IS NOW IN AAA.

JUDSON BANKS #7
THE CATCHER SHOWED SOME POP WITH TEXAS, BUT MANGED JUST FIVE HITS IN 39 RANGER AT-BATS BEFORE THEE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS SENT TO AAA. JUST RELEASED IN PS3 GLITCH.

OTTO SEANEZ #92
THE RHSP, ALSO 22, HAS STARTED AND PITCHED IN LONG RELIEF IN AAA, GOING 5-0 WITHA 4.50 ERA. CLOSER IN 2011.

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MARLIN GREER #80
YET ANOTHER 22-YEAR-OLD, THE RHSP WAS 1-1 IN TEXAS WITH A 4.30 ERA IN THREE TEXAS STARTS BUT HAS GONE 3-3, 2.79 IN AA WITH FIVE QUALITY STARTS IN EIGHT GAMES.

DYLAN JARAMILO #93
THE RHSP HAS SEEN MOSTLY BULLPEN ACTION IN AAA, GOING JUST 2-7, 4.89.

NESTOR EPPERSON #57
LHSP IS JUST 19, 0-2. 7.36 WITH TEXAS, SAME ERA IN AAA

WANDY RINCON #67
CLOSER, 19, HAS FIVE SAVES IN 30 GAMES WITH FRISCO, A 3,09 ERA AND TWO BLOWN SAVES. HAS RECORDED A DOZEN HOLDS.

JEREMY WHITTEN #91
RHSP IS 4-3, 3.77 IN 13 STARTS AT AAA, GIVING UP 66 HITS IN 74 IP WITH 36 BB AND 37 SO.

ALDO MONTANO #46
RHSP PITCHED  TWICE IN ARLINGTON, GARNERING A LOSS AND A 7.56 ERA, BUT IS 3-0, 3.19 IN AA.

CAYDEN WOOTEN #12
THE 18-YEAR-OLD HAS SPENT A BIT OF TIME IN TEXAS,BUT HAS JUST FIVE HITS IN 24 ABs, WHILE CHURNING OUT 5. 19, .313 AT AA.

GIO GONZALEZ #47
LHSP SAW ACTION WITH RANGERS FOR FIVE GAMES IN LONG RELIEF AND INSPIRED NOBODY WITH A 10.38 ERA, BUT WAS 6-2, 2.97 AS A RISCO STARTER.

GABE GROSS #75
THE 30-YEAR-OLD VETERAN POSTED FIVE HITS IN 27 TEXAS AT-BATS, WHILE CURRENTLY 13-FOR-31 (.419) IN LIMITED AAA DUTY WHILE ALSO SEEING TIME IN AA. JUST TRADED.

KOYIE HILL #75
BACKUP CATCHER THAT GM DAN RJKOWSKI OVERVALUED IN RECENT DEAL.

BRIAN BARTON #64
CALLED UP AND SENT BACK DOWN WITHIN A DAY, THE 27-YEAR-OLD CF HAS HIT .302 IN AAA.

TYLER COLVIN #17
OF HITTING .347 IN LIMITED AA DUTY.

ZANE MIDDLEBROOK #83
20-YEAR-OLD RELIEVER HAD 4.63 ERA IN 10 TEXAS APPEARANCES, WHILE DROPPING ERA TO 2.16 IN EIGHT AA GAMES.

TOSHIHSA UCHIDA #52
PLAYS ALL IF POSITIONS BUT SEEN ACTION MAINLY AT SHORT AND 2B IN TEXAS WHERE HE SURPRISED EARLY, BUT THE 20-YEAR-OLD HAS FALLEN BACK TO EARTH WITH ,225, 0, 3 NUMBERS AND A DOZEN WHIFFS IN 40 ABs.

MICHAEL BOURN #22
JUST ACQUIRED IN A TRADE, THE SPEEDY 27-YEAR-OLD WILL LIKELY GET A SHOT AT CF AND THE LEADOFF SPOT THE REST OF THE YEAR AS HE GOES TO FREE AGENCY IN 2011.

HAS HIT .313 WITH A HOMER AND 24 RBIs A YEAR REMOVED FROM A 3, 35, ,285 SEASON. HAS 22 STEALS IN 27 TRIES. MAKES A BIT OVER $4M.

CHARLIE MORTON #48
RHSP STARTED THREE GAMES FOR RANGERS, GOING 0-2 WITH A HEALTHY 13.14 ERA. IS 4-3, 4,25 IN AAA.

IAN DESMOND #3
JUST TWO HITS IN 10 ABs FOR TEXAS, WHILE HITTING 5, 13, .278 AT AA.

FELIPE PAULINO #62
RHSP STARTED FOUR TEXAS GAMES, GOING 1-2 WITH 5.82 ERA, BUT STRIKING OUT 19 IN 21 IP. GONE 2-3, 2.43 AT AA.

BRAD NELSON #65
STRICTLY BACKUP HELP AT 1B AND OF. JUST WAIVED.

ESMERLING VAZQUEZ #58
RHRP HAS DONE WELL AT AAA WITH 2-4, 1.93, ONE SAVE, THREE BS AND FOUR HOLDS.

HUGO GARZA #2
ROOKIE 3B-2B IS CURRENTLY STATIONED WITH THE RANGERS, AND HAS JUST FOUR HITS IN 19 ABs, BUT THE 19-YEAR-OLD HAS SOME POTENTIAL.\

THAI TSAO #70
JUST SIGNED LHRP.

WEON JU #63
JUST SIGNED RHRP WHOSE AGE IS REVERSE OF UNIFORM NUMER, 36.

REYNALDO JOYNER #31
RECENTLY INKED LHRP.

TADAHITO YAMAMOTO #89
THE 22-YEAR-OLD RHRP HASN'T GIVEN UP AN EARNED RUN IN 4 IP WITH AA.

JONATHAN VAN EVERY #61
30-YEAR-OLD CF HAS HIT .290 IN AA WITH 28 RBI'S.

IAN KINSLER #5
WAS IN SECOND TOUR OF DUTY WITH TEXAS AND SHOWING GOOD POWER NUMBERS BEFORE INJURY SHELVED HIM. HITTING .235 OVERALL WITH 13 BLASTS ANS 38 RUNS KNOCKED IN AFTER POSTING 31, 86, .253 NUMBERS IN 2009.

THE 27-YEAR-OLD IS IN OPENING YEAR OF 3-YR, $19.4M CONTRACT.

BILLY BUCKNER #36
RHSP GOT IN EIGHT TEXAS STARTS, GOING 3-1 WITH 5,80 ERA BEFORE ERA JUMPED TO 5.11 IN THREE AAA STARTS.

ALBERTO CALLASPO #99
SURPRISINGLY, THE 26-YEAR-OLD UTILITY INFIELDER HASN'T SEEN ANY ACTION WITH THE RANGERS AFTER DOING QUITE WELL IN SEASON ONE. HIT .300, 11, 73 WITH ROYALS IN 2009.

HITTING 7, 31, .278 AT AAA.

ROBERT RAY #60
STARTED A PAIR OF GAMES WITH TEXAS AND FOUR-GAME TOTAL INCLUDED TWO LOSSES AND 9.00 ERA.

TYLER GREENE #88
SHORTSTOP INSURANCE HAS GONE 1, 27, .242 IN 63 AAA GAMES.

MITCH ADKINS #90
RHRP HAD HEALTHY 20.25 ERA IN TWO TEXAS APPEARANCES, CURRENTLY AT 5.57 IN AAA.

STANFORD ZIMMMER #69
GETTING SECOND CHANCE TO BE TEXAS' STARTING CATCHER, THE 22-YEAR-OLD LHB IS JUST 2-13.

CHRIS JOHNSON #23
ACQUIRED AS 3B-2B INSURANCE.

CHANG-HO DO #6
OF HAS GOOD SIZE AT 6-3, 224-POUNDS, BUT THE 23-YEAR-OLD HAS MANAGED JUST 111 AT-BATS IN AAA.

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TORO MATSUMOTO #54
18-YEAR-OLD OF FLASHED POTENTIAL IN SEASON ONE, BUT HAS BEEN STUCK IN AA WITH 4, 23, .298 NUMBERS.

CLARENCE LONEY #84
2B

KING SNYDER #94
ONCE-HIGHLY RATED CATCHER HAS FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE.

CRAIG HANSEN #56666
RP

DIONER LOPES #93
C

SANTO BERROA #95
SS

CLA MEREDITH #26
RP

FERNANDO NIEVE #59
LHSP

JASON VARGAS #96
SAW SOME SEMI-POSITIVE ACTION WITH TEXAS.

DAN RUNZLER #77
LHRP HAS BEEN WITH TEXAS ALL SEEASON, GOING 1-1 WITH 6.08 ERA.

JASON JARAMILLO #39
NUMBER ONE BACKSTOP AFTER TRADE, SHELVED BY BAD SHOULDER.

DELWYN YOUNG #76
UTILITY PLAYER HAS RODE THE TEXAS-AAA-AA ROLLERCOASTER ALL SEASON BUT NEVER HIT ENOUGH IN THE BIGS.

 BRYON NANCE #65
19-YEAR-OLD OF PROBABLY SHOULD BE IN A BALL.

KANE McCARTHUR #84
CATCHING FODDER.

DIONER LOPES #93
MORE CATCHING FODDER.

TYLER CROOK #98
DITTO, BUT BIT OF POTENTIAL

JOHN JASO #78
DITTO.

SANTO BERROA #95
SHORTSTOP FODDER.

LINA DE AZA #79
BACKUP MINOR LEAGUE 1B.

DAN BEASHORE #86
NOT IN SS PLANS.

ROBERTO VILLANUEVA #81
NOT IN OF PLANS.

EDDY CRAMM #49
THE 4-6, 160-POUNDER HAS SURPRISED THE RANGERS, HITTING 1, 7, .278 WHILE PLAYING EXCELLENT 2B AND SS, WHILE THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAS GONE BACK TO SWITCH-HITTING AFTER DROPPING IT FOUR YEARS AGO.

HONG-CHI MA #82
UTILITYMAN FIGHTING TO STAY WITH ORGANIZATION.

HUNTER HAHN #20
BACKUP MINOR LEAGUE 1B.