The Texas Rangers season fell off the planet. Dead last with a load of bullets. The manager fled in disgrace and the team has suffered in the bottom of the well for months.
How did it happen? The Rangers were cursed like no other club.
The Rangers have 12 guys
on the 60-day DL.
12!
That is almost half the roster.
None of those guys currently count against the 40-man
roster, but all of them must be re-added to the 40-man roster after the
season. In addition to those moves, minor leaguers such as top
pitching prospect Luke Jackson, must be added to the roster to be
protected from the Rule 5 draft.
It begs the question: How do you fit more than 50 players onto a 40-man roster?
“We’ve
got some tough calls coming up,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels
said last Friday.
“The injuries complicate things because we need to carry
some guys over the winter that won’t be ready to help us right away. The
system is maturing to where we need to protect some of our better young
talent,” Daniels added. “And we’ve got some interesting guys who have
shown very well recently.”
