2011 Texas Rangers

[Scott]

The future is bright, heres hoping we make it back to the WS.

Projected Lineup
1 SS Elvis Andrus
2 DH Michael Young
3 LF Josh Hamilton
4 RF Nelson Cruz
5 3B Adrian Beltre
6 2B Ian Kinsler
7 1B Mitch Moreland
8 C Mike Napoli
9 CF Julio Borbon

Projected Bench
C Matt Treanor
C Yorvit Torrealba
UTL Andres Blanco
OF David Murphy

Projected Starting Rotation
1 LHP C.J. Wilson
2 RHP Colby Lewis
3 RHP Brandon Webb
4 RHP Tommy Hunter
5 LHP Derek Holland

Projected Bullpen
CL RHP Neftali Feliz
SU RHP Darren O'Day
SU LHP Arthur Rhodes
MID RHP Alexi Ogando
MID LHP Darren Oliver
MID RHP Mark Lowe
LR LHP Matt Harrison

[dickey1331]

It ought to be an interesting year. Heres hoping to another good one

[TracerBullet]

Well, Young wants out of Texas.

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Thoughts?

[dickey1331]

I don’t blame him but Im not happy. He’s my favorite player and I think we need his leadership especially since we are a pretty young team. I think if it wasn’t for his salary he would have already been traded.

[TracerBullet]

Yeah, I feel pretty much the same way. I still don't see him being traded for a little while at least though partially because of his salary.

[Travis40]

I think Young can contribute from the DH spot this year, but he's acted very poorly through this situation. He's making $16 million a year, and he plays horrible defense. You can't fault the Rangers for trying to make their team better, and part of doing that is moving Young to DH. MY was one of my favorite Rangers, but after his comments about Jon Daniels, it's obvious that MY isn't the "team player" that everyone thought he was. I think Young needs to accept his role as DH and quit calling out his GM.

[dickey1331]

Quote: Originally Posted by Travis40

I think Young can contribute from the DH spot this year, but he's acted very poorly through this situation. He's making $16 million a year, and he plays horrible defense. You can't fault the Rangers for trying to make their team better, and part of doing that is moving Young to DH. MY was one of my favorite Rangers, but after his comments about Jon Daniels, it's obvious that MY isn't the "team player" that everyone thought he was. I think Young needs to accept his role as DH and quit calling out his GM.

I think its different when you move from 2B to SS to 3B and now DH. I think he is just fed up.

[Gibbz]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

I think its different when you move from 2B to SS to 3B and now DH. I think he is just fed up.

Not to mention being dangled as trade bait to pretty much everyone after being moved to DH even before his little rant about Daniels.