At one point this spring the Texas Rangers had 69 players in big-league camp to cram onto a 25-man Opening Day roster.
To be fair, some guys weren’t going to make the team. Outfielder Scott Heineman, for instance, is going to be out until early May after off-season shoulder surgery.
Injuries have taken care of Luke Farrell and Yohander Mendez, who are likely to join Heineman on the 60-day injured list.
Also, the Rangers weren’t going to put their top young pitching prospects on the Opening Day roster, barring the injury horrors of 2014 or one of them pitching like Sandy Koufax in 1962.