The Texas Rangers Opening Day lineup is out, courtesy of the beat guys on Twitter, who are relaying what manager Jeff Banister says he will be sending out there tomorrow against the Houston Astros.
The lineup will be:
DeShields — CF
Gallo — 1B
Elvis -- SS
Beltre — 3B
Mazara -- RF
Choo — DH
Chirinos — C
Odor — 2B
Cole Hamels will be squaring off against Justin Verlander, the Astros’ Opening Day starting pitcher.
A few thoughts on what I expect will be the Rangers’ regular lineup for the first month or so of the season:
While this isn’t exactly what I would go with if I were creating a lineup for, say, an OOTP game or something like that, this is pretty close, and I don’t have any complaints.