Breaking down Ron Washington’s Texas Rangers lineup 2014

Sep 19, 2013; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Texas Rangers manager

(38) in the dugout against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Manager Ron Washington has set the Texas Rangers lineup this week at the spring training.  He did this before he even saw any of the position players take practice, but that shouldn’t be a concern.

• LF Shin-Soo Choo
• SS Elvis Andrus
• 1B Prince Fielder
• 3B Adrian Beltre
• RF Alex Rios
• DH Mitch Moreland
• C Geovany Soto
• 2B Jurickson Profar
• CF Leonys Martin

Washington commented on his lineup

"“I’m set in stone with that,” Washington said. “It is locked in. I do not want to move Beltre out of the four hole. And Prince, he’s been the protector all his career. I want him to be the protectee. People can pick their poison. If they don’t want to deal with Prince, then they can deal with Beltre. If they don’t want to deal with Beltre, then they can deal with Rios. And if they don’t want to deal with any of them, they can deal with Moreland.”  (Dallas News-Evan Grant)"

Here is a look at the Texas Rangers lineup 2014