Rangers Opening Day Roster, Lineup, Rotation & Bullpen

Today is the day. The Texas Rangers begin their quest for a second World Series title this afternoon at Globe Life Field against hard-throwing left-hander Garrett Crochet and the Boston Red Sox

We also have an official Opening Day roster have days of speculation on which players did enough or failed to display enough to make the team. Here is the full breakdown of the roster as well as the lineup this afternoon against Boston.

Rangers Opening Day Roster

The Rangers will open the 2025 regular season with this 26-man roster. Not much shock value with this roster construction but notable absences include Cody Bradford, Evan Carter, Dane Dunning and Jon Gray. Carter and Dunning will start the year in Triple-A Round Rock while Bradford and Gray suffered injuries in the middle of spring training and will start on the injured list. Two guys to keep an eye out for would be outfielders Kevin Pillar and Leody Taveras, who have potential to surprise fans.

Pitchers: Shawn Armstrong, Marc Church, Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi, Robert Garcia, Gerson Garabito, Luke Jackson, Jack Leiter, Tyler Mahle, Chris Martin, Hoby Milner, Kumar Rocker, Jacob Webb

Catchers: Jonah Heim, Kyle Higashioka

Infielders: Jake Burger, Ezequiel Duran, Josh Jung, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Josh Smith

Outfielders: Adolis Garcia, Wyatt Langford, Joc Pederson, Kevin Pillar, Leody Taveras

Rangers Opening Day Lineup

This is a mixture of usual/unusual lineup that will come this season for Texas. First off, Seager will be the team's DH as he is still dealing with a core calf and Josh Smith will replace him at short. Outside of that the structure isn't totally off from what you will see for a lineup against a left-hander this year. Perhaps the biggest surprise is Higashioka's start over Heim. I can envision seeing Joc Pederson as well get a pinch hit chance late in the game as well.

2B, Marcus Semien

DH, Corey Seager

LF, Wyatt Langford

RF, Adolis Garcia

1B, Jake Burger

3B, Josh Jung

CF, Kevin Pillar

C, Kyle Higashioka

SS, Josh Smith

Rangers Opening Day Starting Rotation

For at least the first two go-arounds for the Rangers in 2025, this will be the starting rotation. The question remains what will happen when Patrick Corbin is officially ready near the middle of April and when Bradford and Gray eventually return. For right now, this is how the rotation will go with deGrom further down the line, expected to make his first start Sunday afternoon and the former Vandy co-aces getting a chance to show their skills early in the season.

Nathan Eovaldi, RHP

Jack Leiter, RHP

Tyler Mahle, RHP

Jacob deGrom, RHP

Kumar Rocker, RHP

Rangers Opening Day Bullpen

The bullpen has the biggest questions marks going into 2025. We aren't quite sure how it'll play out but the Rangers did the best they could this winter to replace the missing production they received from Kirby Yates, David Robertson and Jose Leclerc. It'll be interesting to see if someone emerges as the team's closer, similar to Yates last season. The team will hopefully get a much-needed boost when Texas finally gets Josh Sborz back, who is currently recovering from offseason shoulder surgery.

Shawn Armstrong, RHP

Marc Church, RHP

Gerson Garabito, RHP

Robert Garcia, LHP

Luke Jackson, RHP

Chris Martin, RHP

Hoby Milner, LHP

Jacob Webb, RHP

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