Take heart Texas Rangers fans. Your team will not finish in the cellar in the 2008 major league baseball season. The reason for this is simply because the Oakland A's are rebuilding and the Rangers will finish 3rd by default.
Now I'm not mocking this Rangers team. It would be nice if they went out of their way to add a much needed ace to their pitching rotation. But their rotation of Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, Jason Jennings as their top 3 starters possess experience and they all should all improve their performances over last season. Kason Gabbard and Luiz Mendosa look to fill out a rotation which will be better than Oaklands this season. In the bullpen the Rangers have the experience of Eddie Guardado, a decent pitcher in Joaquin Benoit and Japanese pitcher Kazuo Fukumori to set it up for new closer C.J. Wilson. It doesn't promise to be a great bullpen, but it should get the job done. Now this pitching staff is what I would consider adequate enough but it is one ace shy of being considered good.
The Texas Rangers lineup doesn't look to score its usual runs. Next to proven hitters like Matt Young and Hank Blalock, the Rangers will be relying on names like Marlon Byrd, Milton Bradley, Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler to contribute to their offense. Even though this team is mediocre at its best, and it doesn't seem to be committed to winning any time soon, it will prevail in securing a 3rd place finish in the woeful AL West with a record of 66-96. Now if that Rangers fan who yelled at me last season for picking them to lose 92 games is reading this, you guessed it, I'll be close again this year.
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This is better than last place. The Rangers are better and Oakland is rebuilding. I'm glad baseball is here.
Harold, Georgia
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