Well, Spring Training is right around the corner. Pitchers and catchers reporting day is Wednesday. To this, I’ve updated a couple of sections of my website.
First is the roster page, which I’ve changed the format of slightly. Now I have the 40 man roster at the top, as well as the non roster spring training invites below that. When the season starts, I intend on having the 25 man roster on the top like I normally have, then below it the other 15 players on the 40 man roster, and minor leaguers below that.
Second is my uniform number history section. This details (as best as I can research) the entire history of each uniform number to be worn in Rangers history. Before about 3 seasons ago when I started keeping track, I was unable to get spring training numbers, but I believe previous to 2002, I have everything covered in season, anyway (except perhaps guys who were only up for one day, or minor things like that).
One note about 2005 Spring Training. The Dallas Morning News for the last few years has published the spring training roster in their preview, which did appear yesterday. However, in seasons past, they had full uniform number assignments. Not this year – they appear to have just copied the information that’s on the Rangers website, which means that just about every NRI has no number assigned, and two 40 man guys don’t have it assigned. Plus it didn’t list the spring training coaches and whatnot. So I’m hoping this info turns up somewhere.
Is anyone reading this going to Surprize, AZ? If so, and you see a program that lists uniform numbers for all the players in spring training, please email me – I will want to get that information from you. Thanks.
Yeah, I posted the numbers on the forum. -KB