How Many in 2014?

Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last five seasons, and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them here: [ 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 ] Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2014.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2014: 64
Total pitchers used in 2014: 40 *
Total position players used in 2014: 27 *
Total players making major league debut: 17

• #64 – Guilder Rodriguez (Sep 7, replacing Yu Darvish, who was placed on the 60 day DL)
• #63 – Spencer Patton (Sep 4, was a Sep callup)
• #62 – Lisalverto Bonilla (Sep 2, was a Sep callup)
• #61 – Michael Kirkman (Sep 2, was a Sep callup)
• #60 – Derek Holland (Aug 30, replaced Robbie Ross, who was optioned to AAA)
• #59 – Ryan Rua (Aug 29, replaced Jim Adduci, who was placed on the DL)
• #58 – Tomas Telis (Aug 25, replaced Shin-Soo Choo, who was placed on the DL)
• #57 – Jon Edwards (Aug 15, replaced Robbie Ross, who was optioned to AAA)
• #56 – Alex Claudio (Aug 13, replaced Yu Darvish, who was placed on the DL)
• #55 – Mike Carp (Aug 4, replaced Chris Gimenez, who was placed on paternity list)
• #54 – Phil Klein (Aug 1, replaced Ryan Feierabend, who was designated for assignment)
• #53 – Jerome Williams (Jul 25, replaced Jake Smolinski, who was placed on the DL)
• #52 – Nate Adcock (Jul 24, replaced Joaquim Soria who was traded to DET)
• #51 – Geovany Soto (Jul 17, replaced Carlos Pena, who was designated for assignment)
• #50 – Ryan Feierabend (Jul 13, replaced Aaron Poreda, who was optioned to AAA)
• #49 – Matt West (Jul 10, replaced Phil Irwin, who was optioned to AAA)
• #48 – Phil Irwin (Jul 8, replaced Nick Martinez, who was placed on the DL)
• #47 – Roman Mendez (Jul 7, replaced Michael Choice, who was optioned to AAA)
• #46 – Jake Smolinski (Jul 7, replaced Donnie Murphy, who was designated for assignment)
• #45 – Neftali Feliz (Jul 4, replaced Ben Rowen, who was optioned to AAA)
• #44 – Adam Rosales (Jun 30, replaced Luis Sardinas who was optioned to AAA)
• #43 – Carlos Pena (Jun 24 – replaced Brad Snyder, who was designated for assignment)
• #42 – Ben Rowen (Jun 11 – replaced Tanner Scheppers, who was placed on the DL)
• #41 – Brad Snyder (Jun 10 – replaced Mitch Moreland, who was placed on the DL)
• #40 – Miles Mikolas (May 14 – replaced Matt Harrison, who was placed on the DL)
• #39 – Nick Tepesch (May 14 – replaced Martin Perez, who was placed on the DL)
• #38 – Justin Germano (May 8 – replaced Scott Baker, who was designated for assignment)
• #37 – Rougned Odor (May 8 – replaced Josh Wilson, who was designated for assignment)
• #36 – Scott Baker (May 7 – replaced Daniel Robertson, who was optioned to AAA)
• #35 – Matt Harrison (Apr 27 – replaced Luis Sardinas who was optioned to AAA)
• #34 – Daniel Robertson (Apr 23 – replaced Pedro Figueroa, who went to DL)
• #33 – Luis Sardinas (Apr 19 – replaced Jim Adduci, who went to DL)
• #32 – Aaron Poreda (Apr 18 – replaced Tanner Scheppers, who went to DL)
• #31 – Colby Lewis (Apr 14 – replaced Daniel McCutchen, who was designated for assignment)
• #30 – Hector Noesi (Apr 13 – replaced Adrian Beltre, who went to DL)
• #29 – Kevin Kouzmanoff (Apr 9 – replaced Seth Rosin, who was designated for assignment)
• #28 – Yu Darvish (Apr 6 – replaced Nick Martinez, who was sent to AA)
• #27 – Nick Martinez (Apr 5 – replaced Daniel McCutchen, who was sent to AA)
• #26 – Daniel McCutchen (Apr 1 – replaced Chris Gimenez, who was designated for assignment)

#25 to #1: Neal Cotts, Pedro Figueroa, Jason Frasor, Alexi Ogando, Martin Perez, Seth Rosin, Robbie Ross, Jr., Joe Saunders, Tanner Scheppers, Joakim Soria, Shawn Tolleson, J.P. Arencibia, Robinson Chirinos, Chris Gimenez, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Prince Fielder, Donnie Murphy, Josh Wilson, Jim Adduci, Michael Choice, Shin-Soo Choo, Leonys Martin, Mitch Moreland, Alex Rios.  (the original 25 is not in any particular order)

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

• * The total number of pitchers/position players do not add up because Mitch Moreland (May 6), Chris Gimenez (Jul 10), & J.P. Arencebia (Aug 13) all pitched an inning and count as both a position player and as a pitcher.
• Apparently the Rangers don’t officially count guys who are called up and sent down without actually playing (Miles Mikolas) – but I do.
• In 2014, the Rangers have just one in the original opening day 25 that were making their major league debuts (Seth Rosin).  The previous years’ counts in that regard were two in 2013 (Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (Darvish & Ross), one in 2011 (Mason Tobin), none in 2010, one in 2009 (Elvis Andrus), and one in 2008 (Kaz Fukumori).
• We have 11 players making their debut as Texas Rangers: Pedro Figueroa, Seth Rosin, Joe Saunders, Shawn Tolleson, J.P. Arencibia, Chris Gimenez, Prince Fielder, Donnie Murphy, Josh Wilson, Michael Choice, Shin-Soo Choo.