REVISED

C John Buck, Matt Treanor
1B Mitch Moreland
2B Ian Kinsler, Andres Blanco
3B Michael Young
SS Elvis Andrus
OF Josh Hamilton, Nelson Cruz, Julio Borbon, David Murphy, Jeff Francoeur
DH Vlad Guerrero
SP Cliff Lee, CJ Wilson, Colby Lewis, Derek Holland, Tommy Hunter
RP Alexi Ogando, Tanner Scheppers, Darren O'Day, Darren Oliver, Omar Beltre, Michael Kirkman
CL Neftali Feliz

Batting Order

Andrus SS
Young 3B
Hamilton CF
Guerrero DH
Cruz RF
Kinsler 2B
Murphy LF
Moreland 1B
Buck C

Bench

Blanco UTIL INF
Borbon OF
Treanor C
Francoeur OF

Rotation

Lee LHP
Lewis RHP
Wilson LHP
Hunter RHP
Holland LHP

Bullpen

Feliz RHP (closer)
Ogando RHP
O'Day RHP
Oliver LHP
Kirkman LHP
Strop RHP
Harrison LHP

I think we're looking at the team we finished with, with the following exceptions

- Free Agent Catcher to replace Molina,
I prefer Buck over the others, but we'll see.
- If Frankie Francisco walks, I expect the Rangers will sign a RHP middle reliever
possible that its a Middle Reliever with closing experience.
I am confortable with Ogando setting up Feliz though.
- DH by committee after not coming to terms with Vlad
-The free agent money goes to Cliff Lee.
Crawford and Werth are not coming here, though I would love Werth. Vic Martinez, and Beltre are not worth the money compared to what we have, and have to hang on to.

I am thinking that some of the fringe arms in the system, such as Kirkman and Strop will get their feet truly wet in 2011.

C- Buck, Treanor
1B- Moreland/Dunn
2B- Kinsler
3B- Young/Blanco
SS- Elvis
LF- Murphy
CF- Hamilton(hate him here, but it puts our best lineup on the field)
RF- Cruz
DH- Adam Dunn(I just got a feeling on this one)

SP- Cliff Lee
SP- CJ Wilson
SP- Colby Lewis
SP- Neftali Feliz
SP- Derrick Holland

We also really need to add some power arms to this pen, I won't go into detail on names, but I do not want to see Feldman, Nippert, Harrison, ect on this roster.

You guys are living a pipe dream if you think Michael Young doesn't play 3B next year,

Pryor- I think there's no doubt that Young opens the season at 3B. But I think JD is smart enough to know that, as bad defensively as MY was this season, if he gets even worse as he ages next year, there needs to be a better fallback option than Andres Blanco rolling out every day. I think Juan Uribe makes sense for the money.

C: John Buck, Matt Treanor
1B: Mitch Moreland
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Michael Young, Alex Gordon
SS: Elvis Andrus
UT: Nick Punto
LF: Carl Crawford
CF: Julio Borbon
RF: Josh Hamilton
DH: David Murphy, Marcus Thames

Zack Greinke
Colby Lewis
CJ Wilson
Derek Holland
Tommy Hunter

Neftali Feliz
Koji Uehara
Alexi Ogando
Darren O'Day
Darren Oliver
Matt Harrison
Mark Lowe

DL: Scott Feldman

A different, cost effective, and realistic lineup IMHO

Catcher Treanor and Max Ramirez- Pray for a breakout
1st- Moreland
2nd-Kinsler
3rd-MY
SS-Andrus

OF-Rotation of Murphy Hamilton Cruz and Bourbon
DH- Adam LaRoche- Cheaper than Dunn and has a swing built for the Jet Stream in right center

Utility- If the price is right go grab Bill Hall. If not then live with Blanco

Rotation
Greinke- Give up Holland-Perez-Sardinas (sp?)
Wilson
Lewis
Hunter
John Garland- If we get Greinke then having a consistent and price effective force like John Garland helps

CL-Nefti
8th-Scheppers
7th-Ogando
Specialists- The Darren's

C: Buck/Treanor
1B: Mitch Moreland
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Adrian Beltre
SS: Elvis Andrus
UT: Andres Blanco
LF: Josh Hamilton
CF: Julio Borbon
RF: Nelson Cruz
4OF: David Murphy
5OF: Willy Tavares
DH: Michael Young

Zack Greinke
Colby Lewis
CJ Wilson
Derek Holland
Tommy Hunter

CL Neftali Feliz
SU Alexi Ogando
Darren O'Day
Darren Oliver
Mark Lowe
Tanner Scheppers
Michael Kirkman