Texas Rangers announce 2007 Opening Day roster

Club makes number of moves to set 25-man roster

by PegNews wire

Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels announced Saturday night the club's 25-man Opening Day roster and a series of roster moves.

The Rangers will begin the 2007 season against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday, April 2 at 9:05 p.m. CT at Angels Stadium with the following 25-man roster:

While we love all the new faces on 2007 Rangers, here at <i>Pegasus News</i> we continue to miss the days of Pete Incaviglia

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While we love all the new faces on 2007 Rangers, here at Pegasus News we continue to miss the days of Pete Incaviglia

Pitchers (12): Joaquin Benoit, Bruce Chen, Scott Feldman, Kameron Loe, Brandon McCarthy, Ron Mahay, Kevin Millwood, Akinori Otsuka, Vicente Padilla, Robinson Tejeda, C.J. Wilson and Mike Wood.

Catchers (2): Gerald Laird and Chris Stewart.

Infielders (5): Hank Blalock, Matt Kata, Ian Kinsler, Mark Teixeira and Michael Young.

Outfielders (6): Frank Catalanotto, Nelson Cruz, Jerry Hairston, Jr., Kenny Lofton, Sammy Sosa and Brad Wilkerson.

The club made the following roster moves prior to submitting their Opening Day roster:

• Purchased the contract of LHP Bruce Chen, INF/OF Jerry Hairston, INF Matt Kata, OF Sammy Sosa and RHP Mike Wood.

• Designated RHP Ezequiel Astacio, OF Marlon Byrd and catcher Guillermo Quiroz for assignment.

• Placed RHP Eric Gagne (recovering from surgery) on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 28.

• Optioned catcher Miguel Ojeda Triple-A Oklahoma.

• Outrighted RHP Francisco Cruceta to Oklahoma and INF Adam Fox to Double-A Frisco.

Kevin Millwood is scheduled to pitch for Texas in the season opener against John Lackey for the Angels. The game can be seen in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex on my27 and can be heard in English on KRLD (1080 AM) and in Spanish on KFLC (1270 AM).

Source: Texas Rangers