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 awhile now (2024 is the 17th season I’ve kept track of this), 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 with links at the bottom of the page.
Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2024. 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 26 man roster officially. Here goes:
The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.
Total players in 2023: 46
Total pitchers used in 2021: 25
Total position players used in 2021: 21
Total players making major league debut: 7
- #46 – Carson Kelly (Jul 29 – replacing Andrew Knizner (AAA))
- #45 – Daniel Robert (Jul 8 – replacing Grant Anderson (AAA))
- #44 – Max Scherzer (Jun 23 – replacing Yerry Rodriguez (AAA))
- #43 – Gerson Garabito (May 26 – replacing Shaun Anderson (DFA))
- #42 – Jesus Tinoco (May 23 – replacing Jon Gray (DL))
- #41 – Derek Hill (May 21 – replacing Davis Wendzel (AAA))
- #40 – Shaun Anderson (May 15 – replacing Jack Leiter (AAA))
- #39 – Owen White (May 8 – replacing Dane Dunning (DL))
- #38 – Robbie Grossman (May 8 – replacing Jonathan Ornelas (AAA))
- #37 – Jonathan Ornelas (May 6 – replacing Wyatt Langford (DL))
- #36 – Grant Anderson (Apr 24 – replacing Austin Pruitt (DL))
- #35 – Jonathan Hernandez (Apr 23 – replacing Owen White (AAA))
- #34 – Nathaniel Lowe (Apr 20 – replacing Jared Walsh (DFA))
- #33 – Sam Huff (Apr 20 – replacing Jonah Heim (bereavement list))
- #xx – Owen White (Apr 19 – replacing Jack Leiter (AAA)) – did not play)
- #32 – Jack Leiter (Apr 18 – replacing Grant Anderson (AAA))
- #31 – Michael Lorenzen (Apr 15 – replacing Yerry Rodriguez (AAA))
- #30 – Cole Winn (Apr 14 – replacing Cody Bradford (DL))
- #29 – Austin Pruitt (Apr 13 – replacing Brock Burke (DL))
- #28 – Davis Wendzel (Apr 8 – replacing Justin Foscue (DL))
- #27 – Justin Foscue (Apr 2 – replacing Josh Jung (DL))
#26 to #1 (in surname alphabetical order): Cody Bradford, Brock Burke, Evan Carter, Dane Dunning, Ezequiel Duran, Nathan Eovaldi, Adolis Garcia, Jon Gray, Andrew Heaney, Jonah Heim, Travis Jankowski, Josh Jung, Andrew Knizner, Wyatt Langford, Jacob Latz, Jose LeClerc, David Robertson, Yerry Rodriguez, Josh Sborz, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Josh Smith, Leody Taveras, Jose Urena, Jared Walsh, Kirby Yates.
Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded
Roster Notes:
- Of the opening day 26 man roster, just one player is making their major league debut – Wyatt Langford.
- Of the opening day 26 man roster, 6 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Andrew Knizner, Jared Walsh, Wyatt Langford, David Robertson, Kirby Yates, Jose Urena).
- Previous years counts for major league debuts on opening day roster: 2023 (1 – Langford), 2022 (0), 2021 (2, Arihara, DeGeus), 2020 (1, Taveras), 2019 (2, Bird, Dowdy), 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
- Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 26 man roster, but did not actually play. The team doesn’t count those as players who played. I do (because they were here).
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