Last season, I decided to take a look into the Rangers' future, through 2004. It seemed so simple, just see who was here and who was coming and plug them in. John Hart has wrecked my spreadsheet. I like it the most because I can take players who, based on discussion on the Rangers Listgroup, will be ready for the majors, and add them at the bottom. Then I can ask myself if they take a spot on the team or become trade fodder. It's a fun exercise. Anyhow, if you need help with the abbreviations on the left, drop me a note.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| c | Irod | Irod 2 | ||
| 1b | Palmeiro | Palmeiro 4 | Palmeiro | Texiera |
| 2b | Young | Young 9 | Young | Young |
| ss | Arod | Arod 3 | Arod | Arod |
| 3b | Lamb | Lamb 8 | Blalock | Blalock |
| lf | Cat | Cat 1 | Cat | Cat |
| cf | Kapler | Everett 6 | Everett | Romano |
| rf | Ledee | Gonzalez 5 | Gonzalez | |
| dh | Greer 7 | Palmeiro | Mench | |
| 4of | Sierra | |||
| util | sheldon | Perry | ||
| c2 | Haselman | Haselman | ||
| s1 | Rogers | Park | Park | Park |
| s2 | Helling | Davis | Davis | Davis |
| s3 | Oliver | Rogers | Duchscherer | Duchscherer |
| s4 | Davis | Burba | Myette | Jovanny Cedeno |
| s5 | Bell | Bell | Bell | Bell |
| long | Mahomes | Myette | Benoit | Colby Lewis |
| mid | Petkovsek | Van Poppel | Van Poppel | Van Poppel |
| setup | Venafro | Rocker | Rocker | Pratt |
| close | Zimmerman | Zimmerman | Zimmerman | Zimmerman |
| p10 | Myette | Moreno | Moreno | Meade |
| p11 | Foster | Powell | Powell | |
| p12 | Kolb | Kolb | Kolb | |
| SPARE | Hafner 1B | Cordero | ||
| Cordero | Myette | |||
| Kapler | Kapler | Venafro | ||
| Cordero | Lamb | Elder | ||
| Petkovsek | Mench |