The Rangers Franchise Deep Four

Hey, another of these! Yeah, I decided to finish this one, which I'd started on a while ago. The Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchise isn't one that gets a lot of historical examination, but let it not be said that Baseball Junk Drawer ignores it!

	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1st	Kenny Rogers	Ivan Rodriguez	Rafael Palmeiro	Ian Kinsler	Buddy Bell	Alex Rodriguez	Frank Howard	Oddibe McDowell	Juan Gonzalez
2nd	Charlie Hough	Jim Sundberg	Mark Teixeira	Julio Franco	Adrian Beltre	Elvis Andrus	Rusty Greer	Don Lock	Ruben Sierra
3rd	Fergie Jenkins	Paul Casanova	Will Clark	Bump Wills	Ken McMullen	Toby Harrah	Josh Hamilton	Leonys Martin	Nelson Cruz
4th	Nolan Ryan	Gerald Laird	Pete O'Brien	Mark McLemore	Hank Blalock	Scott Fletcher	Billy Sample	Mickey Rivers	Jeff Burroughs

I hated to put Josh Hamilton on the 3rd Team, but I didn't feel right about putting him in center field, and he only had that one big MVP season while playing primarily left. The truth is though, Hamilton probably isn't (or wasn't) as great as that season, all things considered, so maybe it's perfectly fitting not to rank him very high.

Michael Young played too many positions to put him at any one, and since the Rangers are pretty strong at shortstop, Young's most logical position, he was off the board completely. Ed Brinkman was another fine player at that position who didn't make the cut. It's a shame there wasn't a place for Mr. Ranger somewhere.

I was surprised at how strong third base, pitcher, and right field were. Center field was weak, and catcher was extremely top-heavy. Jim Sundberg was probably good enough to be some teams' #1, but here he's stuck behind Pudge. After those two, the cupboard is pretty bare.