MLB: Power Ranking All 30 Major League Starting Rotations
AL West. Texas Rangers. 26. player. 95. <p><strong>Projected Starting Rotation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>RHP Yovani Gallardo (8-11, 3.51 ERA, 32 GS with Milwaukee in 2014)</li> <li>LHP Derek Holland (2-0, 1.46 ERA, 6 GS, 5 GS in 2014)</li> <li>RHP Colby Lewis (10-14, 5.18 ERA, 29 GS in 2014)</li> <li>LHP Ross Detwiler (2-3, 4.00 ERA, 47 G with Washington in 2014)</li> <li>RHP Nick Martinez (5-12, 4.55 ERA, 29 G, 24 GS in 2014)</li> </ul>. 5th
Texas would obviously be higher if Yu Darvish weren’t expected to miss the entire 2015 season recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Instead of having one of Major League Baseball’s true aces on the mound on Opening Day and every fifth day thereafter, the snake-bitten Rangers will turn to newcomer Yovani Gallardo to handle the top of the rotation duties he held in Milwaukee over the past half decade.
Derek Holland, who was spectacular in five late season starts following knee surgery, will take the fifth turn in the rotation to start the home opener April 10 against the Astros. Gallardo and Holland should be solid in 2015, but the rest of the staff leaves something to be desired.
Colby Lewis is back after a poor 2014 showing and Ross Detwiler joins the rotation after being squeezed out of a job in Washington and spending last season in the bullpen for the Nationals. Nick Martinez was less than spectacular as a rookie in 2014, but will start the season as the fifth starter.
Matt Harrison and Martin Perez are both scheduled to begin the season on the disabled list. Harrison recently began throwing after two-plus years of back issues. He had spinal fusion surgery last year and has no specific return date. Perez is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn’t expected to return until at least July.
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