Rangers Lineup: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Opening Day

Rangers are sending this lineup out there today against Kansas City LHP Horacio Ramirez:

2B Ian Kinsler, 3B Michael Young, CF Josh Hamilton, RF Nelson Cruz, DH Hank Blalock, LF David Murphy, 1B Chris Davis, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus.

The Rangers are facing another lefty on Opening Day: Cliff Lee. Manager Ron Washington has not committed to whether he’ll stack the Opening Day lineup with right-handed hitters (i.e. Andruw Jones in place of Blalock and Marlon Byrd in place of Murphy). We’re getting a morning briefing a little later than usual today, but I plan to try and raise the question again. Three consecutive lefties from Nos. 5-7 against a left-handed pitcher (even though Lee has struggled this spring) just doesn’t seem to be a high-percentage play.