Last gasp: The Texas Rangers in 2012

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The Texas Rangers start the grind this afternoon against the Chicago White Sox. In six months, it'll end one way or the other. Hopefully, it'll be seven months.

But the grind's going to do what the grind does. Many will fall by the wayside. Few will survive. You hope by September that you have survived so you can play in October.

With that said, here are gut predictions from me, Uwe, about the Texas Rangers in 2012, by the numbers:

17
Wins for Matt Harrison. Makes no sense and I can't tell you why, but I think last season added on to his remarkably awesome Spring Training shows that he's going to take a step up. At the end of the year, he will be the starting pitcher everyone's talking about.

202
Hits for Michael Young. Leaves him about 800 short of 3,000, but we'll leave. Goes strong at designated hitter.

3.40
ERA for Yu Darvish. I think he wins 15 or thereabouts. He is good -- great, often -- but the league catches up to him by August or so.

540
At-bats for David Murphy. The "fourth outfielder" does it again and worms his way into the starting line-up day after day. I also predict a .280+ average against left-handed pitching.

30
Saves for ... Alexi Ogando. Joe Nathan does not work out.

25
Home runs for Mitch Moreland. He makes the leap and plays well all season. He also jacks 30+ doubles.

14
Wins for Neftali Feliz in a pretty good freshman year in the rotation.

.332/.400/.500
Line for Josh Hamilton in his contract year. Tossing his name into the MVP talk.

215
Innings pitched for Colby Lewis. Horse.

.290/.410/.485
Splits for Ian Kinsler.

.186
BAA for lefties against Robbie Ross.

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