The Texas Rangers are going with seven relief pitchers for the AL Division Series and a roster that has several changes from last year's series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Texas released its 25-man roster on Thursday hours before Game 1, including 13 players who weren't on the roster last postseason.
Reliever Jeremy Jeffress — reinstated to the team in September after an Aug. 26 arrest for DWI — was included on the roster.
Left-handed starter Derek Holland and outfielder Delino DeShields were the notable players from this season's 40-man roster left off the playoff roster.
The full ALDS roster includes:
Pitchers
Tony Barnette, Matt Bush, Alex Claudio, Yu Darvish, Jake Diekman, Sam Dyson, Cole Hamels, Jeremy Jeffress, Keone Kela, Colby Lewis, Martin Perez
Catchers
Robinson Chirinos, Jonathan Lucroy
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Infielders
Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Mitch Moreland, Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar
Outfielders
Carlos Beltran, Shin-Soo Choo, Ian Desmond, Carlos Gomez, Jared Hoying,
Nomar Mazara, Ryan Rua
The Rangers and Blue Jays play Game 1 of the 2016 ALDS on Thursday afternoon at 3:38 p.m. at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
