Rangers thrilled by new-look lineup

BALTIMORE — As Rangers manager Jeff Banister filled out his team’s lineup card for the first time since the front office bolstered the offense with Carlos Beltran and Jonathan Lucroy before the non-waiver Trade Deadline, he tried to add up the combined number of career hits of his new three-four combo.

The result? A staggering 5,436 hits between Beltran and Adrian Beltre. And if that wasn’t enough, the duo has combined for 843 home runs.

Banister couldn’t deny that he had fun writing down the names of his new star-studded lineup. He’s just waiting to see the product on the field.

“We don’t know how it’s going to play out,” Banister said. “What we do know is you can look at the body of work of all of them individually, and you can think, ‘Man, this is going to be a tremendous lineup,’ but yet they still got to go out and do it. They still got to go out and perform.”

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The group is missing its leadoff hitter, Shin-Soo Choo, who isn’t eligible to return from the disabled list until Thursday, but Beltre didn’t mince words Tuesday when commenting on how talented the new offense is.

“I think that [with] the …

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