SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Rangers’ rotation was built for depth. That depth is being put to the test before Opening Day.\n\nPresident of baseball operations Chris Young spoke to the media on Saturday morning regarding Rangers pitching injuries, revealing that they will definitely be down two rotation arms in
Bradford will not throw for at least four weeks with elbow soreness. He was shut down on March 12 and though the MRI came back clean, the Rangers still want to slow play him early in the season.\n\nThe plan, for now, is to shut him down for the four weeks and then build him back up however they feel necessary at that point in the season.\n\n“I think some of that will depend on what we feel like the best role is for Cody,” Young said. “We probably expedite it if we wanted to get him back on a shortened down role. It will take more time if we lengthen him out to start. Some of that may depend on where we are from an injury standpoint, and who's throwing well and what the need is.”
Here are the Rangers' options to fill the back end of the rotation:\n\n**Rookies**\n\nRookies
**Non-roster invitees**\n\nOne or both of the Vanderbilt arms are intriguing options, but manager Bruce Bochy and Young both went out of their way to point out that non-roster invitees like
**External options**\n\nThere are still a number of cheap free agents out there, including former Rangers