Top prospects -- Wyatt Langford of the Texas Rangers and Jackson Chourio of the Milwaukee Brewers -- will open the season on their teams' respective major league rosters.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto was rocked in his first start, but he's not the only star to have bad luck in their debut The Rangers announced Langford will open the season with them, and the Brewers did the same with Chourio. Langford, 22, entered Friday with a .388 average, .446 on-base percentage, 6 homers and 19 RBIs in 49 Cactus League at-bats. The Rangers selected the outfielder out of the University of Florida with the fourth overall pick in last year's amateur draft.Chourio, who turned 20 on March 11, agreed to an $82 million, eight-year contract during the offseason despite having played only six games above Double-A. He hit .283 with a .
Heading into Friday, Chourio was hitting .280 with a .333 on-base percentage, no homers and 3 RBIs in 50 Cactus League at-bats.
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