The Texas Rangers can now begin working on their offseason plan. The World Series is over, and free agency will begin shortly.

There's the looming specter of a work stoppage. It's all but certain that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association will not come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Without one, the game shuts down after Dec. 1 and no moves can be made until a new CBA is agreed upon.

That clouds what one can project for the Texas Rangers’ 26-man roster. President of baseball operations Chris Young wants to get a younger, more athletic team. But that may be difficult given that he only has a month to build one before a lockout, and a protracted lockout pushed back opening day.

Here, we try to project what the 26-man roster will look like on opening day — whenever that is.…