Looking at the 2021 Hickory Crawdads roster

Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty ImagesThe Texas Rangers announced the “Break Camp” rosters for their A ball and AA rosters earlier this week. R.J. Coyle did a deep dive on the roster for the Frisco Roughriders yesterday, and while I am not going to be able to match the depth of analysis he offered for the Roughriders prospects, I am going to talk a little bit about some of the guys on the roster for the high-A Hickory Crawdads.

And yes, it is the high-A Hickory Crawdads. The South Atlantic League, which has long been a low-A league, is now a high-A league, swapping classifications with the Carolina League, which is now a low-A league. Hickory is still in the Sally, so we are going to have to get…