julio in the club

Julio Borbon made his major league debut tonight as a Texas Ranger. He also became the latest Mississippian to make The Show. Borbon’s connection is thin — he was born in Starkville in 1986, apparently while his father was in grad school at Mississippi State — but he’s still a native. The former Tennessee All-American has been on the Rangers’ prospect charts for a couple of years. He was a .300 hitter at the Class A and Double-A levels in 2008 and was batting .298 in Triple-A when the Rangers called him up. An outfielder, Borbon goes 6 feet 1, 190 pounds, hits left-handed and has plus speed. He could be a good one.