roughriders fall despite early offensive output and great night from the bullpen The Frisco Roughriders would send Josh Stephan (5-2, 4.75) to face off against the Tulsa Drillers and Peter Huebeck (1-4, 4.34) on Thursday night to kick off the series. Things got started off early on Thursday night when Josh Stephan gave up three hits in a row culminating Kasey Jarvis • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Rangers promote rising prospect Davalillo to Frisco Evan Grant reported Monday afternoon that 22-year-old SP David Davalillo (Rangers No. 29 Prospect) is being promoted to Double-A Frisco. Davalillo has been a rising star for the Spartanburgers going back to last season when he had a 1.88 ERA in 110.1 IP while pitching for Hickory and Kasey Jarvis • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Rocker looks great in Rehab Start in Frisco On Friday night, Kumar Rocker made a Rehab outing to get his shoulder ready to reenter the Rangers blazing Starting Rotation. Through 2 Innings Rocker was sitting at 98 on his Fastball and has only allowed a single hit. Rocker was relying heavily on his fastball to care for his Kasey Jarvis • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Osuna gets promoted to AAA Round Rock The Texas Rangers No. 7 prospect Alejandro Osuna got the notice he was being promoted up to AAA as he continues to impress the Rangers organization every time he laces up the spikes Osuna is coming fresh off of winning Rangers minor league defender of the month where he didn’ Kasey Jarvis • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Rangers hire Bret Boone as new Hitting Instructor The Rangers announced Monday that they are bringing in 14 year veteran, 3 time All-Star, and 2 time Silver Slugger Bret Boone to become the Rangers’ lead hitting instructor for the remainder of the season. The news comes less than 24 hours after the club announced the firing of lead Kasey Jarvis • Texas Rangers News
Rangers place Taveras on outright Waivers News came during the evening on Sunday that the Texas Rangers had waived Leody Taveras signaling the time given to him by Chris Young to “develop” is officially over. It had been reported that the Rangers were working on a trade that wanted the receiving team to take on all Kasey Jarvis • Texas Rangers News