Roderick Villareal

Roderick Villareal

I am a junior journalism major at TCU. I am a big Rangers fan and I am looking to become a sports journalist.

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8/13/25 Affiliates Recap

8/13/25 Affiliates Recap

Hickory Crawdads The Crawdads lost 3-2 against the RiverDogs. Jesus Lafalaise delivered a solid start. He took the loss as he allowed three runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Brock Porter would get the next guy out of the bullpen and he impressed. He fired a scoreless 2.1 innings while allowing just two hits with one walk and struck out three. Kyle Larsen would finish the game off with one scoreless inning with no hits, one walk, and two strikeouts. The Cra
8/12/25 Affiliates Recap

8/12/25 Affiliates Recap

Hickory Crawdads The Crawdads had a 6-0 win the RiverDogs. It was a dominant showing from Enrique Segura. The righty shoved with five scoreless innings with only two hits against him, no walks and three strikeouts. This moved his ERA under four to 3..91. The bats were able to outhit the RiverDogs 11 to 6. Pablo Guerrero led the team in hits as he went 3 for 4. Esteban Mejia, Braylin Morel, Paxton Kling (Hickory Debut), and Maxton Martin collected the rest of the team hits as they all had two a
8/8/25 Affiliates Recap

8/8/25 Affiliates Recap

Hickory Crawdads The Crawdads beat the Fireflies 8-2. Jesus Lafalasie was the star as he fired five innings of no hit ball. He walked a pair of hitters while striking out three hitters, he was recently promoted on August 5th. He is 20 years old. Pablo Guerrero got the scoring started with a two run bomb in the second inning, it was his sixth home run of the year. He had another hit besides the home run. The bats were working for the Crawdads as three other hitters also had multiple hits. Yere
Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/24

Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/24

Hickory Crawdads The Hickory Crawdads suffered a 7-5 loss against the Augusta GreenJackets. Yeremy Cabrera led the way for them with two hits and two RBIs. Esteban Mejia backed him up with a RBI double and a walk that forced in another run. Brooks Fowler was great in his start as he allowed one run in 5.1 innings on seven hits with just one walk while striking out one. This outing brought his ERA down to 2.86. When the bullpen entered the game went downhill. William Privette allowed four runs
Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/23

Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/23

Hickory Crawdads: The Crawdads lost 6-0 as they were only able to manage three hits against the Augusta GreenJackets (Atlanta Braves). Maxton Martin, Hector Osorio, and Pablo Guerrero each had a hit. Enrique Segura got the start and took the loss only lasting 3.2 innings while allowing three runs on a trio hits as well as a trio of walks. He struck out a pair of hitters. Grant Cherry came in next and struggled as he allowed two runs on five hits in one inning walked one and struck out three.
7/13/25 Farm Recap
AA Frisco RoughRiders

7/13/25 Farm Recap

Hub City Spartanburgers The spartanburgers pulled out a series win as they won the finale against the Emperors 3-1. Jose Gonzalez got the win after twirling a brilliant start. He went five innings allowed no runs on six hits only allowing one walk and struck out five. The bullpen was great behind him as they combined for four innings allowing one run on two hits with two walks and a strikeout. The offense took a while to get going, but they were able to get on the board in the sixth inning w
The Rangers Affiliates Sweep
AA Frisco RoughRiders

The Rangers Affiliates Sweep

Hickory Crawdads Game 1: The Crawdads won the first game of the double header 4-2 against the Hillcats and only played a seven inning game. Garrett Horn started the game and allowed two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Thomas Ireland got the win as he held the Hillcats scoreless with four hits against him and racked up a pair of strikeouts. The bats got going in the second inning with a single from Marco Torres and a RBI double play by Wady Mendez. They would score in the
Rangers Top Prospect and their third baseman shine in different ways
AA Frisco RoughRiders

Rangers Top Prospect and their third baseman shine in different ways

Hub City Spartanburgers The Spartanburgers were out 4-0 against the Rome Emperors (Atlanta Braves). They got a good start out of Leandro Lopez as he threw five shutout innings allowing two hits, two walks and striking out two. Dalton Pence would cough up the lead on a sacrifice fly from third baseman Will Verdung that made it 1-0. The Emperors would expand their lead in the next inning against Joey Danielson allowed a lead off home run to second baseman Ambioris Tavarez and a pair of doubles
Brock Porter might be back
Around the farm

Brock Porter might be back

Brock Porter's journey with the Texas Rangers has been anything but straightforward, yet recent signs suggest he may be regaining his footing. Early Promise Entering the 2022 MLB Draft, Porter was a standout pitching prospect, ranked 11th overall on MLB.com's draft board. His accolades included the 2021 Gatorade State Player and National Player of the Year honors, earned after an impeccable 9-0 record with a 0.41 ERA, 115 strikeouts in 58 innings, and three no-hitters. Despite his commitment