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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Vandy Boys lead dominant day for Rangers' pitching. Farm Recap 8/15/2024
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Vandy Boys lead dominant day for Rangers' pitching. Farm Recap 8/15/2024

The Texas Rangers' minor league arms had a great day as they were headlined by Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker. Down East Wood Ducks Things started incredible for the Wood Ducks as they jumped out to a 7-0 lead against the Lynchburg Hillcats. The Wood Ducks started their onslaught with a pair of singles from Esteban Mejia and Wady Mendez made the score 3-0. They added on with solo home runs from Ben Hartl and Chandler Pollard as well as an rbi double from 17th ranked prospect Echedry Vargas acc
Kumar Rocker rocks in his second start
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Kumar Rocker rocks in his second start

Kumar Rocker continues to impress in Double A. Rocker went 4 scoreless innings while just allowing a single to Ripken Reyes along with a single walk. He struck out 4 batters and extended his scoreless inning streak to 7. The dominance continues as he threw 32 of his 43 pitches for strikes and had an all around command of the strike zone. He ended up hitting 97-99 with his fastball and he put away a lot of batters with his slider. Rocker has looked back to his Vanderbilt days and the player
Ezequiel Durán has monster week and returns to the Rangers
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Ezequiel Durán has monster week and returns to the Rangers

Ezequiel Durán has made his way back to the Rangers after an incredible week. Durán earned Pacific Coast League Player of the Week after slashing .480 with 5 home runs and 10 rbis in his last 6 games. Durán being called up was one of many moves that occurred Monday afternoon along with Cody Bradford, Josh Jung, and Gerson Garabito being called up to the big league team. Jon Gray was placed on the 15 day injured list, Evan Carter was transferred to the 60 day injured list. Justin Foscue, Jonat
Texas Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/26/24
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Texas Rangers Affiliates Recap 7/26/24

Down East Wood Ducks The Wood Ducks swept a double header against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Houston Astros' affiliate). They took the first game by a score of 3 to 2. Marco Torres provided all of the offense for the Wood Ducks as he hit a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 5th. It was Torres' 4th home run of the season. He is the Rangers' 24th rated prospect according to MLB.com. The Wood Ducks' pitching took care of the rest of it as they limited the Woodpeckers to 5 hits. Kolton Curtis w