Rangers Send Top 2 2024 Draft Picks To High-A Hickory
The Texas Rangers are sending 2024 1st Round Pick Malcolm Moore and 2nd Rounder Dylan Dreiling to High-A Hickory to make their pro ball debut tonight. Moore, the 30th overall pick out of Stanford is known for his bat, not necessarily his glove. Moore slashed .288/.399/.958 in his collegiate career. Most notably has also had a keen eye at the plate, and in 2024 walked more than he struck out. I’m sure the Rangers are hoping his high exit velocity, low whiff rate and great numbers vs the Fastball
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
Texas Rangers Farm System Recap: August 3, 2024
DSL Rangers Blue Fall to DSL Tigers 1 The DSL Rangers Blue dropped to 23-18 after a 1-0 loss to the DSL Tigers 1. RHP Oscar Romero (2.43 ERA) took his first loss of the season. He pitched 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits. However, he struggled with control, issuing 5 walks and recording just 1 strikeout. Romero also had a wild pitch and hit a batter. The wild pitch allowed Nestor Miranda, who walked earlier in the first inning, to advance to second base and later score on an RBI single by
Bratt Looks Marvelous In Double-A Debut
Frisco has hosted some great players this year from Rehabbing All-Stars to up-and-coming prospects. Thursday night the next name added to the list was 21-year-old lefty Mitch Bratt. The 2021 fifth-round pick is MLB Pipeline's 21st-ranked Rangers prospect and pitched for Canada in the World Baseball classic. This year he has pitched 77 and a third innings in High-A ball to the tune of a 3.03 ERA earning his chance to get the second-half call-up and make his AA debut. Things got off to a rocky s
Jackson Kelley earns first Double-A win after promotion to Frisco
The Texas Rangers' farm system has continued to show promising talent among their pitching, and Jackson Kelley is one of the latest prospects making strides. Recently promoted from High-A Hickory to the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, Kelley will be a reliable option out of the bullpen for RoughRiders Manager Carlos Cardoza. He proved that tonight after earning his first win in his first appearance with the RoughRiders Kelley's effectiveness, particularly against right-handed batters, has been a
Texas Rangers farm system player promotions July 30th 2024
On July 30th, the Texas Rangers made several promotions within their farm system, advancing a number of promising young players to higher levels of competition. Each of these prospects earned their first promotion to the next level, having delivered strong performances this season. Mitch Bratt to Double-A Frisco RoughRiders Mitch Bratt, the top ranked left-handed pitcher in the Texas Rangers system, has been promoted from High-A Hickory Crawdads to Double-A Frisco RoughRiders. Bratt has show
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
Rangers Prospect Arturo Disla Promoted to High-A Hickory
Arturo Disla has become an intriguing prospect to watch in the Texas Rangers organization. Standing out with his size and power-hitting abilities, Disla is listed at 6'2" and 240 lbs. The Rangers signed Disla as a free agent on July 24, 2023, from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, located about an hour south of Amarillo. During his 2023 season at Wayland Baptist University, Disla delivered an incredible performance, slashing .428/.490/.777/1.267 with 12 home runs and 62 RBIs. He
ACL Rangers 2024 Season Ends in Walk-Off Loss
The ACL Rangers season came to an end on Saturday night (July 27th) as they fell to the ACL Diamondbacks in the ACL Semifinals by a final of 6-7. The one-game elimination saw the ACL Rangers come back to tie the game at 6-6 in the top of the 7th inning. RHP Collin Wiles, on a rehab assignment from the Express, started the game for the ACL Rangers. The Diamondbacks quickly jumped to an early lead, scoring two runs in the 1st inning and another in the 2nd. They totaled three runs on four hits d
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