NWA Naturals at Frisco RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders traveled home to Riders Field after sweeping their 6-game series against the San Antonio Missions (Padres). The Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Royals) are now in town to play a 6-games series against the RoughRiders. The RoughRiders will look to match a 9-1 start they haven't seen since 2016 and they only need to win on Tuesday to make that happen. Through their nine games, the RoughRiders line-up have scored 1st in every single one of them. Frisco RoughRiders probable rot
Texas Rangers Ryan Garcia is nearing return
The last time Texas Rangers prospect Ryan Garcia took the mound in a game was July 14, 2019 for the Spokane Indians, who was an affiliate of the Rangers prior to the MiLB realignment. Ryan was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round of the 2019 draft from UCLA. His most successful season at UCLA was in 2019 when he went 10-1 with a 1.44 earned run average in 94 innings pitched. Ryan had Tommy John surgery in March of 2020 but the 2020 minor-league season was canceled. In 2021, he dealt with ob
RoughRiders win Jack Leiter's 2nd start
The RoughRiders played a 6-game series and Leiter took the mound for the 1st game of the double header. It was the 2nd game of his young professional career. You could say the RoughRiders were on a mission as they swept the series. All eyes are on Jack Leiter and for good reason. He's the Rangers top ranked prospect. So far he's not disappointed. In his 1st start, he was Leit's out. This time around, it wasn't vastly different. He allowed one run on one hit, issued three walks but also struckou
Texas Rangers farm report: 1st edition
Welcome to the 1st edition of the Texas Rangers Farm Report. We've had a series of minor league baseball for each team in the Rangers farm system to start 2022. Round Rock got the season started last Tuesday so they have played six games while the Frisco RoughRiders, Hickory Crawdads and Down East Wood Ducks have played three. There have been some fantastic performances for each team and we'll highlight those for the first few games of the 2022 season. Round Rock (3-3) For Round Rock, the Ex
Series Preview: RoughRiders at San Antonio Missions
After a successful Opening series against the Arkansas Travelers, the Frisco RoughRiders make their first road trip of the season. After taking two of three games against the Travelers, they head 305 miles south on I35E to San Antonio to play a six-game set against the San Antonio Missions (Padres) at Nelson Wolff Stadium. The RoughRiders (2-1) will look to continue their winning ways against the Missions and they have a good chance of doing it with their top-of-the-line rotation and potent li
Leiter up: Jack Leiter's Double a Professional debut
Jack Leiter, son of former major-league pitcher Al Leiter, made his highly anticipated professional debut on Saturday night with the Texas Rangers Double-A affiliate, the Frisco RoughRiders. Leiter, was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round of the 2021 draft and their # 1 ranked prospect. The biggest crowd since 2019 showed up to watch Leiter make his professional debut. The crowd was electric and Leiter didn't disappoint. Leiter got his first professional strikeout in the top of the 1st an
RoughRiders Opening day 2022: road to the TLC begins
Frisco RoughRiders opening day is officially here. It has been over 200 days (208 to be exact) since the RoughRiders have played a game at Riders Field and fans are eagerly waiting for their chance to see them back in action. I said this exact same thing last season but this is the best team the RoughRiders have ever fielded. For starters here is the RoughRiders starting rotation 1. Cody Bradford, LHP 2. Jack Leiter, RHP 3. Cole Ragans, LHP 4. Zak Kent, RHP 5. Avery Weems, LHP 6. Justin
2022 Frisco RoughRiders Media Day
Today was the 2022 Frisco RoughRiders media day. For complete transparency, The Prospect Times was not able to make it to Media Day but we have reviewed the available video and thought we'd share some of the quotes. Some quotes from second year manager, Jared Goedert about his feelings on the team he's been assigned this year. Overall optimistic Jared Goedert, RoughRiders Manager Ton of really good players last year and it's looking to be the case again this year. Jared Goedert, RoughRiders
Latz Go! Bubba Thompson hit 1st Express HR in 2022
Baseball is officially back and officially counting now with the start of the Triple-A season. Fans were excited to welcome back their favorite team as 8,476 fans were in attendance for the Round Rock Express' season opener. Left-hander Jake Latz started for the Express against right-hander Jesse Scholtens and the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate. We hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Express will not go 150-0 with their 13-1 loss tonight. You could say the Express hitte
The Down East Wood Ducks 2022 roster: Who’s on the team
The Down East Wood Ducks 2022 roster was announced with 31 players which incudes: 17 pitchers (4 LHP), 3 catchers, 6 infielders, and 5 outfielders. Fifteen players return to play for Down East. Their first game will be against Carolina Mudcats for a 3-game road series April 8th before coming home for the Home Opener series against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. The only player ranked in the Texas Rangers Top 30 prospects is Maximo Acosta. Last season (2021) the Wood Ducks had a record of 72-4