Around the farm
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
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
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
Hub City salvages a rough day for rangers' Affiliates
The Rangers' Affiliates combined to go 1-2 on Sunday, July 6. The Round Rock Express game got rained out, so that was the reason for only three games being played. Hickory Crawdads The Hickory Crawdads suffered a big loss as they fall to the Kannapolis Ballers (White Sox) 9-2. It was a rough start for David Hagaman, he allowed four runs on two hits in 1.2 innings while allowing two walks and struck out two. All of the damage came in the second inning when he walked a pair while allowing both
The Hub City Spartanburgers Week in Review
The Hub City Spartanburgers, the high A affiliate if your Texas Rangers, have made it through their first full week of games and are about to have their first ever official home game of the 2025 season tonight. They’re currently 5-4, tied for the South Division lead in the South Atlantic League and have scored 39 runs while allowing 33 runs. It doesn’t take a mathematician to notice that they haven’t exactly been an offensive juggernaut through the first 9 games, averaging just over 4 runs per
3 Rangers Prospects make top 50 in Baseball America's top 100 list
Baseball America posted their top 100 prospects in the MLB and 3 Rangers prospects wound up making the top 50. No. 49 Alejandro Rosario The 23-Year-Old 5th-round pick in 2023 made his debut in 2024 and did not disappoint. Rosario Split time between Low-A where he began the year and then High-A where he finished. Rosario came out of the gates firing on all cylinders as he made 10 starts to the tune of a 2.11 ERA where he struck out 69 batters while only walking 5 in his 47 innings pitched. TheQuick Reaction: 2024 Rule 5 Draft Results
Perhaps we've had enough excitement over the past 24 hours, but the Rule 5 draft has come and gone with no major storylines attached to it. The Rangers were one of only two teams not to make a selection in this year's draft, along with the Baltimore Orioles. On the opposite side, the Phillies were the most active team in the draft, selecting seven players in total to add to their prospect pool. Some of those are likely to be trade pieces for the Phillies in the coming days as they look to capita
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
Rangers' Promising Pitching Prospects Face Early Season Setback
The Texas Rangers' farm system received some unwelcome news yesterday as their recently released break camp rosters revealed the absence of two highly-touted pitching prospects: right-handers Izack Tiger and Jose Corniell. Both Tiger and Corniell are ranked among the Rangers' Top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline. This caused plenty of concern among Rangers fans on X wondering why they weren't listed. Now we have our answer. According to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News, they were di