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AA Frisco RoughRiders

Justin Foscue and Josh Smith promoted to Double-A

Being a RoughRiders Fan I’m excited about the news that Justin Foscue (#5) and Dustin Harris (#7) are coming to Frisco along with two other players. Here comes the bad news Frisco doesn’t play at home until the 17th of this month and they only have 12 home games remaining on the regular season schedule. 2B Justin Foscue 22 yr old 2020 1st round pick from Mississippi St. Josh H. Smith 24 yr old from LSU part of the Joey Gallo trade from The Yankees. Also coming LHP Juan Carlos Mejia 22 yr old fr

AA Frisco RoughRiders

Walker to AAA, Miguel Aparicio promoted to AA

There is quite a bit of news on the farm on the promotion front today and that is always a good thing. Steele Walker has been promoted to AAA Round Rock Steele Walker, 25, has been a fan favorite in Frisco. He's got that cool confidence and is great with the fans. He slashed a line of .255/.323/.439/.763 with 10 HR, 40 RBI and 8 SB across 63 games while playing for the RoughRiders. Across his last 9 games, going back to July 23rd, he has hit .324/.395/.500/.895 with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, and 11

AA Frisco RoughRiders

Hans Crouse loses no-hit bid in top of the 6th

RoughRiders fans filled the seats, packed the berms and the Lazy River at Riders Field. It was largest crowd of the season.  A crowd of 7,610 to be exact. The RoughRiders expect to see another big crowd tomorrow. On the mound Hans Crouse is one of my favorite pitching prospects in the Rangers farm system. In our top prospects article that we did for fun, we have him ranked as the number # 6 prospect in the Rangers farm system. The right-hander was hitting up to 95 MPH from what I saw. The r

AA Frisco RoughRiders

RoughRiders win team record 11 games in a row

This RoughRiders won by a final of 3-1 over the Midland RockHounds (Athletics). With this win they have a team record of 11-wins in a row and a crowd of 2,523 was on hand to witness it. Something that no other team has done since the RoughRiders moved to Frisco in 2003. The previous record was 10 games in a row set in 2014 and tied yesterday June 29th. So how did the RoughRiders win their 11th game in a row? Behind some good pitching and timely hitting. On the mound Yerry Rodriguez (3.34) pit

AA Frisco RoughRiders

RoughRiders Fall Short against the Sodpoodles May 17, 2019

RoughRiders fall short 7-5 It was a tough night at Dr. Pepper Ballpark as the RoughRiders fall short to the Sodpoodles. It was a beautiful night in Frisco for the Game of Thrones House of Roosevelt night. The RoughRiders were facing off against the Amarillo Sod Poodles in the 2nd of a 4 game set. It was a quiet game through the first four innings. Payano was in the groove, retiring first 9 batters he faced in order, striking out 4 of them.? He allowed a single in the fourth inning and the runn