Owen White
Which prospects will the Rangers protect from the Rule-5 Draft?
Free Agency for Major League Baseball has officially begun. The Rangers made a flurry of roster moves just prior to and they now have 34 players on their 40-man roster. The question now is; which prospects will they add to the 40-man to protect them from the Rule-5 Draft? What is the rule-5 draft? The rule-5 basically exists to help prevent players from being stashed in a farm system where they may be blocked from making the Majors. Players that were signed at 18 or younger have five seasons
RoughRiders win Texas League Championship
The Frisco RoughRiders are the 2022 Texas League Champions! They fought hard and came out on top against the Wichita Wind Surge, winning 7-5 in a 10-inning thriller. This is their first Championship title since 2004. The RoughRiders swept each of the Texas League South Division Series and then the Texas League Championship Series. Each was a best-of-three series. In this Championship Series the RoughRiders scored 18 runs on 21 hits. They went 21-for-71 (.296) with 2 home runs (both hit by Kape
Big game Bradford leads RoughRiders to Championship series
The RoughRiders needed just one more win to advance to the Texas League Championship Series, and they sent the right man to the mound. Big-game Cody Bradford had been dealing prior to the end of the season, and was ready to deliver in a must-win game. The result: a 5-2 RoughRiders win. The RoughRiders are headed to the Texas League Championship Series for the first time since 2012 after Bradford's stellar performance on the mound. Cody Bradford was dominant Bradford was in complete control t
Rangers reinstate prospect Owen White from IL
The Texas Rangers have reinstated pitching prospect Owen White from the Injured List. White, 23, had been on the Injured List since July 26th with what was described at the time as forearm soreness. The timing was unfortunate as White had just been promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders where he had been dominating opposing batters prior to his injury. He made four starts with the Rangers' Double-A affiliate, the Frisco RoughRiders and had been dominating opposing hitters. He had a 3-0 win-loss re
RoughRiders nearly sweep Rangers minor league awards
The Texas Rangers named their minor league award winners for the Month of June. The RoughRiders have three of the four winners. The Rangers Minor League award winners for June are: * Player of the month: OF Kellen Strahm * Starting Pitcher: RHP Owen White * Reliever: RHP Yerry Rodriguez * Defender: INF Jonathan Ornelas Player of the month: OF Kellen Strahm Kellen Strahm was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2019 draft. For Frisco he's slashed a line of .261/.391/.350
Owen White cracks MLB's top 100 prospects list
The Texas Rangers now have six players in MLB's top 100 prospects. That's impressive and quite the jump from just a few seasons ago. Owen White is the newest Ranger prospect on the list. In 2021, the Rangers had 5 top 100 prospects. In 2020 they had 4 and in 2019 they had 3. Between High-A Hickory and Double-A Frisco, Owen White has a 8-2 win-loss record and a 3.63 earned run average in a total of 69.1 innings. White was just named the Pitcher of the Week in the Texas League for his performa
Owen White named Texas League Pitcher of the week
On Tuesday July 5, Frisco RoughRiders pitcher Owen White was named the Texas League Pitcher of the week for June 27-July 3. Owen is the first RoughRiders pitcher to earn the honor this season. Ranger fans are used to seeing the word dominant describe Owen White's work on the mound the last couple of seasons. White had a no-hitter going into the 6th inning prior to being taken out of the game due to a sprained left ankle. In his dominant outing he pitched 5.1 hitless innings against the Corpus
Owen White dominated in his home debut
Frisco, TX- Owen White, the Texas Rangers 2nd round pick in 2018, dominated in his home debut with the Frisco RoughRiders on Friday night in front of a crowd of 5,386. White threw three pitches to the Hooks lead-off batter and struck them out swinging. That basically set the tone for the game. White threw a mixture of his fastball, slider, curveball and change-up. He topped out at 96 mph on the fastball and as low as 77 on the curveball. Owen White had a no-hitter going before he exited the g
Owen White impresses in Double-A debut
As you can see, we've been a little obsessed with Owen White recently. He made his highly-anticipated Double-A debut for the RoughRiders against the Arkansas Travelers (Mariners) tonight and he didn't disappoint. They say the going from High-A to Double-A is the hardest jump for a pitcher to make. Considering that, he was pretty impressive. White threw all of his pitches: Fastball, Slider, Change, Curveball and hit as high as 98 mph on the fastball. White was very efficient early on, needing o
Owen White set to make Double-A debut
The Frisco RoughRiders have a few pitching prospects that figure to be part of the Rangers future rotation. Recently promoted, Owen White, ranked number eight in the Rangers system, will make his highly-anticipated Double-A debut on Saturday June 25th against the Arkansas Travelers. White joins a potent Frisco RoughRiders rotation including the Texas Rangers number one prospect, Jack Leiter, Cody Bradford, Tim Brennan and Avery Weems. Zak Kent and Justin Slaten were recently placed on the 7-Day