Tekoah Roby
Why Tekoah Roby Deserves the Spotlight
The Texas Rangers have invested a lot of resources into the pitcher position in recent years. They drafted Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker with their first selections in back-to-back seasons. In 2018 they selected Cole Winn in the first-round, followed by Owen White in the second. On top of all of that, they gave Brock Porter a $3.7 million signing bonus, the largest ever for a draft pick after the second round. Taking all of that into consideration, some players will not receive the fanfare that
RoughRiders End 7-Game Losing Streak
The Frisco RoughRiders ended a seven-game losing streak on Friday night, defeating the Amarillo Sod Poodles 3-2. The RoughRiders were led by a pitching gem from 21-year-old Tekoah Roby. Roby went 6 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and two runs with one walk and eight strikeouts. He was one out away from a no-hitter and shutout when he gave up a triple and a two-run home run to end the no-hit bid and shutout bid. Reliever Marc Church came on in relief of Roby and pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing n
Tekoah Roby earns 1st Double-A win
Texas Rangers pitching prospect Tekoah Roby dominated the Amarillo Sod Poodles over 5 innings, earning his 1st Double-A win in his 4th start of the season. Jax Biggers had the big knock in the game, delivering a grand slam in the top of the 6th for the RoughRiders to win 5-1 in Hodgetown in Amarillo. Roby (1-2, 5.79) allowed just 1 run on 4 hits and a walk. He struck out 8 batters in his 5 innings of work. Besides the lead-off home run he gave up in the bottom of the 1st, the right-hander was i