MLB- Texas Rangers
Rangers select Kumar Rocker with 1st Rd pick
The Texas Rangers have selected Kumar Rocker with their 1st round pick (3rd overall) of the 2022 MLB Draft. In selecting Kumar Rocker, the Rangers reunite him with Vanderbilt teammate Jack Leiter, whom the Rangers selected with their 2nd overall pick in 2021. Kumar definitely has solid numbers: Kumar Rocker, Rangers 1st Rd pick (3rd) of the 2022 draft. Rocker's 2021 stats with Vanderbilt: 14-4 win-loss record, 2.73era, 179so, 39bb, 122ip. Rocker's 2022 stats with Tri-City: 1-0 record, 1.35e
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
Larson Kindreich: South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week
Another week of the minor-league season is gone and another Texas Rangers prospect has been honored as a pitcher of the week. This time it is Larson Kindreich. Left-hander Larson Kindreich has been named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for his dominant pitching performance on Saturday, July 9, 2022 against the Bowling Green Hot Rods where the Crawdads tossed a combinedno-hitter. It was just Kindreich's 3rd start for the Hickory Crawdads. He pitched six scoreless and hitless innin
Rangers prospect Jack Leiter selected to play in Futures Game
The Texas Rangers top prospect, Jack Leiter has been selected to the SiriusXM All-Stars Futures game. The selection was announced on Wednesday. In his first professional season Leiter has a 2-6 win-loss record with a 5.36 earned run average in 48.2 innings pitched at the Double-A level. The earned run average probably seems to be higher than you'd expect but it does not tell the whole story. While command has been a struggle at times (28 walks), we've seen flashes of brilliance as well. He's st
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
Three Texas Rangers prospects win player of the week honors for June 20-26
June is one of the busiest months of the baseball season where we see the first promotions of prospects. And while it’s easy to get caught up in major-league action, there are still plenty of noteworthy performances taking place at Triple-A , Double-A, High-A and Low-A levels. That’s especially true for the Texas Rangers, who have three prospects capturing weekly honors for their stellar play over the week of June 20-26. LHP Cole Ragans - Triple-A: Pacific Coast League Cole Ragans has been on
Texas Rangers minor-league award winners for May
The Texas Rangers have announced their minor league players of the month for May, with three out of four spots going to players from the Frisco RoughRiders. The Rangers named winners for four awards: Player of the Month, Starting Pitcher of the Month, Relief Pitcher of the Month and Defender of the Month. The award winners are: Player of the Month Ezequiel Duran, 23, who recently made his Major League Debut, was part of the Joey Gallo trade. He became the 178th former RoughRider to make hisStrong pitching & a HR lead the RoughRiders to 2-1 win
Zak Kent made his eighth start of the season. Prior to first pitch in Wichita, he had a 0-1 win-loss record with a 6.75 earned run average. Kent's career-high in strikeouts is 13. By the end of the game Kent had pitched seven innings and shaved over a run off of his earned run average and brought it to 5.61 for the season. This was his best start of the season by far. Of his 9 strikeouts/7 were swinging. He was pretty economical with his pitches as well throwing 89 pitches/58 for strikes. K
Rangers getting Smithy with it, call up Josh Smith
The Texas Rangers have called up their 7th ranked prospect, Josh Smith on Memorial Day prior to the game. Smith, 25 in August, was just one piece of the Joey Gallo trade. He was originally drafted by the Tigers in the 38th round of the 2016 draft but went to college at LSU. He was then drafted by the Yankees in the 2nd round of the 2019 draft. When Smith was traded to the Rangers, he became one of the Rangers top ranked prospects at number six. Smith has spent the 2022 season with the Rangers
Rangers announce minor-league Players of the month: April
The Texas Rangers announced their Minor League Players of the month for April today! Player of the Month Round Rock’s 23 year old OF Leody Taveras is the Rangers player of the month for April. Leody played in 19 games in April slashing a line of .377/.391/.635/1.026 with four home runs, 12 RBI and 3 stolen bases. Leody led the Pacific Coast League in batting average (.377) and hits (32) for the month of April. Leody’s best games of the month were April 8 against El Paso Leody went 5-for-5 w