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 Heath Criswell • AA Frisco RoughRiders
AJ Alexy promoted; Yerry, Snyder and Sherten Apostel to Triple-A Huge congratulations to each of A.J. Alexy, Yerry Rodriguez, Nick Snyder, and Sherten Apostel for their promotion to Triple-A Round Rock. None of these promotions really come as a surprise. Of the four players, Nick Snyder is the only one that is not on the Texas Rangers 40-man roster. Heath Criswell • MLB- Texas Rangers
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 Heath Criswell • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Game 5/120 recap: Riders lose two in a row As quickly as they won three games, the RoughRiders lose two in a row to the Midland RockHounds (Oakland Athletics). They tried to rally for a comeback win but fell short by a final of 16-9. The RoughRiders are now 3-2 on the year. On the mound Right-hander, Yerry Rodriguez, Heath Criswell • AA Frisco RoughRiders
Rangers protected a few prospects from the rule-5 draft The Texas Rangers protected a few prospects from the rule-5 draft which takes place on December 10, 2020. They selected the contracts of pitchers A.J. Alexy, Yerry Rodriguez and catcher David Garcia and added them to the 40-man roster. They had quite a big list of prospects that needed Heath Criswell • MLB- Texas Rangers
