Texas Rangers Name 2025 Minor League Award Winners

The Texas Rangers announced their 2025 minor league award winners, celebrating a group of players who were recognized for their standout performances across the organization's farm system this season.

Cody Freeman - Tom Grieve Player of the Year

Texas Rangers prospect Cody Freeman has wasted no time making his mark in the majors after a scorching-hot minor-league campaign.

Through August 15, the infielder ranked among the Pacific Coast League leaders in batting average (1st), slugging percentage (2nd), total bases (2nd), OPS (3rd), and hits (4th). He paced Rangers farmhands in multi-hit games (39, tied) and multi-homer games (2nd), and was one of three Texas prospects—along with Cameron Cauley and Aaron Zavala—to record a 3-homer game.

Overall this season, Freeman batted .336 (129-for-384) with 19 home runs, 25 doubles, 71 RBI, and a .931 OPS over 97 games. The Rangers selected his contract on July 18 and he made his Major League debut on September 17—where he's currently tabbed as the Rangers' 24th-best prospect, according to MLB Pipeline.

In 28 Major League games with the Rangers this season, Freeman is batting .235 (20-for-85) with 3 home runs, 4 doubles, and 12 RBI. He's been a spark plug for the lineup.

This marks Freeman's second consecutive year earning a Rangers minor league award, after being selected as the organization's Defender of the Year for 2024.

David Davalillo // pitcher of the year

Texas Rangers right-hander David Davalillo capped off a dominant 2025 minor-league season by earning the organization's Nolan Ryan Pitcher of the Year award, recognizing his breakout performance across two levels.

The 22-year-old Venezuelan native, who signed with Texas as an international free agent in 2022, went 6-4 with a 2.44 ERA (23 ER in 84.2 IP), 0.93 WHIP, .184 opponent batting average, and 126 strikeouts over 23 games (22 starts) between High-A Hickory and Double-A Frisco—his fourth professional campaign.

Among Rangers minor leaguers with at least 100 IP this season, Davalillo's 10.60 strikeouts per 9 innings ranked first, his 29.6% strikeout rate ranked second, and his 0.93 WHIP ranked third-lowest among all minor league pitchers under the same parameters, trailing only Chicago AL's Shane Murphy (0.85) and New York NL's Jonah Tong (0.92).

In September at Double-A, his WHIP (0.85) ranked third-lowest among league pitchers, while he fanned 28.9% of batters and held opponents to a .172 average.

Davalillo was also named the Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May after going 1-0 with a 1.49 ERA (6 ER in 36.1 IP) over his first 10 starts of the campaign, tabbed as a South Atlantic League Postseason All-Star, and currently rated as the No. 7 prospect in the Texas organization (No. 5 pitcher).

Eric Loomis // reliever of the year

Texas Rangers right-hander Eric Loomis capped a stellar second professional season by earning the organization's Reliever of the Year award, highlighted by his stingy command and strikeout prowess across three levels in 2025.

The 23-year-old Brentwood, Mo. native—selected by Texas in the 16th round of the 2024 MLB Draft from Missouri State University—recorded a 2.77 ERA (16 ER in 52.0 IP) with 84 strikeouts (14.54 SO/9 IP), a 1.06 WHIP figure, a .169-.177 opponent batting average, and just 2 home runs allowed in 39 relief appearances between Single-A Hickory (7 G), High-A Hub City (25 G), and Double-A Frisco (7 G).

Loomis was named a South Atlantic League Postseason All-Star, owning a 1.80 ERA (2 ER in 10.0 IP) with Hub City. He paced Texas farmhands (min. 50.0 IP) in strikeouts per 9.0 innings pitched and boasted the lowest WHIP and opponent batting average among organizational relievers with 50.0 IP. He converted 8 of 9 save opportunities with Hub City, ranking tied for 4th in the South Atlantic League.

Loomis holds the Rangers record for fewest walks per 9 innings pitched (0.69) among High-A Hub City relievers.

Yeremy Cabrera // defender of the year

Texas Rangers outfield prospect Yeremy Cabrera capped his breakout 2025 season by earning the organization's Minor League Defender of the Year award, capping a campaign defined by elite glove work and offensive production in his first full professional year.

The 20-year-old from Bani, Dominican Republic—signed by Texas as a minor league free agent—posted a .982 fielding percentage (4 errors/223 total chances) and appeared at all three outfield positions in 102 games with Single-A Hickory, most in center field (94 games/starts). His 8 outfield assists led all Texas minor league centerfielders and ranked among Carolina League centerfielders with Carolina.

Cabrera has accumulated 22 career outfield assists over four professional seasons with Texas, slashing .259/.382/.417 with 26 home runs, 138 RBI, and 87 stolen bases since signing his minor league contract with the club out of Bani, Dominican Republic.

Cal Stark // True Ranger Award

Texas Rangers catching prospect Cal Stark rounded out a versatile and impactful 2025 minor-league season by earning the organization's True Ranger Award, established in 2019 to highlight a player who represents the core values of the organization both on and off the field.

The 23-year-old Arlington, Texas native—signed with the Rangers as an undrafted free agent in July 2024 from the University of Tennessee—logged 41 games with High-A Hub City, registering a .515 OPS with 2 home runs and 12 RBI while appearing at catcher (21 games), first base (10 games), designated hitter (4 games), left field (3 games), and right field (2 games).

The Rangers will present the awards at Globe Life Field prior to the game against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, September 24th.

The Prospect Times congratulates the Texas Rangers' award winners: Cody Freeman (Player of the Year), David Davalillo (Nolan Ryan Pitcher of the Year), Eric Loomis (Reliever of the Year), Yeremy Cabrera (Defender of the Year), and Cal Stark (True Ranger Award).

These players lit up the stat sheets and embodied Rangers grit—here's to climb in 2026.