The Hickory Crawdads 2022 roster: Who’s on the team
The Texas Rangers announced the initial roster of players assigned to each of their minor-league affiliates. The list of players heading to Hickory to start the season is impressive and includes eight of the Rangers’ 30 top prospects including #8 RHP Owen White, #9 Evan Carter, # 10 Luisangel Acuna, #12 Aaron Zavala, # 14 Ricky Vanasco, #15 TK Roby #19 Trevor Hauver and #28 Thomas Saggese. Last year the Hickory Crawdads went 46-68. They should improve upon that record this season. Here is the Hickory Crawdads 2022 roster.
The 30 players include 16 pitchers, 3 catchers, 7 infielders, and 4 outfield fielders.
Pitchers (16)
Juan Mejia | LHP
Born: Jan 9, 1999 | Height: 5’11 | Weight: 160 | Signed as FA
Triston Polley | LHP
Born: Dec 20, 1996 | Height: 6’0 | Weight: 190 | Draft: 16th Rd 2019
Josh Smith | LHP
Born: Feb 5, 1997 | Height: 6’5 | Weight: 205 | Draft: 25th Rd 2018
Ben Anderson | RHP
Born: May 2, 1998 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 200 | Draft: 13th Rd 2019
Marc Church | RHP
Born: Mar 30, 2001 | Height: 6’3 | Weight: 189 | Draft: 18th Rd 2019
Joe Corbett | RHP
Born: Oct 12, 1996 | Height: 6’5 | Weight: 220 | Draft: 10th Rd 2019
Mason Englert | RHP
Born: Nov 1, 1999 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 206 | Draft: 4th Rd 2018
Kevin Gowdy | RHP
Born: Nov 16, 1997 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 170 | acquired from the Phillies in the Hans Crouse/Ian Kennedy/Kyle Gibson July 30, 2021
Nick Krauth | RHP
Born: Sep 6, 1999 | Height: 6’3 | Weight: 170 | Rangers signed June 15, 2020
Jesus Linarez | RHP
Born: Jan 10, 1997 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 216 | Rangers signed Dec 28, 2020
Eudrys Manon | RHP
Born: Jan 16, 1998 | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 160 | Rangers signed Feb 20, 2019
John Matthews | RHP
Born: Jan 21, 1998 | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 190 | Draft: 8th Rd 2019
Spencer Mraz | RHP
Born: May 5, 1998 | Height: 6’10 | Weight: 245 | Draft: 33rd Rd 2019
TK Roby | RHP
Born: Sep 18, 2001 | Height: 6’1 | Weight: 185 | Draft: 3rd Rd 2020
Ricky Vanasco | RHP
Born: Oct 13, 1998 | Height: 6’3 | Weight: 180 | Draft: 15th Rd 2017
Owen White | RHP
Born: Aug 9, 1999 | Height: 6’3 | Weight: 199 | Draft: 2nd Rd 2018
The returning pitchers from 2021 are Anderson, Corbett, Gowdy, Linarez, Mejia, Mraz, Polley and Smith.
Catchers (3)
Randy Florentino | C
Born: Jul 5, 2000 | Height: 5’11 | Weight: 182 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Signed as international free agent by Rangers, July 3, 2017
Cody Freeman | C
Born: Jan 5, 2001 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 180 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Draft: 4th Rd 2019
Scott Kapers | C
Born: Nov 27, 1996 | Height: 5’11 | Weight: 198 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Draft: 17th Rd 2018
Infielders (7)
Luisangel Acuña | SS
Born: Mar 12, 2002 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 181 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Signed July 2, 2018
Christian Inoa | 2B
Born: Jul 4, 1999 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 165 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Draft:
Keyber Rodriguez | SS
Born: Oct 24, 2000 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 178 | Bats: R | Throws: R | signed July 2, 2017
Thomas Saggese | 2B
Born: Apr 10, 2002 | Height: 5’11 | Weight: 175 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Draft: 5th Rd 2020
Chris Seise | SS
Born: Jan 6, 1999 | Height: 6’2 | Weight: 196 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Draft: 1st Rd (29th) 2017
Frainyer Chavez | 3B
Born: May 24, 1999 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 170 | Bats: B | Throws: R | Draft: 22nd Rd 2018
Jake Guenther | 1B
Born: May 16, 1997 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 230 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Draft: 7th Rd 2019
Outfielders (4)
Angel Aponte | OF
Born: Feb 3, 2000 | Height: 6’0 | Weight: 170 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Signed July 2, 2016
Evan Carter | CF
Born: Aug 29, 2002 | Height: 6’4 | Weight: 190 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Draft: 2nd Rd 2020
Trevor Hauver | OF
Born: Nov 20, 1998 | Height: 6’0 | Weight: 205 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Draft: Part of the Joey Gallo trade with Yankees July 29, 2021
Aaron Zavala | OF
Born: Jun 23, 2000 | Height: 6’0 | Weight: 193 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Draft: 2nd Rd 2021
Quite a haul of Top Prospects here on the Hickory Crawdads 2022 roster to start the season.
The Season opener is set for Friday April 8th against the Winston-Salem Dash (White Sox).
