Rangers Farm Report: Games of Saturday 22 July

Box Scores

AAA: Round Rock 4, Reno (ARI) 3
Round Rock: 6 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts
Record: 14-6, 2 G up, 58-36 overall

SP Jake Latz: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 49 P / 32 S, 5.67 ERA
RP Marc Church: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 SO, 3.20 ERA
CF Bubba Thompson: 2-3, 2B, HR (2), .242/.364/.374

Owen White was the listed starter but did not appear.

A two-out double by Bubba Thompson followed by Justin Foscue’s single provded the difference in the 8th.

AA: Frisco 8, San Antonio (SDG) 6
Frisco: 9 hits, 6 walks, 4 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 5 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 10-10, 4 GB, 41-47 overall

SP Noah Bremer: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 HBP, 0 SO, 62 P / 39 S, 9.69 ERA
RP Nick Starr: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 6.38 ERA
SS Luisangel Acuna: 2-4, 2B, BB, .304/.368/.433
CF Evan Carter: 1-3, 2 BB, .298/.417/.465
2B Thomas Saggese: 2-5, HR (14), .310/.375/.507

Thomas Saggese continues to rake. As I’ve mentioned, his rate stats are similar to last year, just at a higher level. Saggese has also cut his double-play grounders from 17 to four (so far), but he’s hitting nearly the same rate of grounders, so that seems like luck.

Hi-A: Hickory 3, at Rome (ATL) 2 (7)
Hickory: 7 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 16-5, tied for first, 43-39 overall

SP Emiliano Teodo: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 69 P / 43 S, 3.86 ERA
1B Tucker Mitchell: 2-4, .272/.361/.424
DH Max Acosta: 1-3, HR (6), .263/.311/.374

Hi-A: Hickory 3, at Rome (ATL) 9 (7)
Hickory: 5 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 16-6, 3.5 G up, 43-40 overall

SP Luis Tejada: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 29 P / 22 S, 5.74 ERA
RP Gavin Collyer: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 6.43 ERA
1B Abi Ortiz: 1-2, HR (16), BB, .345/.402/.750

Hickory and Rome finally got their doubleheader in. Abimelec Ortiz got his homer in. Emiliano Teodo had another nice start. In his last four, he’s posted a 2.60 ERA with five walks and 26 SO in 17.1 IP. He’s has enough success lately that his BB/HBP rate is actually slightly lower than last year. Still not good (13%), but lower.

Lo-A: Down East 1, Salem (BOS) 5
Down East: 4 hits, 0 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 11-12, 2.5 GB, 48-36 overall

SP Brock Porter: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 70 P / 34 S, 2.55 ERA
RP CJ Widger: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 1.69 ERA

Brock Porter has trended the other direction from Teodo lately: seen consecutive starts with a strike rate under 60%, one of every 4.8 batters on base via BB or HBP. As ever, Porter isn’t allowing many hits, and a small subset for extra bases.

Today’s Starters
AAA: Dugger
AA: Acker
Hi-A: Kindreich
Lo-A: TBA