Rangers Farm Report: Games of Saturday 12 April
Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 0, Oklahoma City (LAD) 15
Round Rock: 4 hits, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 19 hits, 7 walks, 12 strikeouts
Record: 6-8, 4 GB
SP Gerson Garabito: 2.2 IP, 6 H (2 HR), 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 65 P / 41 S, 13.50 ERA
RP Emiliano Teodo: 1 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 5 R, 3 BB, 1 SO, 8.22 ERA
RP Dane Acker: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 3.86 ERA
Yipes. Emiliano Teodo did not have it, and now he has a 8.22 ERA. JT Chargois (1.1 IP, 5 R), who I thought was a nice depth signing, has allowed 14 runs (ten earned) in 4.2 IP. Evan Carter did not play and has been limited to one inning and one trip to the plate the last three nights.
AA: Frisco 7, at NW Arkansas (KAN) 1
Frisco: 14 hits, 5 walks, 16 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 6-2, 1 G ahead
SP Trey Supak: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 5 SO, 68 P / 51 S, 0.90 ERA
RP Peyton Gray: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Robby Ahlstrom: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA
CF Alejandro Osuna: 2-6, 3B, SB (2)
SS Cam Cauley: 2-5, 3B
1B Josh Hatcher: 4-5, 2B, HR (3)
DH Tucker Mitchell: 2-5, HR (1)
28-year-old Trey Supak signed barely a month ago. He’s pitched 160 innings in AAA and high-level indy ball, so he should provide quality innings at this level. Peyton Gray, another offseason sign, is up to five scoreless innings with four runners and nine strikeouts. Josh Hatcher seems a good bet for Texas League Player of the Week, hitting .500/.500/.923 with three homers in the series.
Hi-A: Hub City 3, at Wilmington (WAS) 1 (7)
Hub City: 4 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts
SP David Davalillo: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 SO, 60 P / 40 S, 1.42 ERA
RP Willian Bormie: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1.93 ERA
C Malcolm Moore: 1-3, BB
DH Keith Jones II: 2-3, 2B
In the 6th, Keith Jones II doubled in Casey Cook (walk + steal) and Quincy Scott (running for Arturo Disla, who reached on an error). David Davalillo was effective again, although he seems to be a week behind schedule, leaving after 60 pitches tonight following 45 in his first appearance. He’s 22 and tossed 110 inning last year, so over the course of the season I’d think he’s available for a full slate of innings.
Hi-A: Hub City 0, at Wilmington (WAS) 6 (7)
Hub City: 3 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 6 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 5-3, 1 G ahead
SP DJ McCarty: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 5 SO, 65 P / 36 S, 9.95 ERA
RP Josh Mollerus: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
The leadoff hitter reached against DJ McCarty every inning but was stranded until the 4th, when he and many others crossed the plate.
Lo-A: Hickory 8, Augusta (ATL) 7
Hickory: 9 hits, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 11 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 5-3, 1 G ahead
SP Aneudis Mejia: 3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 56 P / 30 S, 9.00 ERA
RP Brock Porter: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Beycker Barroso: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA
LF Maxton Martin: 4-5, 2 2B
C Jesus Lopez: 2-5, 2 2B
3B Rafe Perich: 1-3, BB, SB (1)
Entering with a four-run lead in the 9th, Michael Valverde walked three and allowed two runs. A two-out single upped his pitch county to 30, so he was removed despite an unoccupied bullpen mound. Instead, on came 1B/C Beycker Barroso, who walked a batter and hit another to bring in a run. Then, Nick Montgomery clubbed a deep, tailing fly that CF Chandler Pollard slid to catch on the track. As to why a position player is pitching the 9th of a close game in April for a squad with 17 pitchers… welcome to 2025.
Brock Porter now has a six-game hit-batter streak dating to last year but on the whole showed his best control of the season. He went 3-1 to the first batter but none thereafter. The two speeds I heard on fastballs were 91 and 93.
Even at four in the 8th, Hickory plated four on a Luis Marquez triple and Maxton Martin single.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Latz
AA: Santos
Hi-A: Gonzalez
Lo-A: Pence
Rangers Minor League History, 2007-2024
The 17th-best starting pitching season during 2007-2024 belongs to David Davalillo.
In this era, Davalillo’s 110 innings were a substantial workload. He split across two leagues but would have ranked near the top of the Carolina League had he stayed in low-A, and he led all Rangers below AA. He wasn’t just an inning-eater, though, walking/hitting one-third fewer batters than the league average and squelching extra-base hits. His K rate was only average, but his miss rate was above. That, some additional velocity I noted in March and a mean change hint at some upside in the strikeout department. In an ideal world, he’s a back-of-rotation starter.