AAA: Round Rock 3, Las Vegas (ATH) 4
Round Rock: 6 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 8 walks, 12 strikeouts
Record: 14-11, 3 GB
SP Michael Plassmeyer: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 41 P / 28 S, 8.10 ERA
LF Evan Carter: 2-4, 3B, .204/.358/.389
Evan Carter used his speed to club a triple and beat out a single on a soft chopper. Those are a double and out for the average hitter. He didn’t face a lefty.
AA: Frisco 4, at Corpus Christi (HOU) 6
Frisco: 8 hits, 5 walks, 14 strikeouts
Opponent: 11 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts
Record: 13-6, 2.5 G up
SP Ben Anderson: 4 IP, 6 H (1 HR), 4 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 73 P / 45 S, 9.42 ERA
RP Geraldo Carillo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
CF Alejandro Osuna: 2-4, 2B, 2 SB (4), .260/.344/.390
DH Sebastian Walcott: 2-4, SB (5), .279/.405/.456
3B Keyber Rodriguez: 3-4, HR (1), .347/.414/.449
So far, Sebastian Walcott has been far more inclined to hit the ball in the air and split more evenly between pulled and center versus last year’s pull-happiness.
Hi-A: Hub City 6, Greenville (BOS) 2
Hub City: 10 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 4 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 11-8, tied for first
SP David Davalillo: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 SO, 72 P / 42 S, 1.10 ERA
LF Dylan Dreiling: 2-4, 2B, .288/.377/.407
CF Anthony Gutierrez: 2-4, .275/.306/.304
RF Keith Jones II: 1-2, 2 BB, .265/.438/.367
1B Arturo Disla: 2-4, HR (3), .273/.351/.470
Despite only 16.1 innings, Davalillo ranks third in the league and first in the organization with 26 strikeouts. We await Anthony Gutierrez’s power. He’s still just 20, but he’s also in his third full season. Gutierrez has two doubles and two walks, leaving him almost totally dependent on singles to boost his production.
Lo-A: Hickory 6, Salem (BOS) 4
Hickory: 11 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 11 hits, 2 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 10-9, 3 GB
SP Mason Molina: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 61 P / 44 S, 3.24 ERA
RP Alberto Mora: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 3.38 ERA
DH Pablo Guerrero: 2-4, .261/.278/.348
SS Chandler Pollard: 2-4, 2 SB (9), .342/.444/.342
RF Wady Mendez: 2-4, HR (2), SB (4), .279/.340/.512
Mason Molina had no walks and only two three-ball counts but needed 61 pitches in three innings. Wady Mendez already has more homers than last year. He played 76 games as part of an outfield rotation in 2024.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Buchanan
AA: Bratt
Hi-A: McCarty
Lo-A: Pence
Rangers Minor League History, 2007-2024
The third-worst team in the 2007-2024 period in a Rangers-affiliated league is the 2010 AA Arkansas Travelers.
Record: 55-85
Run-Differential Record: 49-91
Component Record: 47-93
This Angels affiliate has only the 35th-worst winning percentage of the 794 teams in my rankings but are nearly worst in both run differential and hitting/pitching/fielding components. The Travelers were 27-22 in one-run games and were fortunate to win as many as they did. In blowouts (5+ runs), Arkansas was 11-29.
I discussed the team’s historically bad pitching last week. Combining that with weak defense, Arkansas allowed 105 more runs than any other team in the Texas League despite playing in a pitcher’s park. The offense was last in runs, hits, and walks. That said, the three busiest hitters all reached the Majors. OF Jeremy Moore, easily the best of the regulars, got some coffee in 2011. 1B/OF Efren Navarro hit a modest .267/.316/.369 as a 24-year-old but managed to make his MLB debut in 2011 and play 157 games across six seasons. Andrew Romine slowly developed into a utility role.