Box Scores
Note: Business-travel version of the report today.
AAA: Round Rock 4, at Sugar Land (HOU) 6
Round Rock: 8 hits, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 6 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 14-14, 5.5 GB
SP Ryan Garcia: 2 IP, 4 H (2 HR), 5 R, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 0 SO, 62 P / 31 S, 11.57 ERA
RP Luis Curvelo: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 3.09 ERA
CF Evan Carter: 2-4, 3B, .222/.276/.481
DH Trevor Hauver: 2-4, 2B, .247/.336/.409
Evan Carter drove a gentle curve to deep right-center that two outfielders fell trying to contain, and Carter raced to third.
Texas released RHP David Buchanan. Back in February I suggested a Triple A inning-eating role, and so he was for a while, starting Round Rock’s second game and averaging about five innings per start. He’d trended the wrong way lately, with an opposing line creeping up to .317/.384/.525, although some of that can be attributed to two starts in Reno.
Offseason signing Peyton Gray was promoted to AAA. In Frisco, he held opponents to a .128/.209/.205 line with four walks and 21 strikeouts in 12 innings.
AA: Frisco 4, Wichita (MIN) 5
Frisco: 7 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 7 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 14-8, 2 G up
SP Daniel Missaki: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 55 P / 33 S, 3.00 ERA
CF Alejandro Osuna: 2-4, 3B, HR (2), .292/.369/.461
LF Aaron Zavala: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, .163/.400/.302
Down 5-1 in the 8th, Frisco managed to put the tying run aboard with two out in the 9th but could advance no farther. Alejandro Osuna’s 57 total bases on hits, walks, and HBP are the most in the system outside AAA, which has played an extra six games. Round Rock’s Blaine Crim (71) and Justin Foscue (60) lead the organization.
Hi-A: Hub City 0, @Rome (ATL) 5
Hub City: 6 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 12-10, 1 GB
SP Leandro Lopez: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 SO, 76 P / 47 S, 2.45 ERA
RP Anthony Susac: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 2.16 ERA
Oh, Leandro. Lopez has 20 strikeouts in 14.2 innings but also nine walks. Actually, his current 13% BB/HBP rate so far is the lowest of his three stateside years.
Lo-A: Hickory 2, at Columbia (KAN) 3
Hickory: 7 hits, 5 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts
Record: 11-11, 3 GB
SP Kamdyn Perry: 4 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 2 HBP, 2 SO, 66 P / 48 S, 6.60 ERA
RP Eric Loomis: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 2.89 ERA
RP Alberto Mota: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 2.70 ERA
CF Yeremi Cabrera: 2-3, HBP, SB (6), .183/.372/.200
I just realized the lack of consensus on “Yeremi” versus “Yeremy” Cabrera:
MLB.com: Yeremy
Texas Rangers Media Guide: 4 Yeremi, 2 Yeremy
Hickory media notes: both
Baseball America: Yeremi
Jamey Newberg: roughly 80% Yeremi
Me: Yeremi, except once in March 2024
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: Drake
Hi-A: MacLean
Lo-A: Easley