AAA :wet
Two today
AA: Frisco 3, Wichita (MIN) 2
Frisco: 10 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts
Record: 15-10, 2 G up
SP Ben Anderson: 5.1 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 72 P / 43 S, 7.78 ERA
CF Alejandro Osuna: 2-3, HBP, .310/.383/.460
RF Abi Ortiz: 1-4, HR (3), .218/.306/.379
SS Cam Cauley: 2-3, .209/.296/.302
Abi Ortiz hit a two-run homer, and Alejandro Osuna’s 5th-inning RBI grounder would prove necessary. Lefty Bryan Magdaleno spread three runners across two scoreless innings for the save. Magdaleno was a potential 40 addition and Rule 5 pick last winter but was ignored in both processes. He’s suffered instances of very poor control during 2025, so Spring Training on a different club’s MLB roster probably wouldn’t have worked out, and his ordinary spring and return to Frisco are best for his development.
Hi-A: suspended
Hub City leads 4-1 in the 5th. David Davalillo is the only pitcher of record, fanning six in four innings on 52 pitches.
Lo-A: Hickory 5, at Columbia (KAN) 7
Hickory: 7 hits, 5 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 11-14, 5 GB
SP Mason Molina: 2 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 3 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 42 P / 28 S, 4.34 ERA
RP Alberto Mota: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2.25 ERA
CF Yeremi Cabrera: 1-3, 2B, BB, SB (9), .191/.360/.206
Rain shortened Mason Molina’s outing.
Texas released OF Jose De Jesus, one of the pricier signings of the 2022 class. De Jesus had hit well in the Dominican Summer League and a second try in the complex league, but he was off to an .067/.125/.067 start in low-A, albeit with very few strikeouts. Some unfortunate defense might have guided the decision.
Complex League
The season begins today at 1pm CDT. I don’t cover the league regularly anymore, partly for lack of time, partly for structural changes (a pre-draft start, for example) that have partly turned it into a graduate level for the Dominican Summer League. Not to deride the DSL its players, of course, but a good number aren’t more than names on a page to me, and many will never advance to full-season ball. I do check the box scores and report occasionally.
I’ve updated the roster on my organization pages. Among the noteworthy participants:
2024 picks: RHP David Hagaman (4th round out of West Virginia, a low-end top-30 prospect, had brace surgery last July), MIF Devin Fitz-Gerald (5th, high school), LHP Garrett Horn (6th, out of Liberty), C Josh Springer (12th, high school), LHP Aidan Deakins (13th, juco)
Internationals: MIF Yolfran Castillo (18, best prospect of the bunch, I thought he had a shot at low-A from the get-go), IF Curley Martha (18), IF Daniel Flames (18), OF Braylin Morel (19, didn’t see him in Surprise), OF Paulino Santana (18), OF Yeison Morrobel (21, hurt in Spring Breakout game), RHP Jormy Nivar (22, saw him in Surprise, my note was “messy but fun,” 92-93 sinker with massive horizontal movement)
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD x 2
AA: Bratt
Hi-A: McCarty
Lo-A: Mejia
Rangers Minor League History, 2007-2024
The 16th-best starting pitching performance during 2007-2024 belongs to Cole Ragans:
The 2016 pick missed three seasons to two elbow surgeries and covid, and in 2021 he finally resumed a normal baseball career. In 2022, after passing through the Rule 5 draft untouched, Ragans returned to Frisco and quickly drew attention with a seven strikeouts in 3.1 scoreless innings. On the whole, he didn’t overwhelm the Texas League but clearly re-established himself as a genuine rotation prospect. After ten starts, he advanced to Round Rock. I missed his AAA debut, but in subsequent starts I recall being especially impressed with a changeup that he could place anywhere along the bottom and arm-side borders of the zone. In that debut, he threw 34 of them and missed 11 bats. Despite one predictably ugly outing at high-altitude Las Vegas, Ragans actually held opponents to a better slash line in the PCL than AA. In early August, after 38 post-surgery appearances during 2021-2022, he would make his MLB debut.