AAA: Round Rock 4, at El Paso (SDG) 12
Round Rock: 8 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 9 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 17-18, 7 GB
SP Gerson Garabito: 3.2 IP, 5 H (1 HR), 5 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SO, 71 P / 39 S, 9.95 ERA
DH Jake Burger: 2-4
1B Justin Foscue: 1-3, 2B, BB, .308/.411/.504
3B Cody Freeman: 2-4, 2B, .327/.371/.500
Jonathan Ornelas played left field yesterday so the second time this season. Texas promoted OF Marcus Smith from Hub City, but that’s just a “we need a guy” situation.
While I’m happy for Blaine Crim, of course, it’s telling that Justin Foscue did not get the call, as he was already on the 40 and is hitting the same as ever plus a few extra singles.
AA: Frisco 6, at San Antonio (SDG) 1
Frisco: 12 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 0 hits, 6 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 18-11, 3 G up
SP Kohl Drake: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 79 P / 49 S, 2.42 ERA
RP Ryan Lobus: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SO, 3.38 ERA
RP Skylar Hales: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 6.34 ERA
DH Sebastian Walcott: 2-5, SB (7), .252/.361/.369
LF Aaron Zavala: 2-4, BB, .190/.393/.349
3B Keyber Rodriguez: 2-5, 2B, 3B, .345/.394/.476
1B Abi Ortiz: 2-5, .214/.296/.350
SS Cam Cauley: 3-4, HR (2), .220/.307/.330
The Texas system threw its third no-hitter of the still-young season. One was an eight-inning version that Hickory lost 1-0 and might not appear wherever the record-keepers keep their records, but it’s not for others to tell us what’s worth remembering. Anyway, Kohl Drake handled the first 18 outs, Ryan Lobus the next four, and Skylar Hales the final five.
Frisco hadn’t thrown a no-hitter since July 2011, when Joe Wieland took care of business all by himself in the same stadium. He threw 109 pitches as a 21-year-old, an impossibility today. His next start would be in the same stadium but wearing a different uniform, as he would be traded to San Diego with Robbie Erlin for reliever Mike Adams at the deadline. The Rangers were really strong that year and might have won the World Series had the season not been cancelled. A pity.
Sebastian Walcott peaked at an OBP of .409 and slug of .451 about two weeks ago, after which he’s batted .148/.207/.148. Long season.
Abi Ortiz through 26 games played at the same level in 2024 and 2025:
Line: .222/.288/.374 in 2024, .214/.296/.350 in 2025
Hits: 22 both years
Extra-Base Hits: 10 last year, 8 this year
Walks: 9 last yeaar, 10 this year
Strikeouts: 21 last year, 29 this year
Hi-A: Hub City 7, Greensboro (PIT) 5
Hub City: 8 hits, 4 walks, 15 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 9 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 17-12, 1 G up
SP Aidan Curry: 4.1 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 2 R, 4 BB, 2 SO, 87 P / 48 S, 5.51 ERA
RP Anthony Susac: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1.64 ERA
RP Josh Mollerus: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 2.63 ERA
RF Yeison Morrobel: 2-4, 2B
3B Gleider Figuereo: 2-4, .224/.284/.282
Yeison Morrobel batted third and acted like it in his first game back fro the lef injury.
I’ve been doing this long enough to avoid prematurely suggesting a player has turned a corner. After his best start in two years, Aidan Curry matched a season-high four walks. He’d actually avoided that trouble through four, but difficulty in putting away batters resulted in walks to three of four batters on a total of 24 pitches in the 5th.
Lo-A: Hickory 1, at Augusta (ATL) 2 (10)
Hickory: 4 hits, 5 walks, 17 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 10 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 13-16, 5 GB
SP J’Briell Easley: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SO, 68 P / 43 S, 2.70 ERA
RP Brock Porter: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 2.65 ERA
In the 10th, Hickory put runners on the corners with none out, but every subsequent batter struck out. In the bottom half, Augusta’s Nick Montgomery “singled” off the very top of the wall in left-center off the first pitch from Jake Jekielek to drive in the gift-runner.
Brock Porter missed on nearly half his pitches but managed to record outs in two of three three-ball counts. 2B Antonis Macias isn’t especially K-prone but donned the platinum visor last night.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: Stephan
Hi-A: Trentadue
Lo-A: Scarborough
Rangers Minor League History, 2007-2024
The most doubles-intensive batter during 2007-2024 was 3B Johnny Whittleman. The leader isn’t obvious like Guilder Rodriguez with singles. Jared Hoying hit the most, and Chad Tracy’s 41 were the most in any one season, but Whittleman was near the top in both categories and tended to make doubles a higher percentage of his hits. 2008 was the standout year, when he hit 38 doubles out of 121 hits between high-A Bakersfield and Frisco. He achieved the pinnacle of doubledom on July 10th, hitting three doubles, driving in one, and scoring three times in a 6-2 victory.
Most doubles (full-season only):
Jared Hoying, 163
Chad Tracy, 153
Drew Robinson and Preston Beck, 150
Doubles as % of hits:
Johnny Whittleman, 29%
Cristian Santana, 27%
Mitch Moreland, 26%
Doubles as % of PA:
Mitch Moreland, 7.2%
Julio Borbon, 6.6%
Curtis Terry, 6.4%