AAA: Round Rock 1, at Sugar Land (HOU) 8
Round Rock: 5 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 1 walk, 15 strikeouts
Record: 5-3, 1 GB, 39-44 overall
SP Kohl Drake: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 6 SO, 90 P / 63 S, 8.10 ERA
RP Peyton Gray: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 2.35 ERA
CF Dustin Harris: 2-4, .250/.344/.367
In his AAA debut, Kohl Drake pitched much better than his line suggested. The first three hits didn’t escape the infield, and the consecutive doubles that ended his night were a medium-hard and soft grounder down the line. Per Statcast*, Drake’s fastball ranged from 92 to 95, a bullet-type slider topped at 89, a healthy number of changes averaged 84, and a handful of curves averaged 80. He missed 12 bats, including two of each pitch type.
Yesterday, I mentioned Skylar Hales’ tendency for the bad nights to be bad indeed, and thus went his AAA debut. The first ten pitches resulted in a hit batter, wild pitch, single and homer.
Josh Jung wasn’t on the roster yet. His demotion was a shock, but also, not really. He’s been dreadful lately and the team is trying to salvage the season, so the move makes sense. I joked on social media that Jack Leiter looked more comfortable at the plate, but that wasn’t entirely a joke. Hopefully, the demotion is brief and fruitful.
* Specifically, my interpretation of Statcast, because the system tends to misclassify offerings from new pitchers; for example, one of Drake’s “four-seam fastballs” was 89 MPH with zero arm-side run and seven inches of induced vertical break.
AA: Frisco 7, Arkansas (SEA) 6
Frisco: 11 hits, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 1 walk, 14 strikeouts
Record: 3-5, 1 GB, 41-35 overall
SP Ryan Lobus: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 37 P / 27 S, 4.89 ERA
RP Josh Mollerus: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Gavin Collyer: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.19 ERA
SS Cam Cauley: 2-5, 2B, 2 SB (23), .246/.325/.412
LF Keith Jones II: 1-4, 3B
Collyer earned his seventh save, most in the system. With an above-slot bonus of $585,000 in the 12th round of 2019, Collyer has used nearly all of his seven years rounding into relief-prospect form. He spent nearly four full years at the A levels, some of them in a nondescript long role, but during 2025 he getting shorter and higher-leverage looks, offering a fastball reaching into the upper 90s and a mean sweeper. Collyer can become a free agent at season’s end unless the Rangers decide to protect him on the 40 or make an offer he can’t refuse.
Hi-A: Hub City 4, @ Winston-Salem (CHW) 6
Hub City: 10 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts
SP Leandro Lopez: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 46 P / 29 S, 2.37 ERA
RP Anthony Susac: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 3.86 ERA
LF Quincy Scott: 4-4, 2 2B, .226/.326/.356
1B Arturo Disla: 2-5, SB (2), .222/.288/.352
Lopez’s outing was shortened by rain.
Hi-A: Hub City 2, @ Winston-Salem (CHW) 1 (7)
Hub City: 4 hits, 0 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 1 hit, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 5-6, 1.5 GB, 36-40 overall
SP Josh Trentadue: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 SO, 69 P / 36 S, 1.20 ERA
RP Joey Danielson: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 2.63 ERA
CF Dylan Dreiling: 2-3, 2 SB (11), .217/.315/.355
C Julian Brock: 1-3, HR (2), .215/.286/.305
Trentadue struck out seven of 15 batters.
Hub City hitters not named Keith Jones are hitting a collective .212/.293/.312, a 78 OPS+.
Lo-A: Hickory 4, at Kannapolis (CHW) 2
Hickory: 7 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 1 walk, 12 strikeouts
Record: 8-3, 1 GB, 41-35 overall
SP Enrique Segura: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 SO, 70 P / 45 S, 3.45 ERA
RP Jesus Gamez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.69 ERA
CF Yeremi Cabrera: 2-4, HR (4), SB (21), .240/.357/.328
I’m not sure what we have in Enrique Segura, but when he’s throwing strikes, we have something to talk about. He’s walked 11 in 31.1 innings, well below the league average, although the addition of five hits batter undercuts his overall control.
Yeremi Cabrera celebrated his 20th birthday with a homer.