AAA: Round Rock 7, Gwinnett (ATL) 8
Round Rock: 8 hits, 9 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 1-5, 3 GB
SP Cody Bradford: 2 IP, 3 H (2 HR), 2 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 27 P / 17 S
RP Luis Curvelo: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
RP Josh Sborz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
RP Ryan Brasier: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
RF Alejandro Osuna: 1-5, HR (1)
2B Cameron Cauley: 1-3, HR (1), 2 BB
LF Trevor Hauver: 1-3, 2 BB
The cryptic “could be an interesting game” I appended to yesterday’s AAA report was actually only the front half of the sentence. If you’d printed the report and dipped it in a weak citric acid solution, the full sentence would read “could be an interesting game because Cody Bradford is going to make a rehab appearance.”
Bradford threw about 50% fastballs averaging 90.5 in the 1st and 89.3 in the second. That’s quite a drop, but he’s rehabbing from elbow surgery. Next in line were nine change in the low 80s, a few sliders at the same speed and one 75 curve. He missed five bats. Bradford allowed two towering if not especially hard-hit homers to left and a harder fly from Rowdy Tellez that died a little short.
A one out walk and hard double would both come around to score against Luis Curvelo. Josh Sborz had his standard 2026 outing, effective if not reminiscent of peak form. Ryan Brasier missed five bats on eight swings.
I did not see Bradford’s performance in person, as I’d already committed to staying home with my daughter while my wife socialized with some friends, plus all my World’s Greatest Husband And Father trophies aren’t going to polish themselves.
AA: Frisco 5, at Corpus Christi (HOU) 1
Frisco: 14 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 6 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 1-0, tied for first
SP Leandro Lopez: 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 SO, 73 P / 40 S
RP Ryan Lobus: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
RP Eric Loomis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
RP Wilian Bormie: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
CF Dylan Dreiling: 1-4, BB, SB (1)
2B John Taylor: 2-5, 2B
DH Keith Jones II: 2-4
1B Tucker Mitchell: 3-3
Last year, Leandro Lopez’s control was above average for the first time in his career. After Opening Night, he’s already matched least year’s number of four-walk starts. Other than that, he was as dominant as ever, fanning six of 17 batters and generating 12 swinging strikes.
2024 2nd-rounder Dylan Dreiling had a successful AA debut. He laced a single in his first plate appearance and would later walk, steal second and advance to third and home on successive outs.
Last year at this time, John Taylor was waiting for the Atlantic League’s Southern Maryland squad to start the season. Now, he’s hitting .400 in AA.
Wilian Bormie reached 100 last night but emphasized the slider, starting his first opponent with one and freezing the second on a called strike three.
Just a reminder: I’ll list ERAs and slash stats for players once a few more games have occurred.
Hi-A: off
Hub City opens tonight.
Lo-A: Hickory 5, Columbia (KAN) 4
Hickory: 10 hits, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 3 walks, 16 strikeouts
Record: 1-0, tied for first
SP Evan Siary: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 SO, 60 P / 48 S, 0.00 ERA
RP Michael Trausch: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Geury Rodriguez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP J.D. McReynolds: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
CF Marcos Torres: 1-3, BB
SS Yolfran Castillo: 2-3, 2B, HBP
LF Paulino Santana: 1-3, 2B, BB, SB (1)
C Josh Springer: 2-4
Siary is last year’s 8th-round pick out of Mississippi state. In last year’s draft report, I wrote that he used “an 89-91 fastball that touches 93 and is tough to pick up, an 83ish slider, a diving mid-80s change, and a 71-78 curve that he can move around and bend into a semi-sweeper.”
Yolfran Castillo lined a double to the wall left of center and softly lined a single to right. The latter was common in 2025, as he actually hit more the opposite way than pulled. I’d love to see more of the former this year. Castillo turned 19 just two months ago.
Your batting hero was Angel Arredondo, also 19, who with two outs in the 7th took three balls after an 0-2 count and then lined to left to plate the tying and go-ahead runs.
Assignments For Last Year’s Traded Prospects
LHP Kohl Drake — AAA Reno (ARI)
RHP Mitch Bratt — AAA Reno (ARO)
RHP David Hagaman — High-A Hillsboro (ARI)
RHP Skylar Hales — AAA Memphis (STL)
RHP Garrett Horn — High-A Cedar Rapids (MIN), on IL
RHP Mason Molina — AA Springfield (STL), a promotion
Today’s Starters
AAA: Stephan
AA: MacLean
Hi-A: Pence
Lo-A: Stephan