AAA: Round Rock 3, at Oklahoma City (LAD) 4
Round Rock: 7 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 4 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 2-8, 5 GB
SP Austin Gomber: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 79 P / 53 S, 10.13 ERA
RP Patrick Murphy: 2.2 IP, 1 H (1 HR), 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2.84 ERA
RP Alexis Diaz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
RP Gavin Collyer: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 3.86 ERA
RF Alejandro Osuna: 2-4, .268/.333/.415
Gomber’s opposing hit quality isn’t too alarming, but the combination of quantity and (possible) bad luck is killing him. His 6% swinging strike rate is the lowest on the team. Four swings at Patrick Murphy’s slider resulted in three whiffs and one weak groundout, although Nick Senzel did send a fastball to the seats.
Gavin Collyer threw nine strikes in a ten-pitch 9th. Contra last year’s frequent control issues, his strike rate in 2026 is… 78%?! Wait a minute… (looks over data and formulas in spreadsheet, checks against other sources)… Yes, 78%. That won’t last and doesn’t even need to. I was just hoping for the low sixties, and anywhere in the mid-sixties would be great.
AA: Frisco 9, Midland (ATH) 1
Frisco: 10 hits, 5 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 4-0
SP Josh Trentadue: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 61 P / 44 S
RP Wilian Bormie: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
RP Ryan Lobus: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
C Ian Moller: 2-4, HR (1)
In the spring, Josh Trentadue reminded that his most pressing short-term issue was declining control upon reaching the upper minors, but last night he had no trouble finding the plate. Wilian Bormie has mimicked Collyer strike prowess. Last year, he walked or hit 15% of opposing batters, although he did close the season in AA with four straight clean outings.
Frisco has allowed one run per game, the best mark in the minors. The Riders are also scoring 6.25 runs per game. When rosters were announced two weeks ago, I didn’t have a glowing review of the position players in terms of prospect status, but they’re a relatively older and experienced group that could cause some damage. 3B Frainyer Chavez doubled, walked twice and stole a base, and SS Keyber Rodriguez and 1B Tucker Mitchell collected two hits apiece.
Texas released IF Jack Blomgren from Frisco. He’d signed in February after six years in the Colorado and Houston systems. Danyer Cueva has replaced him.
Hi-A: Hub City 2, Greenville (BOS) 7
Hub City: 5 hits, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 3 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 0-3
SP Aidan Curry: 4 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO, 68 P / 52 S
RP Luke Savage: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
CF Paxton Kling: 2-3, BB
1B Arturo Disla: 1-4, HR (1)
For the first time in 26 full-season appearances, Aidan Curry issued no walks in an outing of at least four innings. (He did accomplish the feat last summer in rookie ball.) Undrafted out of high school in 2020, Curry chose the pros over college and was one of Texas’s better (if not top tier) pitching prospects entering 2024, but that year was plagued by homers, and 2025 included a month in Arizona. He’s still here and still starting, an indication of Texas’s regard for the 23-year-old.
OF Quincy Scott has been IL’ed and replaced by Wady Mendez.
Lo-A: Hickory 4, at Kannapolis (CHW) 3
Hickory: 11 hits, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 6 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 3-1
SP Aneudis Mejia: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 31 P / 15 S
RP Wily Villar: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
RP Frank Martinez: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO
RP JD McReynolds: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO
3B Angel Arredondo: 1-3, BB, HBP
CF Deward Tovar: 1-4, 2B, BB, SB (2)
C Josh Springer: 2-4, SB (1)
Aneudis Mejia’s start is an exemplar of the “too many pitches” situation I described in the Report Primer. Kannapolis drew air on ten on 17 swings against JD McReynolds, the 2025 10th-rounder from Central Missouri. The Cannon Ballers mostly stared at his low-90s fastball and found themselves helpless against his slider and change.
Down 3-1 in the 8th, Hickory scored on a balk and sac fly aided by a double from Tovar and singles from Paulino Santana (2-4) and Springer. In the 9th, CF Marcos Torres (1-4, walk), singled, stole second and scored on a single from SS Yolfran Catillo (1-4, walk).
Elsewhere
Righty Zak Kent appeared in a couple of games for Minnesota, allowing nine runners and five runs (two earned) in 3.2 innings before being optioned. Texas had claimed and then lost Kent on waivers over the winter.
The White Sox purchased the contract of OF Dustin Harris to replace the injured Austin Hays. Harris was hitting .304/.385/.348 for AAA Charlotte.
Colorado optioned 1B Blaine Crim to AAA Albuquerque. He’d been on rehab after an spring oblique injury.
Righties Hans Crouse (Baltimore) and Yerry Rodriguez (Yankees) are rehabbing in their respective systems while on minor league deals.
Toronto recalled RHP Patrick Corbin from low-A Dunedin. Corbin had voluntarily agreed to an assignment to the minors to get some work in after signing last week.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Supak
AA: Townsend
Hi-A: Segura
Lo-A: Deakins