Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 9, at Oklahoma City (LAD) 10
Round Rock: 12 hits, 7 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 10 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 4-10, 5.5 GB
SP Ben Anderson: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 1 SO, 69 P / 36 S, 7.71 ERA
RP Josh Sborz: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1.29 ERA
2B Justin Foscue: 2-6, 2B, .316/.361/.474
LF Trevor Hauver: 2-5, 2B, .278/.381/.352
DH Willie MacIver: 2-2, 2B, 2 BB, HBP, .185/.436/.333
RF Aaron Zavala: 2-4, 2B, BB, .242/.366/.333
The sturdy Express bullpen crumpled last night. Down two runs with two out in the 9th, Ryan Ward smacked a three-run homer off a 3-0 centered sinker from Michael Otanez. Earlier, Ryan Brasier had to be pulled with two out after a walk and three sharp singles. Another single off Josh Sborz would result in three runs on Brasier’s ledger. 
AA: Frisco 6, Midland (ATH) 7 (11)
Frisco: 9 hits, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 5 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 5-3, 1 GB
SP Dylan MacLean: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 74 P / 45 S
RP Jonathan Brand: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
RP Austin Roberts: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
CF Dylan Dreiling: 3-4, SB (1)
2B John Taylor: 2-5, HR (1)
DH Ian Moller: 1-4, HR (2)
Frisco recovered from an early four-run deficit and tied the game in the 9th with a solo shot from John Taylor. The teams traded runs on gift-runners until the bottom of the 11th when Frisco couldn’t bring Orlando Martinez home from third.
Ian Moller has two homers in four games after last night’s entry. I believe the idea was he’d grow into more power after being picked out of high school in 2021’s fourth round, but he’d averaged one homer per 65 trips to the plate entering the season. Maybe 2026 is the growth spurt. 
Hi-A: Hub City 1, Greenville (BOS) 6
Hub City: 1 hit, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 5 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 2-5, 3.5 GB
SP Ismael Agreda: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 SO, 71 P / 46 S
RP Luke Savage: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
RP Anthony Susac: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
Hub City has several hitters who began 2025 in Spartanburg and several others with a decent level of experience in high-A hoping to make the case for promotion. We’re off to a slow start, as Hub City ranks last in runs (2.3 per game) and OPS (.457). 1B Arturo Disla, OF Paxton Kling, OF Maxton Martin and UT Antonis Macias are the only hitters with an OPS above .342. The other 11 are a combined .064/.140/.097 with a 37% strikeout rate. That’s hard to believe. It’s early, though.
Offseason signing Paxton Thompson has allowed 11 runs across a couple of 1.2-inning outings. 
Lo-A: Hickory 6, at Kannapolis (CHW) 5
Hickory: 8 hits, 11 walks, 15 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 3 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 6-2, 1 G up
SP AJ Russell: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 34 P / 18 S
RP Geury Rodriguez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
RP Moises Morales: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 SO
RP Louis Marinaro: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO
SS Yolfran Castillo: 1-3, 2 BB, SB (2)
C Josh Springer: 1-3, 2 BB
The undrafted Marinaro and 2025 10th-rounder and senior-sign JD McReynolds are the trusted high-leverage relievers in the early going. They already have combined for five saves.
Russell exited after the 1st, and I’m honestly surprised he was given a chance to face a seventh batter in the 1st with a pitch count at 29. A new rule in the complex leagues will permit pitchers to leave and re-enter as they can in Spring Training. If the rule had been extended to this level, Russell could have been replaced after his fifth or sixth batter (assuming someone else was ready) and returned in the 2nd. All that aside, he’s on a lower pitch count in general as he’s returning from injury.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Gomber
AA: Davalillo
Hi-A: TBD
Lo-A: Lafalaise
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