Box Scores
AAA: wet
They’ll make it up, but not today.
Round Rock activated 1B Nick Pratto. He’d been on the development list all season. The Rangers released utility man Tyler Wade, who briefly was a possibility for the Opening Day Roster when he started Spring Training hot and Ezequiel Duran didn’t. In Round Rock, the 31-year-old was controlling the plate well but producing little with swings (.226/.315/.242).
AA: wet
Two today. 
Hi-A: Hub City 3, Winston-Salem (CHW) 4
Hub City: 10 hits, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 9 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 7-8, 3.5 GB
SP Aidan Curry: 4.1 IP, 3 H (2 HR), 3 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 86 P / 48 S, 2.70 ERA
RP Mailon Felix: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA
SS Gleider Figuereo: 1-4, BB, SB (1), .204/.278/.367
1B Arturo Disla: 5-5, 2 HR (3), .396/.450/.679
C Malcolm Moore: 2-4, BB, .174/.269/.283
Arturo Disla had a career day, collecting two homers and five total hits for the first time. Disla was born in the DR but signed (undrafted) out of Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. His 2025 in Hub City was a letdown (.223/.292/.352) after a solid showing in 2024, and he’s as bat-first as anyone in pro ball, so it’s nice to see a successful start to 2026.
Hub City trailed 4-0 and the halfway point but made a game of it and arguably should have won. Down 4-2 in the 8th after Disla’s leadoff homer, the Burgers loaded the bases with none out but couldn’t score. With one out in the 9th, Gleider Figuereo drew an eight-pitch walk after swinging through the first two pitches, Disla singled, and Malcolm Moore lined off the tip of shortstop Kyle Lodise’s glove into center to bring home Figuereo. Alas, Yeison Morrobel grounded into a double play.
Aidan Curry was mortal for the first time.
Lo-A: Hickory 6, at Hill City (CLE) 7
Hickory: 9 hits, 8 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 13 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts
Record: 12-4, 2 G up
SP Aneudis Mejia: 4 IP, 7 H (1 HR), 5 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 67 P / 42 S, 13.00 ERA
DH Deward Tovar: 2-3, 2 BB, .283/.368/.583
C Josh Springer: 2-5, .308/.400/.308
Like Hub City, the Crawdads trailed by several runs early and nearly came back but were left to rue unfulfilled opportunities like loaded bases in the 6th and 7th. Yolfran Castillo tripled off the wall and CF Junieiker Caceras’s head. Hill City has a player named Yeiferth Castillo. He and Yolfran were born in Barquismeto, Venezuela… three months apart. Three? I have found no connecting biographical information. Cousins?
Aneudis Mejia allowed more runs than innings pitched yet brought his ERA down, if you’d like to know how his year is going.
The former Lynchburg Hillcats are now the Hill City Howlers. Same city and stadium, just a rebrand.
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