Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 3, Oklahoma City (LAD) 10
Round Rock: 6 hits, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 12 hits, 8 walks, 4 strikeouts
Record: 13-20, 6 GB
SP Ben Anderson: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 2 SO, 77 P / 43 S, 7.71 ERA
RP Michel Otañez: 1 IP, 0 H (1 HR), 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 4.38 ERA
LF Michael Helman: 3-4, HR (3), .178/.259/.297
The fun came early while Blake Snell briefly overthrew his change, turning it into an mid-80s sinker. Cam Cauley rapped one past short for a single, stole second, and scored when Michael Helman powered another change over the fence. Robby Ahlstrom and Marc Church combined to surrendered seven 6th-inning runs, and Emiliano Teodo (1 IP, 3 runners, 2 runs) was again ineffective.
Round Rock has the fewest homers hit (22) and most allowed (45). So far, the Express are mid-pack in run prevention (5.5 runs per game) but sorely lacking on offense (4.5 per game, 85 OPS+), which has reached base at a respectable clip but isn’t slugging.
Round Rock heads to Durham next for an interleague tilt against Tampa Bay’s AAA squad, which has the league’s worst record at 11-22.
AA: Frisco 5, at Corpus Christi (HOU) 7
Frisco: 10 hits, 7 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 10 hits, 2 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 14-13, 4 GB
SP David Davalillo: 4 IP, 9 H (1 HR), 6 R, 2 BB, 8 SO, 86 P / 60 S, 3.86 ERA
RP Bryan Magdaleno: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 2.08 ERA
RP Ryan Lobus: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.91 ERA
2B Frainyer Chavez: 3-4, BB, .270/.395/.450
LF Keith Jones II: 1-3, HR (4), 2 BB, .231/.378/.462
David Davalillo had a bunch of grounders reach the outfield yesterday, but the bigger issue has been a high proportion of liners plus a very high hit rate. The second part might be team-oriented, as Frisco is by far the worst in the league in turning batted balls into outs, 48 points above the league average of .310. Davalillo is still avoiding walks and striking out plenty (36 in 23.1 IP).
Frisco’s offense has scored 6.4 per game, 23% above the park-adjusted league average. The Riders are batting .273, uncommonly high in this era. 
Hi-A: Hub City 7, at Greenville (BOS) 5
Hub City: 8 hits, 5 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 13-13, 3.5 GB
SP D.J. McCarty: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 HBP, 4 SO, 71 P / 44 S, 7.50 ERA
RP Jesus Gamez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 6.48 ERA
DH Arturo Disla: 1-2, 2 BB, SB (2), .366/.476/.634
1B Rafe Perich: 3-4, 3B, HR (2), .269/.324/.463
A few days after I wrote about how Rafe Perich wasn’t hitting as I’d hoped, he suddenly ranks second on the team in slugging after a strong week.
Malcolm Moore (0-3, BB) has caught 17 games, most in the system (even including the AAA team which has played an extra week). He’s thrown out 32% of opposing runners versus the league average of 23%. Teams that excel at catching runners tend to squelch attempts, and the 45 against Hub City are the league’s fewest. An eight-game on-base streak has Moore up to .225/.337/.380, about a 105 OPS+.
Lo-A: Hickory 1, at Fredericksburg (WAS) 9
Hickory: 8 hits, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 11 hits, 5 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 16-11, 1 GB
SP Jesus Lafalaise: 4 IP, 7 H (1 HR), 6 R, 3 BB, 7 SO, 82 P / 50 S, 3.27 ERA
RP Michael Trausch: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0.00 ERA
3B Yolfran Castillo: 2-4, BB, 2 SB (9), .282/.383/.408
1B Marcos Torres: 2-3, 2B, BB, .271/.388/.563
Yolfran Castillo has matched last year’s 120 plate appearances at the level, and in 2026 versus the previous year he’s collected an extra two singles, six doubles and five walks.
Former Ranger Yeremi Cabrera went 3-5 with his eighth double and fifth homer. If the Nats bump him to high-A, he can face the Rangers again this week in Spartanburg. Fredericksburg has the best offense in the league by a mile, scoring 7.2 runs per game.
Rookie
The season begins tonight. I’ll have a preview tomorrow.
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