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Reliever Jakob Junis is active, joined by Jose Corniell, who was to start in Round Rock tonight. Relievers Emiliano Teodo and Gavin Collyer were optioned.
Starters Of The (Partial) Year
Here’s a quick, stat-driven rundown of Texas’s best MiLB performers so far. But first, a little note:
At the three full-season levels below AAA, offense is higher than it has ever been in my 20 years on the beast, higher than any other season under the modern classification system (1990), higher than any season since at least 1970, as far back as I checked. Wild times.
1. Dalton Pence
2. AJ Russell
3. Alejandro Chiquillo
Caden Scarborough has only 23 innings but is Chiquillo’s equal in terms of performance.
Relievers Of The (Partial) Year
1. Owen Proksch
2. Robby Ahlstrom
3. Wilian Bormie
Statistically, Hickory’s Luimy Munoz and Michael Trausch are nearby.
Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 9, Las Vegas (ATH) 1
Round Rock: 8 hits, 7 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Record: 10-9, 4 GB, 41-53 overall
SP Marco Gonzales: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 75 P / 47 S, 8.16 ERA
RP Ryan Lobus: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 4.82 ERA
RP Alexis Diaz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 3.51 ERA
3B John Taylor: 1-3, 3B, 2 BB, SB (6), .237/.365/.474
CF Jarred Kelenic: 2-5, 2B, SB (6), .352/.441/.614
Nolan Kingham touched 97 in a brief outing. His fastball has averaged 94 as a starter. Kingham certainly had the stuff to justify returning to the States from Mexico, but homers, especially on the road, have crushed him. That’s a surprise, as he wasn’t very susceptible to them south of the border where homers are rampant.
Incidentally, throughout the boxes are starting or long-relief pitchers getting an inning in to keep fresh for next week’s resumptions of full schedules. Kingham, Moises Morales, Jesus Lafalaise, Enrique Segura, Ismael Agreda and Joe Adametz all pitched yesterday. 
AA: Frisco 4, Tulsa (LAD) 6
Frisco: 11 hits, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 10-9, 1 G up, 49-38 overall
SP Aidan Curry: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 77 P / 46 S, 6.26 ERA
DH Sebastian Walcott: 0-3, 2 BB, SB (1)
1B Arturo Disla: 2-3, 2 BB, .294/.382/.519
LF Yeison Morrobel: 2-5
Sebastian Walcott is in AA after two appearances with the rookies. Frisco has 50 games remaining, so with a few days off, Walcott can approach if not reach 200 plate appearances for the season.
Tulsa has the best overall and by far the most patient offense Curry has faced in AA. He’s fortunate to be a veteran of sorts; many pitchers wouldn’t have lasted beyond their second walk and 28th pitch in the 1st. Given a longer leash, he then retired ten straight.
Whatever else happens, Yeison Morrobel reaching Frisco on merit is a nice story. He batted .170/.248/.278 last year in Hub City repeating the level, and despite his young age (then 21), I feared for his employment. In high-A for a third time and with Anthony Gutierrez, Paxton Kling and Max Martin around, he appeared to be in a group with Chandler Pollard (who can also play infield) and Quincy Scott (same, at 1B) fighting for occasional starts. Injuries to other and his own much-improved play gave him consistent at-bats, and now we’ll see what he can do in Frisco.
Per the MLB.com beat reporter for the Athletics: “Ryan Lasko update: He was transferred yesterday to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in his home state of New Jersey to continue his rehab. There has been no change in his condition, though this is a step in the right direction and Lasko is in good spirits.” Lasko suffered a spinal injury in a collision with a teammate while playing in Frisco at the end of June. 
Hi-A: Hub City 6, Greensboro (PIT) 10
Hub City: 4 hits, 4 walks, 10 strikeouts
Opponent: 15 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 6-16, 8 GB, 40-48 overall
SP Izack Tiger: 2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 41 P / 31 S, 17.00 ERA
RP Enrique Segura: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 7.13 ERA
RP Ismael Agreda: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 5.57 ERA
2B Casey Cook: 1-4, HR (1)
RF Hector Osorio: 1-4, HR (8), .273/.375/.504
DH Antonis Macias: 1-4, HR (3), .236/.345/.327
C Cal Stark: 1-4, HR (3), .114/.241/.257
2024 third-rounder Casey Cook made his first full-season appearance and his first in the infield since moving to outfield late in 2025. On a hot night, the teams combined for eight homers, four of which came off Izack Tiger in a span of nine batters. Tiger’s velocity is fine (mid-90s), if not at the peak seen in short bursts, and his control is solid, but the Keys loved what he was putting in the zone, especially his mid-80s breaker. 
Lo-A: Hickory 7, Wilson (MIL) 5
Hickory: 10 hits, 2 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 16-6, 3 G up, 50-36 overall
SP Mason McConnaughey: 3 IP, 3 H (2 HR), 4 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 49 P / 28 S, 12.00 ERA
RP Luimy Munoz: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 1.57 ERA
SS Yolfran Castillo: 2-5, SB (41), .288/.396/.413
LF Paulino Santana: 1-3, HR (10), BB, .246/.381/.407
RF Jamaurion McQueen: 2-4
2025 4th-round righty Mason McConnaughey made his full-season debut and fourth pro appearance. He’d undergone elbow surgery after three starts as a junior for Nebraska in ’25. As is common if not custom, the Rangers weren’t dissuaded and picked him 115th overall.
Today’s Starters
AAA: not Corniell
AA: Pence
Hi-A: Scarborough
Lo-A: Nivar
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Off an IL stint, Justin Foscue homered for the sixth time in five games. I would later joke (or half-joke) that Texas should have traded him right then. That would have been ridiculous, though. Texas was dreadful in 2021, working on a rebuild, using Nick Solak at 2nd and Brock Holt and Charlie Culberson at third (a potential spot for Foscue at the time).
Down East played as the Kinston Collard Greens. I wish I’d bought a shirt.
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