Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 9, at Albuquerque (COL) 2
Round Rock: 12 hits, 6 walks, 5 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 15-12, 4 G up, 46-56 overall
SP Spencer Adams: 5 IP, 4 H (1 HR), 2 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 60 P / 43 S, 9.15 ERA
RP Winston Santos: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 6.23 ERA
LF Aaron Zavala: 2-4, BB, .269/.362/.418
1B Jonah Bride: 2-2, 2B, 3 BB, .278/.399/.420
SS Keyber Rodriguez: 2-4, HR (7), SB (3), .207/.286/.385
A Texas AAA team hasn’t finished at least ten games under .500 since 1997. Meanwhile, Albuquerque has finished at least 14 games under .500 for seven straight seasons and hasn’t posted a winning record since 2013 (mostly as a Rockies affiliate). Against that historical (if not historic) backdrop, Round Rock took five of six in the Duke City.
Santos pitched in relief and only two innings, but I’m reluctant to impute meaning in terms of his role. Mostly in the recent past but sometimes still, Texas will use starters who pitched a full workload in the Tuesday series opener in an abbreviated role on Sunday. He has a 6.23 ERA but has pitched exclusively in Albuquerque and Reno as a member of the Express.
Texas released Jared Kelenic again. 
AA: Frisco 0, at San Antonio (SDP) 6
Frisco: 5 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
Record: 15-12, 1 G up, 54-41 overall
SP Blake Townsend: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 54 P / 33 S, 5.66 ERA
RP D.J. McCarty: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3.38 ERA
Sebastian Walcott failed to reach base safely for the first time since August 28, 2025. Okay, that’s just a 23-game streak because of his elbow injury, but still impressive.
23-year-old DJ McCarty made his AA debut. An undrafted part of the 2020 class (along with similarly named fourth-rounder Dylan MacLean, much to my regret), McCarty’s ERA jumped from 4.83 in 2025 at Hub City to 5.46 at the same level, but the league ERA has increased by a ridiculous 1.30, so he’s actually improved. 
Hi-A: Hub City 6, at Greenville (BOS) 7
Hub City: 11 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts
Record: 10-20, 11 GB, 44-52 overall
SP Enrique Segura: 2 IP, 1 H (1 HR), 1 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 46 P / 26 S, 7.04 ERA
SS Luke Hanson: 4-5, 2 2B, SB (12), .264/.342/.434
3B Gleider Figuereo: 3-5, 2B, HR (17), .241/.336/.454
Chris Roland, a handy indy-ball signing from earlier this season, entered the 9th with a one-run lead but surrendered a double and walk-off homer. Hub City is 4-5 since the All-Star Break but has at least reduced a walk rate (to 3.6 per game) that was the highest in high-A from Memorial Day through the break (6.0 per game). 
Lo-A: Hickory 1, Myrtle Beach (CHC) 4 (7)
Hickory: 4 hits, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
SP Daniel Keaney: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 53 P / 38 S, 3.91 ERA
3B Angel Arredondo: 1-3, HR (8), .243/.371/.392
Undrafted 21-year-old Dan Keaney got several Pelicans to swing through what looks like a screw-change. In 47 innings split between Hickory and the complex, he’s walked only 11 and fanned 62.
Lo-A: Hickory 9, Myrtle Beach (CHC) 2 (7)
Hickory: 8 hits, 5 walks, 3 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 7 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 21-8, 4.5 G up, 55-38 overall
SP Moises Morales: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 4 SO, 60 P / 35 S, 3.95 ERA
CF Marco Argudin: 1-3, 2B, BB, .256/.407/.360
DH Pablo Guerrero: 1-1, 3 BB, .326/.431/.442
Hickory scored six in the 3rd on four hits and much Myrtle Beach generosity. Argudin’s .360 slugging percentage sneaked up on me. Not that he was ever really a power hitter, but since a two-double night in late June he’s hitting .200/.352/.243. He’s still reaching base at a nice rate.
Five Years Ago Yesterday
I noted that Texas’s full-season pitching staffs were collectively second best in baseball in terms of the difference between strikeout rate and walk rate. Unsurprisingly, Tampa Bay was best.
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