Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 3, at Oklahoma City (LAD) 2
Round Rock: 9 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 3 hits, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 24-34, 10 GB
SP David Davalillo: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 80 P / 41 S, 6.62 ERA
RP Emiliano Teodo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 4.50 ERA
RP Alexis Diaz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 4.15 ERA
2B John Taylor: 2-4, HR (1), SB (1)
SS Keyber Rodriguez: 2-4, HR (1)
Davalillo allowed only one run, but his control troubles continued unabated. Davalillo threw eight splitters and four curves*, resulting in a total of zero swings, one called strike and 11 balls. The cutter wasn’t much better: eight balls, two calls, two fouls. Opponents reserved their hacks for his sinker and four-seamer, and all but one ball in play came against some type of fastball.
In a game where wins truly mattered, Davalillo might shelve a non-functional pitch (or two) in an effort to get more strikes and outs. Here, he’s usually going to keep trying everything, especially when his fastballs aren’t go-to pitches. Davalillo paints his picture with his breakers and offspeeds. The fastballs are the frame, if you will.
Emiliano Teodo was effective if not as flashy as usual of late. He’s pitched in three consecutive games interrupted by yesterday’s travel. Given the justifiable delicacy with which he’s been handled over the years, this is really something.
John Taylor and Keyber Rodriguez were Round Rock’s power sources, not a sentence I ever expected to type. K-Rod was hitless in three AAA games prior to last night, while Taylor has extended his mashing at Frisco to AAA without pause.
* Statcast classified all 12 as splitters, but it’s wrong.
AA: Frisco 6, Springfield (STL) 7
Frisco: 8 hits, 8 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 11 hits, 4 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 26-24, 1 GB
SP Aidan Curry: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 72 P / 49 S, 15.95 ERA
RP Eric Loomis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.64 ERA
RP Austin Roberts: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 4.24 ERA
2B Frainyer Chavez: 3-4, 2B, BB, .277/.376/.461
SS Corey Seager: 1-2
LF Wyatt Langford: 1-2, 2 BB, SB
CF Dylan Dreiling: 1-3, 2 BB, .291/.392/.457
Whatever else happens in their careers, Springfield’s players can say they beat a team with two Major Leaguers. With Seager and Langford replaced, Frisco scored three in the 9th and had the tying and winning runs in scoring position with one out, but Keith Jones and Arturo Disla both struck out. 
Hi-A: Hub City 1, at Winston-Salem (CHW) 2
Hub City: 5 hits, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 2 hits, 9 walks, 8 strikeouts
Record: 25-26, 12 GB
SP Enrique Segura: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 3 SO, 73 P / 35 S, 7.62 ERA
RP Luke Savage: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 9.90 ERA
LF Yeison Morrobel: 3-4, .289/.353/.446
RF Chandler Pollard: 1-2, 2B, BB, SB (9), .236/.323/.355
Hub City carried a no-hitter into the 6th. The Burgers threw 49 strikes and 48 balls preceding the hit. I haven’t written about Max Martin (0-4, 3 K) lately. He’s struggled to build on last year’s breakout, following a power-heavy but low-OBP April with a rough May (.218/.284/.310). Martin has never been a high-contact hitter, but in 2026 the whiffs have increased his strikeout rate to 28%, and he’s hitting fewer liners and outfield flies. Martin just turned 21 and isn’t a Rule 5 concern until 2027. 
Lo-A: Hickory 6, Kannapolis (CHW) 3
Hickory: 11 hits, 9 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 5 walks, 14 strikeouts
Record: 29-21, tied for first
SP Alejandro Chiquillo: 3 IP, 5 H (1 HR), 3 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 5 SO, 68 P / 40 S, 2.08 ERA
RP Louis Marinaro: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 3.93 ERA
RP Michael Trausch: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1.08 ERA
RP Geury Rodriguez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.52 ERA
LF Paulino Santana: 2-3, 2 BB, .264/.413/.410
CF Hector Osorio: 1-3, HR (11), 2 BB, .295/.429/.561
C Josh Springer: 1-3, 2B, BB, HBP, .284/.366/.328
Hickory played at home for the first time in 25 days. A visiting clubhouse fire forced cancellation of a couple of games and relocation of a homestand to high-A Winston-Salem. Hector Osorio leads the Carolina League all by himself with 11 homers. Undrafted Louis Marinaro had hit best night of the season. Since appearing eight times in April, he’s only been popping up for a single outing of one or two innings each week.
Dominican Summer League
It commenced Monday. I don’t cover the games but will try to check on notable prospects occasionally. One reason I don’t provide daily recaps is games like this. The Rangers and Angels entered the 9th tied at nine and the Rangers scored nine runs in the top half to seemingly secure a victory, but the Angels scored ten in the bottom half, all with two out. The teams combined for 23 walks ad 14 errors.
Here’s a better DSL highlight: recently signed Elian Rosario going deep twice.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: Townsend
Hi-A: Easley
Lo-A: Morales
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Hickory’s Cole Ragans fanned 11 in six nearly perfect inning marred only by a solo homer. “Pitchers have overcome multiple Tommy John surgeries to reach the Majors (Pete Fairbanks, for example), but under [Ragans’] circumstances, I was uncomfortable thinking of him as a prospect or even thinking about him at all, other than simply hoping that he could stay healthy. Now, after beginning the previous start with 13 consecutive outs and facing one over the minimum last night, Ragans is transitioning from feel-good story to legitimate prospect.”
Combined with the previous week’s start, Frisco’s Cole Winn stretched a hitless streak to 30 batters while shutting down Amarillo for six innings.
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