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The Hickory Crawdads two-hit the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Saturday night as they took home a 7-2 victory. For the second night in a row, the Crawdads struck f

Minor league update for 5/22/21 Share this story It was an entertaining night on the farm for the Rangers affiliates. That Nick Krauth guy started for the Wood Ducks and went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 8. I keep assuming he’s some 24 year old but he’s just 21, having signed out of the University of Connecticut as an undrafted free agent last summer. I don’t know what the story is here but Krauth has now struck out 16 and walked 2 while allowing 2 r...

Minor league update for May 16, 2021 Share this story Photo by Ben VanHouten/MLB Photos via Getty Images Down East moved to 9-2 on the season with a 4-2 win. Gavin Collyer, an above-slot high school 12th round pick in 2019, went 2 IP with 2 Ks and allowed just one hit, a home run. The Wood Ducks had just four hits — a single and a double by Keyber Rodriguez and a pair of singles by Jayce Easley. Rodriguez was also hit by a pitch. Luisangel Acuna was hit by a pitch and walked. Dustin Harr...

The Hickory Crawdads strung together eight hits on Saturday night against the Winston-Salem but were unable to pull out a win, falling 5-2. The Crawdads wasted

Dudes Rock: First Week of Pitching on the Farm Share this story Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports 610 cursed days, as any day without Minor League baseball can be considered, had passed between the last game played by a Rangers MiLB affiliate and 4 May 2021. As we see the next generation of Rangers emerge from their long slumber, I’ll be doing these updates on one player at every level on a weekly basis. Each week’s update will alternate between the farm’s pitchers and hitters. This first ...

A David Garcia grand slam and a pair of Curtis Terry home runs highlight Saturday’s minor league action

Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images In what has been a mediocre start to what is generally expected to be a mediocre, at best, 2021 season for the Texas Rangers, we have striven to keep our focus on the fact that this is a rebuilding year, and that the goal for the 2021 is to see progress from young players and identify building blocks for the future. There are several young Rangers players who have given us reason for optimism so far this season*, but I think we’d agree that no Ranger has ...

Copy Link This is the fifth in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for This is the fifth in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its f...

0 Shares The Texas Rangers are in a transition stage right now. They’ve had a few decent seasons, but the majority have been less than .500. The past 3 seasons alone saw a 67-95 record, 78-84 the year after, and a 22-38 record in a COVID hit season. There has been a small influx of prospects making their way into the Majors roster over the past couple of years. A new GM, some trades likely to come up, and a few FA signings could see things change dramatically for the 2021 season. I hope you a...