Texas Rangers minor league players

Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Texas Rangers:

Players

Dane Acker

Dane Harrison Acker (born April 1, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Acker attended Brenham High School in Brenham, Texas. Acker pitched to a 5–2 record with a 1.79 ERA his senior season of 2017. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Rice University to play for the Owls. Acker went 5–2 with a 4.20 ERA and 32 strikeouts over 40+2⁄3 innings his freshman season. Following that year, he transferred to San Jacinto College. As a sophomore with San Jacinto in 2019, Acker went 10–0 with a 2.36 ERA and 97 strikeouts over 76+1⁄3 innings. Acker was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2019 MLB draft, but did not sign and transferred to the University of Oklahoma to play for the Sooners. Acker played for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2019. In the COVID shortened season of 2020, Acker went 1–1 with a 3.51 ERA and 28 strikeouts over 25+2⁄3 innings for OU. In a game on March 1, Acker threw a no-hitter versus LSU, in which he recorded 11 strikeouts. Acker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 2020 MLB draft. He signed with them for a $447,400 signing bonus.

Acker did not play professionally in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 6, 2021, Acker, Khris Davis, and Jonah Heim were traded to Texas Rangers in exchange for Elvis Andrus, Aramis Garcia and cash considerations.

Acker made two starts for the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A East in 2021 before suffering a torn UCL and underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2021. After successfully rehabbing, Acker returned to game action in July 2022. He split the remainder of 2022 between the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 0–3 with a 6.31 ERA and 31 strikeouts over 25+2⁄3 innings. Acker opened the 2023 season on the injured list, until May 24 when he was assigned back to Hickory. Over 6 games with Hickory, he went 0–0 with a 2.11 ERA and 25 strikeouts over 21+1⁄3 innings. He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League on July 3. Over 46 innings for Frisco, Acker went 1–1 with a 2.74 ERA and 51 strikeouts.

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Robby Ahlstrom

Robert Coolidge Ahlstrom (born June 19, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Ahlstrom attended North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Chemeketa Community College. During his freshman season of 2018, he went 4–3 with a 2.55 ERA and 84 strikeouts, while hitting .302 as a utility player. He then transferred to The University of Oregon to play college baseball for the Ducks. Ahlstrom played three seasons (2019–2021) for Oregon. His best season was as a senior when he went 9–3 with a 2.50 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 90 innings. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Ahlstrom was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th Round of the 2021 MLB draft and signed with them. He did not play professionally in 2021 after signing.

On April 2, 2022, Ahlstrom and Albert Abreu were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Jose Trevino. He split the 2022 season between the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 2–10 with a 5.04 ERA and 106 strikeouts over 89+1⁄3 innings. He split the 2023 season between Hickory and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League, going a combined 3–1 with a 3.86 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 58+1⁄3 innings. Following that season, he played in the Puerto Rican Winter League for the Cangrejeros de Santurce, going 2–0 with a 0.64 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 14 innings. Ahlstrom split the 2024 season between Frisco and the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, going a combined 6–1 with a 2.53 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 64 innings. He opened the 2025 season splitting time between Frisco and Round Rock.

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Cam Cauley

Cameron Andrew Cauley (born February 6, 2003) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Texas Rangers organization.

Cauley attended Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. Cauley played on the Babers Hill football team, where he was an all-state wide receiver his junior year. During his senior season of 2021, Cauley hit .450 with 6 home runs, 35 RBI, and 52 stolen bases and won the Class 5A Baseball State Championship. He was named the All-Greater Houston hitter of the year by the Houston Chronicle. Cauley had committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech. Entering the 2021 draft, he was ranked as the 85th overall prospect by Baseball America, the 92nd by MLB Pipeline, and the 138th by ESPN. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round, with the 73rd overall selection, in the 2021 MLB draft. He signed with Texas for an over-slot $1MM signing bonus.

Cauley made his professional debut in 2021 with the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, hitting .255/.311/.383/.694 with 17 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 24 games. He spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, hitting .209/.306/.289/.595 with 2 home runs, 21 RBI, and 38 stolen bases over 77 games. Returning to Down East to open the 2023 season, Cauley hit .244/.331/.405/.736 with 7 home runs, 33 RBI, and 22 stolen bases over 66 games. He was promoted to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League on July 18. Over 34 games for Hickory in 2023, Cauley hit .248/.336/.424/.760 with 5 home runs, 24 RBI, and 14 stolen bases. Following the 2023 season, Cauley played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.

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Yolfran Castillo

Yolfran Andres Castillo (born February 8, 2007) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop in the Texas Rangers organization.

Castillo signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in January 2024. He played his first professional season with the Dominican Summer League Rangers and Arizona Complex League Rangers.

Castillo played 2025 with the ACL Rangers and Hickory Crawdads.

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Aidan Curry

Aidan Curry (born July 25, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Curry attended Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, New York City. Curry had committed to play college baseball at Bucknell University. Curry had his senior season of high school in 2020 wiped out due to the response to COVID-19 pandemic. Curry went undrafted in the shortened five-round 2020 MLB draft. Instead, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers for a $20,000 signing bonus.

Curry made his professional debut in 2021 with the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going 0–1 with a 13.79 ERA and 23 strikeouts over 15+2⁄3 innings. He split the 2022 season between the ACL Rangers and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going a combined 1–1 with a 4.23 ERA and 56 strikeouts over 36+1⁄3 innings. Curry split the 2023 season between Down East and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 6–3 with a 2.75 ERA and 104 strikeouts over 88+1⁄3 innings.

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David Davalillo

David Alejandro Davalillo (born September 21, 2002) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Davalillo signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in January 2021, and was released in 2022 without pitching in any games with the organization. In June 2022, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Rangers.

Davalillo pitched 2023 with the rookie-level Arizona Complex League Rangers and Down East Wood Ducks and 2024 with Down East and the Hickory Crawdads. He started 2025 with the Hub City Spartanburgers. Davalillo made 23 appearances (22 starts) for Hub City and the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, posting a combined 6-4 record and 2.44 ERA with 126 strikeouts over 107 innings of work.

On November 18, 2025, Davalillo's contract was selected by Texas, in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2026 season.

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Peyton Gray

Peyton Charles Paul Gray (born June 2, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Gray attended Columbus East High School in Columbus, Indiana. Gray attended Western Michigan University for his freshman year of college. He then transferred to Gulf Coast State College for his sophomore season. Gray transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University for his final two years of college. Gray went undrafted out of college in 2018 and signed a free agent contract with the Colorado Rockies. Gray spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons in the Rockies organization before being released in 2020. He spent the 2020 season with the independent league Milwaukee Milkmen. Gray then signed and spent the 2021 season in the Kansas City Royals organization. After being released, he returned to the Milwaukee Milkmen for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds prior to the 2024 season, but did not play due to injury.

Gray signed with the Texas Rangers organization. He split the 2025 season between the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double–A Texas League and the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, going a combined 8–6 with a 3.58 ERA with 89 strikeouts over 73 innings.

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Trevor Hauver

Trevor James Hauver (born November 20, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization.

Hauver attended Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona, where he played shortstop for the baseball team. The Kansas City Royals selected him in the 37th round of the 2017 MLB draft. Hauver did not sign with the Royals, and attended Arizona State University, where he played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In 2018 and 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

The New York Yankees selected Hauver in the third round, with the 99th overall selection, of the 2020 MLB draft. He did not make his professional debut in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He began the 2021 season with the Tampa Tarpons of the Low-A Southeast. He hit six home runs over his first five professional games. He was named the Low-A Southeast Player of the Week for the week of May 4 to 9, and Player of the Month for May.

On July 29, 2021, Hauver along with Josh Smith, Glenn Otto, and Ezequiel Durán were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Joey Gallo and Joely Rodríguez. Hauver was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A East following the trade, and hit .246/.357/.426/.783 with six home runs and 21 RBIs over 33 games for them. Hauver split the 2022 season between Hickory and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double–A Texas League, hitting a combined .220/.387/.427 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI. He played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League following the 2022 season. Hauver returned to Frisco for the 2023 season, hitting .260/.375/.429/.803 with 12 home runs and 59 RBI.

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Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa

Anthony David Maui La'akea Hoopii-Tuionetoa (born August 11, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Hoopii-Tuionetoa graduated from Henry Perrine Baldwin High School in 2018. He attended Pierce College.

The Texas Rangers selected Hoopii-Tuionetoa in the 30th round of the 2019 MLB draft. After the 2023 season, Hoopii-Tuionetoa pitched for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.

On May 8, 2024, the Rangers traded Hoopii-Tuionetoa to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Robbie Grossman. He was assigned to the Double-A Birmingham Barons, where he posted an 0-2 record and 3.24 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 23 games; after being promoted to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights, he logged an 0-1 record and 13.50 ERA with eight strikeouts over nine appearances.

Hoopii-Tuionetoa was placed on the restricted list prior to the 2025 season. He was released by the White Sox organization on July 24, 2025.

On November 26, 2025, Hoopii-Tuionetoa signed a minor league contract to return to the Texas Rangers organization.

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Leandro López

Leandro José López (born June 17, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Lopez signed as an international free agent with the Texas Rangers organization on January 15, 2021. He played for the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League in his professional debut season of 2021, going 0–2 with a 5.02 ERA and 24 strikeouts over 14+1⁄3 innings. He returned to the DSL in 2022, going 1–1 with a 1.83 ERA and 63 strikeouts over 34+1⁄3 innings. He spent the 2023 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going 2–5 with a 3.32 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 57 innings. He spent the 2024 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going 1–1 with a 9.00 ERA and 15 strikeouts, over just 13 innings due to shoulder and elbow injuries. Following the 2024 season, he played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. Lopez opened the 2025 season with the Hub City Spartanburgers of the High-A South Atlantic League, going 2–4 with a 2.19 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 65+2⁄3 innings. He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League in July.

On November 18, 2025, López's contract was selected by Texas, in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. López was optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2026 season.

Lopez went by the last name Calderón, until the 2024 season.

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Bryan Magdaleno

Bryan Magdaleno (born February 22, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Magdaleno signed as an international free agent with the Texas Rangers organization on August 23, 2019. He did not make his professional debut in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season due to the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was assigned to the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League for his professional debut season of 2021, going 0–2 with a 2.95 ERA and 35 strikeouts over 36+2⁄3 innings. He spent the 2022 season with the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going 1–1 with a 4.12 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 19+2⁄3 innings. He split the 2023 season between the ACL and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going a combined 1–1 with a 7.13 ERA and 27 strikeouts over 17+2⁄3 innings. Magdaleno split the 2024 season between Down East, the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League, going a combined 6–3 with a 1.27 ERA and 68 strikeouts over 42+2⁄3 innings. He was named the Texas Rangers 2024 Reliever of the Year.

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Dalton Pence

Dalton Glenn Pence (born August 28, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Pence attended Cherryville High School in Cherryville, North Carolina. Undrafted out of high school, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play college baseball for the Tar Heels. Pence redshirted in 2022. Pence went 4–3 with a 3.88 ERA and 50 strikeouts over 48+2⁄3 innings in 2023, and played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a redshirt sophomore in 2024, Pence went 5–1 with a 2.45 ERA and 74 strikeouts over 58+2⁄3 innings. Pence was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 11th round of the 2024 MLB draft and signed for a $350,000 signing bonus.

Pence split the 2025 season between the Hickory Crawdads of the Single–A Carolina League and the Hub City Spartanburgers the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 4–4 with a 2.73 ERA and 103 strikeouts over 82+1⁄3 innings.

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Winston Santos

Winston Santos (born April 15, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Santons signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on July 2, 2019, for $10,000 signing bonus. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He split his debut season of 2021 between the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League and the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going a combined 2–2 with a 3.27 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 33 innings.

Santos spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Single–A Carolina League, going 7–6 with a 3.49 ERA and 108 strikeouts over 108+1⁄3 innings. Santos was promoted to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League for the 2023 season, going 7–9 with a 6.29 ERA and 88 strikeouts over 98+2⁄3 innings.

Santos returned to Hickory to open the 2024 season, going 6–3 with a 2.80 ERA and 81 strikeouts over 64+1⁄3 innings. He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double–A Texas League in June. Santos represented Texas at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game. Following the season, the Rangers added Santos to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Santos was optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2025 season. He made six starts split between Frisco and the Triple-A Round Rock Express, recording a combined 6.75 ERA with 26 strikeouts across 17+1⁄3 innings pitched.

Santos was again optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2026 season.

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Caden Scarborough

Caden Michael Scarborough (born April 1, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Scarborough attended Harmony High School in Harmony, Florida. He was selected by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Scarborough spent his first professional season in 2024 with the Arizona Complex League Rangers and Down East Wood Ducks. He started 2025 with the Hickory Crawdads.

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Josh Stephan

Joshua James Stephan (born November 1, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Stephan attended South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas. Before his senior season of 2020 was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephan recorded 20 strikeouts over 14 innings pitched. He had committed to attend Stephen F. Austin University to play college baseball. Stephan was not selected in the shortened five-round 2020 MLB draft, but choose to sign as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers for the maximum allowed signing bonus of $20,000.

Stephan split his professional debut season of 2021 between the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A East, going a combined 2–2 with a 5.18 ERA and 50 strikeouts over 40 innings. Stephan made 21 starts in 2022, with the first 19 back with Down East and the final three games for the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League. He posted a combined 6–5 record with a 3.14 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 103+1⁄3 innings in 2022. Stephan returned to Hickory to open the 2023 season. After posting a 6–3 record with a 2.17 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 62+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League on July 4. Stephan made just one start for Frisco before missing the rest of the season due to a lower back injury.

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Emiliano Teodo

Emiliano Teodo (born February 14, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Teodo signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on January 28, 2020 for a $10,000 signing bonus. He made his professional debut in 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going 4–2 with a 3.38 ERA and 48 strikeouts over 29+2⁄3 innings. Teodo spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going 3–6 with a 3.09 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 84+1⁄3 innings. He spent the 2023 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going 5–3 with a 4.52 ERA and 84 strikeouts over 61+2⁄3 innings. Following the 2023 season, he played for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League. Teodo recorded 19 strikeouts over scoreless 11 innings in 8 games, and was named the 2023 AFL Reliever of the Year.

Teodo opened the 2024 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League. Teodo represented Texas at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game. In 20 games (19 starts) for Frisco, he logged a 5–4 record and 1.98 ERA with 110 strikeouts across 86+1⁄3 innings pitched. Following the season, the Rangers added Teodo to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Teodo was optioned to the Triple-A Round Rock Express to begin the 2025 season. He made 27 appearances split between Round Rock, Frisco, and the ACL Rangers, accumulating a 3-2 record and 7.20 ERA with 38 strikeouts over 30 innings of work.

Teodo was again optioned to Triple-A Round Rock to begin the 2026 season.

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Josh Trentadue

Joshua Michael Trentadue (born January 25, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Trentadue attended Mills E. Godwin High School in Henrico, Virginia and played college baseball at Southern Virginia University and the College of Southern Idaho. He was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Trentadue made his professional debut in 2023 with the Arizona Complex League Rangers and played 2024 with the Down East Wood Ducks. He started 2025 with the Hub City Spartanburgers before being promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders.

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Ricardo Velez

Ricardo Velez (born August 21, 1998) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Velez was named to the Puerto Rico national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Velez signed with the Minnesota Twins in 2021 as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. He was released by the Twins following the 2024 season.

Velez signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals for the 2025 season. In 30 games for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals, Velez pitched 58.2 innings with a 1.99 ERA. He became a free agent following the season. Velez signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers for the 2026 season.

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Player Development Staff

The Rangers' Player Development staff consists of:

• Field/Infield: Kenny Holmberg
• Assistant Field: Nick Janssen
• Pitching: Jon Goebel
• Assistant Pitching: Thomas St. Clair
• Hitting: Tyler Wolfe
• Assistant Hitting: Jared Walker
• Catching: Kevin Torres
• Video: Hunter Schneider