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Before your next RoughRiders game, visit one of four state parks less than 75 minutes from Riders Field. Scan the QR code or visit tpwmagazine.com/frisco for more info.

Luisangel Acuna

POSITION: INFIELDER | DOB: 3/12/02 | HEIGHT: 5’10” | WEIGHT: 181

HOMETOWN: CARACAS, VENZUELA

A middle infielder from Venezuela, Acuña split time between High-A and Double-A last year, hitting .317 with Hickory and making the trip to Double-A in August. Spending time at both second base and short, Acuña played 37 games down the stretch and was a critical part of the title run in 2022. Acuña scored twice in the Texas League Championship Game, including the go-ahead run in the 10th inning. The 21-year-old is the younger brother of two-time Silver Slugger and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña.

Grant Anderson

POSITION: PITCHER | DOB: 6/21/97 | HEIGHT: 6’0” | WEIGHT: 180

HOMETOWN: BEAUMONT, TX

Anderson was drafted by the Mariners in 2018 but Texas traded for him less than a year later. That trade brought him back to his home state; Anderson grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and is now in his fourth year in the Rangers organization. The McNeese State product has recorded over 200 innings pitched in his minor league career.

Diosbel Arias

POSITION: INFIELDER | DOB: 7/21/96 | HEIGHT: 6’2” | WEIGHT: 190

HOMETOWN: ARTEMISA, CUBA

Arias joined the Rangers organization from Cuba and he has been a mark of consistency ever since. With Short-Season Low-A Spokane in 2018, Arias won the Northwest League batting title and was named a Postseason All-Star. He followed that up by being named a Mid-Season All-Star with the Down East Wood Ducks in the Carolina League the next year. Arias recorded 101 hits in his 102 games in a riders uniform in 2021.

Jax Biggers

POSITION: INFIELDER | DOB: 4/7/97 | HEIGHT: 5’11” | WEIGHT: 175

HOMETOWN: MISSOURI CITY, TX

Biggers was beckoned back to Texas in 2018 when the Rangers selected him in the eighth round. Originally from Missouri City, Texas, Biggers spent a year at Cisco Junior College in Texas and two years with the Arkansas Razorbacks, making the College World Series at the Junior College level and the Division-I classification. Biggers made his RoughRiders debut in 2021 and hit .281 for Frisco in 2022. With a birthday on April 7, Biggers will spend most of this season as a 26-year-old in his fifth season of pro ball. He has played every position for Frisco except pitcher and catcher.

Evan Carter

POSITION: OUTFIELDER | DOB: 8/29/02 | HEIGHT: 6’4” | WEIGHT: 190

HOMETOWN: ELIZABETHTON, TENN.

Carter couldn’t play for the Rangers farm in 2020 when he was drafted in the second round, but once he debuted in 2021, Carter wasted little time to rack up hits. He notched an .825 OPS with Single-A Down East and had slightly better numbers at the High-A level in 100 games last year before getting the Double-A call-up in September. Carter went 9-for-21, not including his three hits in the clinching game of the 2022 Texas League Championship Series, the last of which was a two-RBI single in the 10th to make the difference in the 7-5 win. He checks in as the No. 2 prospect in the Rangers organization and will turn 21 when the RoughRiders host Corpus Christi on August 29. The 6-foot-2 left-hand hitter has defensive versatility, playing all three outfield positions in his minor league tenure.

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