TEKOAH ROBY

POSITION: PITCHER | DOB: 9/18/01 | HEIGHT: 6’1” | WEIGHT: 185

HOMETOWN: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.

Commonly referred to as “TK,” Tekoah Roby was one of the youngest pitchers at the High-A level last year and held his own with 126 strikeouts in 104 innings and a 4.64 ERA. He will be one of the youngest players at the Double-A level this year; he turns 22 the day after the regular season finale. He was drafted in the third round in 2020 out of Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida and is in his third pro season in 2023.

Thomas Saggese

POSITION: INFIELDER | DOB: 04/10/02 | HEIGHT: 5’11” | WEIGHT: 175

HOMETOWN: CARLSBAD, CALIF.

Saggese sped his way to Frisco after getting drafted in the fifth round by Texas in 2020. He made his pro debut in Single-A in 2021, spent most of 2022 in High-A and was promoted to Double-A in September, winning Texas League Player of the Week in the final series of the season. Saggese played the final five regular season games with the RoughRiders, plus all four postseason games, notching a hit in all nine games, most of them for extra bases. In the final game of the 2022 Texas League Championship Series, Saggese singled to score the game-tying run in the 9th inning and push the game to extras, when Frisco won in the 10th.

Chris Seise

POSITION: INFIELDER | DOB: 01/06/99 | HEIGHT: 6’1” | WEIGHT: 196

HOMETOWN: SCHENECTADY, N.Y.

A first-round pick (No. 29 overall) by Texas in 2017, Seise worked his way up to Double-A to open the 2023 season. Drafted out of West Orange High in Winter Garden, Florida, Seise played in the Arizona Complex League and Low-A Spokane in 2017, Single-A Hickory in 2019, High-A Hickory in 2021 and 2022. He spent part of the offseason in the Caribbean, playing in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He spent 547 innings in the field for Hickory over three seasons, all at shortstop.

Justin Slaten

POSITION: PITCHER | DOB: 09/15/97 | HEIGHT: 6’4” | WEIGHT: 222

HOMETOWN: HALLSVILLE, TX

A third-round pick in 2018 by the Rangers, Justin Slaten followed his threeyear career with the University of New Mexico by pitching in three seasons so far with the Rangers. Entering 2023, Slaten has logged 150 innings in the minors, mostly between High-A Hickory and Double-A Frisco. Slaten joined the starting rotation for part of 2022 with the RoughRiders but made most of his 25 appearances out of the bullpen, striking out 64 batters in 50.2 innings on the year.