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2026 SCHEDULE 3 HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS 8 OPPONENT OVERVIEW 13 RIDERS SPOTLIGHT 15 STADIUM MAP 25 ROSTER 38 MEET THE MASCOTS 43 FEATURE STORY: MALCOLM MOORE 57 PHOTO GALLERY 62 PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE 67 ROAD TO THE SHOW 70 THIS DAY IN HISTORY 2

TULSA DRILLERS

DOUBLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS

THE DRILLERS DID NOT SEE THE SAME SUCCESS AS THEIR MLB PARENT CLUB LAST SEASON, FINISHING WITH THE WORST OVERALL RECORD IN THE TEXAS LEAGUE NORTH. A PEEK UNDER THE HOOD, THOUGH, REVEALED A TEAM WITH PROMISE THIS YEAR. TULSA TURNED THINGS AROUND AT MIDSEASON AND WENT 40–29 IN THE SECOND HALF, WITH A BALANCED ATTACK THAT INCLUDED THE THIRD-MOST RUNS SCORED AND THE THIRD-BEST TEAM ERA. THIS SEASON, TULSA SEIZED THE TEXAS LEAGUE NORTH FIRST-HALF CHAMPIONSHIP ALREADY.

TULSA DRILLERS PLAYERS TO WATCH #6

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MIKE SIROTA

POSITION: INF AGE: 24 HEIGHT: 6'0 WEIGHT: 195 HOMETOWN: LEWES, DE

POSITION: OF AGE: 23 HEIGHT: 6'2 WEIGHT: 188 HOMETOWN: MINEOLA, NY

#55 JOSUE DE PAULA

POSITION: OF AGE: 21 HEIGHT: 6'3 WEIGHT: 185 HOMETOWN: BROOKLYN, NY

POSITION FAVORITE PLAYER

PITCHER PEDRO MARTINEZ

TOP ARTIST FAVORITE FOOD

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Chad Comer MANAGER

Comer returns to Double-A Frisco in 2026 after managing at the High-A level over the last three seasons. A native of Mansfield, Texas, will enter his 10th season with the Rangers and his second in Frisco. In 2022, Comer helped pilot the Riders to their second Texas League Championship in franchise history, serving as a development coach. Over the last three seasons, Comer managed High-A Hickory (2023-2024) and High-A Hub City (2025), going 197-191 (.508). The former University of Texas at Arlington catcher played two seasons in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Thomas St. Clair PITCHING COACH

St. Clair joins the Riders as the pitching coach after leading a Hub City staff that finished with a 3.50 ERA in 2025. St. Clair enters his fifth season as a Rangers minor league pitching coach and first at the Double-A level, while also serving as the assistant pitching coordinator in the Rangers farm system in 2026. Initially, St. Clair joined the Rangers as a coach in the Dominican Summer League in 2022. Before pro baseball, he spent two and a half years as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at North Carolina Wesleyan College. The righthander pitched three professional seasons in the St. Louis Cardinals system from 2017-19. The Winston-Salem, NC native played four years at Lenior-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C.

Jason Hart HITTING COACH Hart begins his 13th season with the Texas organization and his ninth as Frisco’s hitting coach. He served as the Riders' hitting coach from 2012-2019. Most recently, he served as the Major League hitting assistant for the Marlins. In 2015, Hart was named the Mike Coolbaugh Texas League Coach of the Year for his work with the Riders hitters. His tenure with the Rangers began after he assisted the Single-A Clinton staff with coaching for part of the 2008 season.

Hart played professionally from 1998-2006, with stints in the Oakland, Texas and Minnesota organizations. He made his Major League debut with the Rangers in 2002. He missed the 2004 season following the removal of a benign brain tumor, but returned to the field in 2005 and hit 21 home runs in 128 games with Frisco. He attended Southwest Missouri State University, where he paced the conference in homers in 1997 and was named a Missouri Valley Conference All-Star in 1998.

Jay Sullenger DEVELOPMENT COACH Sullenger serves his seventh year in the Texas organization as a development coach for Frisco. He made his professional managerial debut in 2021, leading the ACL Rangers to a 31-28 record. Sullenger was slated to coach for Hickory in the 2020 season before the cancellation of the campaign. Before joining the professional ranks, he served as head coach at Biola University in California from 2013-2018. In addition to his work at Biola, Sullenger invested in the local community through baseball camps and working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes summer ball team. He began his coaching career in 2000 as a volunteer assistant for James Madison University and finished his tenure in 2011 as associate head coach. Additionally, he worked one season in stadium operations for the Tampa Bay Rays. Sullenger played baseball at Florida Southern and Liberty.

Jorge Hernandez BENCH COACH Hernandez joins the Riders for his first season with the Rangers organization. During 2020, Hernandez managed the Texas Collegiate League Frisco RoughRiders after the Minor League season had been canceled. In 2025, he served as a bench coach for Triple-A Jacksonville and spent 19 seasons with the Marlins as a coach and coordinator. In that stint, he served eight seasons as a manager, most recently in 2022 with High-A Beloit.

Hernandez started his coaching career at the University of Mobile in 1993 as a hitting coach and stayed there through 2001. From there, he coached Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi from 2002-2004 and the University of West Florida in 2006. From 20052006, Hernandez served as the hitting coach for the Independent Pensacola Pelicans.

Hernandez attended Troy State, where he helped them to the 1987 DII World Series Championship

Kiley Brown ATHLETIC TRAINER Brown makes his Double-A debut, serving in his third season in the Rangers system. Before being the athletic trainer for High-A Hub City in 2025, Brown was the ACL Rangers athletic trainer in 2024. He joined the Texas organization in the 2023-24 offseason after completing a student athletic trainer internship with the University of Texas baseball program in 2023. Brown was also a student athletic trainer at Carroll University in 2021. The Louisville, Ky. native holds an associate’s degree in Biology, a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, and a Master’s in Athletic Training. Additionally, he played four years of college baseball as an infielder and pitcher for McHenry County and Upper Iowa.

Brett Platts STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

Platts returns to the RoughRiders for his third season in the Rangers organization and his second in Frisco. In his first year, he was the strength and conditioning coach for the Low-A Down East Wood Ducks before spending a season with the Cubs, working in the Dominican Summer League. The Canada native completed his strength and conditioning internship with the University of Iowa athletic department in 2022 and spent four years with the Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Academy from 2019 through 2022. Platts played two seasons at Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

AS OF 7/7

#2 FRAINYER CHAVEZ

POSITION: INF | DOB: 5/24/1999 | HEIGHT: 5'8" | WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: VALENCIA, VENEZUELA Chavez enters 2026 having played parts of four seasons with Frisco, after being drafted in the 22nd round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of Midland Junior College. The Venezuelan-born infielder went to Little Elm High School, under 10 miles from Riders Field. In his RoughRiders career, coming into 2026, Chavez is a .251 hitter with 12 home runs and 86 RBIs across 220 total games.

He was a postseason hero for the Riders in 2022, hitting the go-ahead single in the 10th inning of the TLCS-clinching win over Wichita.

#4 JULIAN BROCK

POSITION: C | DOB: 6/3/2001 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 220 HOMETOWN: HOUSTON, TX The Rangers selected Brock in the eighth round of the 2023 draft. Before earning a call-up to Frisco on August 5, 2025, the former University of Louisiana-Lafayette standout racked up 503.0 innings behind the dish for High-A Hub City. Defensively, Brock caught 61 runners stealing while also adding 24 RBIs, 12 doubles and 10 stolen bases on offense across 62 games for the Spartanburgers. While with the RoughRiders, the catcher hit .321 across 17 games with an .846 OPS and 10 RBIs.

#5 MARCUS LEE SANG

POSITION: OF | DOB: 1/2/2001 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 200 HOMETOWN: LAUREL, MD 2026 marks the seventh season in Minor League Baseball for Lee Sang, who joined Texas on a MiLB free agent contract over the offseason. Between 2019 and 2025 in the Phillies organization, the Maryland native hit .249 with a .727 career OPS across every level of Minor League Baseball. Lee Sang only played in four games with Double-A Reading last year, but hit .239 with 13 HR and 47 RBI in 103 games back in 2024. He also made his first career appearance in Triple-A with Lehigh Valley. Lee Sang was an 11th-round pick

by Philadelphia in 2019 out of Northern High School in Owings, MD.

#8 DYLAN DREILING

POSITION: OF | DOB: 4/17/2003 | HEIGHT: 5'10" | WEIGHT: 197 HOMETOWN: HAYS, KA Dreiling was drafted by Texas in the second round in 2024 off the back of a national championship with the University of Tennessee, where he was the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Dreiling makes his Double-A debut in 2026 after clubbing 21 doubles and 12 home runs for High-A Hub City last season. Entering 2026, in 134 career Minor League games, Dreiling is slashing .221/.323/.364/.686 and has stolen 20 bases.

#11 KEITH JONES II

POSITION: OF | DOB: 4/29/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 220 HOMETOWN: BRENTWOOD, CA The 23-year-old was assigned to Frisco on July 1 last season and made an immediate impact, homering in his Double-A debut versus the Arkansas Travelers. He’d finish with three long balls and a .244 average in 52 Frisco games. With High-A Hub City in 2025, Jones ranked fifth in the South Atlantic League in OBP (.406) and seventh in OPS (.857), securing June Player of the Month honors. In total, Jones slashed .259/.377/.421/.798 between the two levels. The Rangers took him in the ninth round in 2024 out of New Mexico State, after starting his college career at Washington State.

#12 MAX WAGNER

POSITION: INF | DOB: 8/19/2001 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 215 HOMETOWN: GREEN BAY, WI Wagner signed midseason with the Rangers as a Minor League free agent following four seasons as a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization.

The former Clemson Tiger played 87 games with Double-A Chesapeake last year after missing all but 25 games in 2024 due to hamate bone surgery.

While in college, the eventual second-round pick hit 17 home runs in the last 24 games of his sophomore season to tie the Clemson single-season program record with 27 total on the year.

#13 ORLANDO MARTINEZ

POSITION: OF | DOB: 2/17/1998 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 185 HOMETOWN: HAVANA, CUBA A Minor Leaguer since 2018, Martinez makes his first appearance in the Rangers organization this season. The RoughRiders saw the Cuban outfielder across the Texas League in 2025, as he spent 60 games with the Corpus Christi Hooks in the Astros system. With Corpus Christi, Martinez hit .270 with a .724 OPS and knocked in 25. He also logged 54 games in the independent, unaffiliated Mexican League and clubbed 16 home runs for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes. The 28-year-old’s career started with six seasons in the Angels system, reaching as high as Double-A Rocket City.

#15 ARTURO DISLA

POSITION: 1B | DOB: 10/08/2000| HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 240 HOMETOWN: LA VEGA, D.R. Disla, a Dominican Republic native, was promoted from High-A Hub City to join Frisco in mid-May after batting .314 with six home runs in 30 games as a Spartanburger. The 25-year-old grew up in the D.R. before coming stateside for a scholarship at Southeastern CC in Iowa, before transferring to Plainview, Texas’ Wayland Baptist University. With the nickname, “The Buffalo,” Disla demolished a 481-foot home run for Hub City in the weeks leading up to his promotion.

#16 MALCOLM MOORE

POSITION: C | DOB: 7/31/2003 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 216 HOMETOWN: SACRAMENTO, CA Texas’ first-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Stanford, Moore was promoted to make his Double-A debut during the final series of the first half in June. The catcher started the season by hitting .300 with 10 HR and a .929 OPS in 48 games with High-A Hub City. The Sacramento, CA native hit 31 homers in his two seasons with Stanford, leading the Cardinal to the College World Series in 2023 while winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.

#17 LEANDRO LOPEZ

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 6/17/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 200 HOMETOWN: BONAO, D.R. The 23-year-old was assigned to Frisco from High-A Hub City on July 20th last season. With the Spartanburgers, he posted a 2.19 ERA, a .199 opposing average and 74 strikeouts across 14 starts. In his final five starts in High-A, he notched a 1.93 ERA, eighth-best in the South Atlantic League. Lopez didn’t look back upon arrival in Frisco, twirling a 2.78 ERA across 35.2 innings with 43 strikeouts. Of his nine RoughRiders appearances, eight were starts.

#18 COREY JOYCE

POSITION: INF | DOB: 8/19/1998 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 190 HOMETOWN: LEXINGTON, N.C. Joyce signed with Texas as a Minor League free agent in April after he was released by the Pirates at the end of Spring Training. The middle infielder spent five seasons in the Tigers organization before spending 2025 with the Knoxville Smokies in the Cubs system. The former 12th-round draft pick enters 2026 with 166 career games played at the Double-A level and 70 games in Triple-A.

#20 DALTON PENCE

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 8/28/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 215 HOMETOWN: GASTONIA, N.C. An 11th-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Pence has blossomed into a top prospect in the Rangers organization with his strong start in the Minor Leagues. After being named Texas’ MiLB Pitcher of the Month in April, Pence was promoted to Frisco for his Double-A debut in May. The lefty from the University of North Carolina made 31 appearances and 18 starts in his first full professional season last year, posting a 2.73 ERA in 82.1 innings with 103 strikeouts.

#22 BEN ANDERSON

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 5/2/1998 | HEIGHT: 6'4" | WEIGHT: 200 HOMETOWN: REXFORD, NY Anderson resigned with Texas in January after logging 35 career starts in 39 career appearances as a RoughRider. Over that span, the righthander was 1012 with a 3.98 ERA. Anderson played at the University of Binghamton for three seasons and posted a 2.76 ERA as a senior before the Rangers selected him in the 13th round of the 2019 MLB Draft. Anderson’s brother, Ian, was the third overall pick by Atlanta in 2016 and won the 2021 World Series with the Braves.

#23 JOSH TRENTADUE

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 1/25/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 185 HOMETOWN: RICHMOND, VA. The 2024 Rangers 14th-round pick out of the College of Southern Idaho started last season with High-A Hub City and stymied the South Atlantic League. In 15 appearances and nine starts, the Richmond, VA native allowed just seven earned runs in 54.2 innings. Among pitchers in the SAL who threw at least 50 innings, he led the league in ERA (1.15) and batting average against (.147). From there, the left-hander made seven starts to finish the season with the RoughRiders. Across both levels, Trentadue’s 2025 worked out to a 2.34 ERA in 77.0 IP with 94 total strikeouts.

#24 IAN MOLLER

POSITION: C | DOB: 10/26/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 190 HOMETOWN: DUBUQUE, IOWA Moller was a fourth-round pick by the Rangers in 2021 out of Wahlert High School, forgoing a commitment to LSU. After 15 games with ACL Rangers in 2021, Moller played 155 games over the next two seasons with Low-A Down East. He flashed defensively with High-A Hickory in 2024, ranking third in the South Atlantic League with a .989 fielding percentage and tied for seventh with 22 runners caught stealing. In 2025, Moller made his first Frisco appearance, logging 77 games and over 600 innings behind the plate for the RoughRiders.

#25 ANTHONY SUSAC

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 7/31/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 216 HOMETOWN: SACRAMENTO, CA Susac, given the Croatian nickname “Tonko” by a childhood babysitter, joined the RoughRiders in late June after beginning the year with 20 appearances as a member of the High-A Hub City Spartanburgers. Now in his third year as a member of the Rangers organization, Susac was originally an eighth-round selection by Texas out of the University of Arizona in 2024. He is the cousin of MLB catchers Andrew and Daniel Susac, who were both also Wildcats in college.

#28 DYLAN MACLEAN

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 7/12/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'4" | WEIGHT: 190 HOMETOWN: PORTLAND, OR MacLean, Texas’ fourth-round draft selection in 2020, makes his Double-A debut with Frisco in 2026. The Central Catholic High School product spent 2022 and 2023 with Low-A Down East before starring last season with HighA Hub City. The left-hander twirled a 3.34 ERA across 72.2 innings for the Spartanburgers in 2025. He surrendered just 53 hits and 15 walks for a 0.94 WHIP and added 65 strikeouts. In Hub City’s postseason run, MacLean made two starts and allowed three earned runs in eight total innings.

#30 JANSER LARA

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 8/10/1996 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: SAN CRISTOBAL, D.R The 28-year-old made his return to Minor League Baseball last year for the first time since 2018. In 2015, Lara signed at 19 years old with the Kansas City Royals. The right-hander pitched in the Royals organization from 2016-18, reaching as high as Class-A Lexington. Lara was assigned to Frisco on April 17th and pitched two shutout innings on April 18th. His Double-A debut marked his first MiLB game since Aug. 31, 2018. By season’s end, Lara made 13 appearances and struck out eight hitters over 9.2 innings.

#38 RAFE PERICH

POSITION: INF | DOB: 5/22/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 225 HOMETOWN: ALLENTOWN, PA A product of Lehigh, Perich was originally selected by Texas in the seventh round of the 2024 MLB Draft. After splitting time with Single-A Hickory and High-A Hub City in 2025, the Pennsylvania native returned to Hub City to start 2026 and powered his way to one of the best starts in the Rangers organization. In just 38 games before his promotion to Frisco, the switchhitter clubbed 11 home runs to lead all Texas farmhands after hitting just six long balls in his first 105 career Minor League games.

#40 BRYAN MAGDALENO

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 2/22/2001 | HEIGHT: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 202 HOMETOWN: SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. Magdaleno was named the 2024 Rangers Minor League Reliever of the Year after a dominant season between Low-A Down East, High-A Hickory and Frisco. The southpaw yielded just six earned runs all year, while his .134 batting average against was tied for second among MiLB pitchers (min. 40 innings). From July 3rd to Sept. 7th, he pitched 19 consecutive innings without allowing a hit between the three levels. Magdaleno had a 6.31 ERA in his first full season with Frisco last year across 36 appearances. The Santo Domingo, DR native has now pitched five years in the Rangers organization.

#43 AIDAN CURRY

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 7/25/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'5" | WEIGHT: 205 HOMETOWN: OSSINING, NY Curry, a non-drafted free agent out of Fordham Prep HS in New York in 2020, joined the RoughRiders after a late-May promotion from High-A Hub City. In seven starts with the Spartanburgers to begin 2026, the right-hander pitched his way to a 3.48 ERA in 31 innings with 42 strikeouts. The 23-year-old has crossed the 100 strikeout mark in three straight seasons. While with the Single-A Down East Wood Ducks, Curry was named the 2023 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year.

#46 ZACH BRYANT

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 6/5/1998 | HEIGHT: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 210 HOMETOWN: DAYTONA BEACH, FL Bryant joined Texas over the offseason after spending time in the Red Sox organization. The Florida native started his career as a 15th-round draft pick by the Cubs in 2019 and joined Boston’s High-A affiliate, Greenville, in 2021.

Since 2022, the righty has spent all of his time with Double-A Portland and owns a 6.26 ERA across 79 appearances at the level.

#49 JOEY DANIELSON

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 1/11/2001 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 235 HOMETOWN: EDINA, MN Danielson earned a June promotion to the RoughRiders after a dominant start to 2026 with High-A Hub City. The 25-year-old made 20 appearances to start the season with the Spartanburgers and recorded a save in seven of them. Across 21.2 innings, Danielson allowed just three earned runs for a 1.25 ERA. In a 2025 season that saw him make 49 total appearances, Danielson made his Double-A debut with Frisco last year, striking out 19 batters in 14.2 innings. He was originally a 17th-round pick in 2024 out of North Dakota State.

#51 DUSTIN SAENZ

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 6/2/1999 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 197 HOMETOWN: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX Saenz is familiar with Texas, having grown up in Corpus Christi and played collegiately at Texas A&M. The left-handed pitcher signed with Texas in April as a Minor League free agent and joined the RoughRiders in May. A former fourth-round pick, Saenz began his pro career in the Nationals system, reaching as high as Triple-A in his five years with Washington affiliates.

#52 JONATHAN BRAND

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 2/20/2000 | HEIGHT: 5'9" | WEIGHT: 200 HOMETOWN: COLUMBUS, GA Brand enters his fifth season of Minor League Baseball in 2026 and his first as a member of the Rangers organization. The righty brings his career 3.17 ERA to Frisco after pitching across all four levels in Boston’s system. Brand, a former eighth-rounder out of Miami University of Ohio, had a 3.48 ERA with Double-A Portland last season after posting a 0.89 mark in High-A Greenville and making one appearance with Triple-A Worcester. Texas selected the Georgian in the Minor League phase of MLB’s Rule 5 Draft.

#54 BLAKE TOWNSEND

POSITION: LHP | DOB: 4/5/2001 | HEIGHT: 6'4" | WEIGHT: 245 HOMETOWN: TRARALGON, VIC, AUSTRALIA The left-handed Townsend signed with Texas as a Minor League free agent in January. After four seasons in the Mariners system, his last two years came as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Last season, Townsend had a 2.05 ERA in 66 innings with Double-A Altoona and earned the chance to pitch in Triple-A for the first time with the Indianapolis Indians, working a scoreless 2.1 IP outing. A native Australian, Townsend is a two-time participant in the World Baseball Classic with Team Australia. Between 2023 and 2026, he didn’t allow a hit or a run across three WBC appearances.

#61 COLE STASIO

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 9/10/2001 | HEIGHT: 6'5" | WEIGHT: 220 HOMETOWN: DAVIE, FL Stasio, who played collegiately in Texas at Baylor, signed with Texas as a free agent for the 2026 season to make his Minor League debut. He converted all four of his save opportunities with High-A Hub City, posting a 1.33 ERA through 27 innings to earn a promotion to Frisco in June. The 24year old also made one scoreless appearance with Triple-A Round Rock earlier in the season, covering two innings.

#67 ERIC LOOMIS

POSITION: RHP | DOB: 3/27/2002 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 195 HOMETOWN: BRENTWOOD, MO The Rangers selected Loomis in the 16th round of the 2024 Draft. The righthanded pitcher started last season in Low-A and finished the year two levels higher with a seven-game stint in Frisco, ending his season as the Rangers Minor League Reliever of the Year. Loomis had a 2.89 ERA across seven appearances with Low-A Hickory and leveled up with a 1.80 mark and an astronomical 55 strikeouts in 35 innings with High-A Hub City. From there, the 23-year-old struck out 15 Texas Leaguers in 7.2 innings of work.

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FEATURE STORY

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back Malcolm Moore does not mince words when it comes to his 2025 season. “It sucked,” the catcher reflected, sitting on the dugout bench in Amarillo, Tex., two weeks into his Double-A career. “Like, last year really sucked. There’s no way around it.”

Texas’ 2024 first-round pick out of Stanford never had the chance to set a season foundation, as his first full year in the Minor Leagues got derailed from the jump. Moore, 22, fractured his finger behind the plate on a foul tip just nine games into the season in April.

What he called a lonely and difficult rehab process lasted over two months before he was cleared to return to game action in mid-June.

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back Once back on the field, the top prospect still struggled, failing to find success for really the first time in his baseball life. Moore hit just .198 with High-A Hub City and, after hitting 31 home runs in two college seasons with the Cardinal, homered just three times across 57 games for the Spartanburgers.

Despite a year frustrating enough to mess with even the sharpest mind, Moore picked a different perspective.

“I’m glad that it happened,” Moore said.

“It was probably the worst possible season I could have had and I learned so much and just found out so much about myself that I probably wouldn’t have found out any other way than just through that struggle.”

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back It’s that point of view that liberated Moore from the lows of 2025 and helped him turn the corner to a clean slate in 2026 that he’s taken full advantage of. In the span of two years in the pros, he’s flipped from a first-round pick with promise to a doubted prospect dropped by pretty much every publication and now back to the frontrunner for Texas’ future catcher plans with a midseason promotion to Frisco.

The central focus of Moore’s offseason reflection was the fear of failure, which he said is a “big thing” in baseball and certainly followed him through his sophomore MiLB season, one he called an “internal battle.”

“I definitely don’t know how to handle it 100%,” Moore said. “I don’t think anybody does and if they tell you that they are, they’re probably lying.”

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back The Sacramento, Calif. native grew up ahead of the pack athletically, had an offer from Stanford as a freshman at C.K. McClathy High School, won California Gatorade Player of the Year twice and then took the Cardinal to Omaha in 2023, while being named the Pac12’s best freshman along the way and earning a spot on the Team USA Collegiate National Team. That means 2025 was Moore’s first foray into failure – a scary thing to experience in your first year spent in a professional clubhouse.

“Not a lot of people talk about it and people will say, ‘Oh, you’re not tough if you feel those kind of emotions,’ and I definitely felt that way last year,” Moore reflected. “I felt nervous and kind of tried to hide those feelings because you look around and everybody else seems so confident and they’re not showing it at all.”

“Being able to notice when I’m feeling down, or I’m feeling anxious, nervous, any emotion has definitely helped me be present,” he concluded. “Just accepting that those failures can happen and probably will happen has been big.”

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back Armed with a fully healthy finger and newfound mental freedom, Moore returned to Hub City to start the 2026 season, stayed afloat in April and then went on a hitting spree in May. The catcher slugged six home runs in the month and hit .386 across 21 games for the ‘Burgers, adding eight doubles and 19 RBI. Two weeks after the month ended, Moore was promoted to Frisco.

Moore’s 2026 contributions have not just been limited to what he has done with the bat. He has also arguably been the most impactful defensive catcher at any level to begin the season. As of July 9, Moore has caught 39 would-be base stealers, six more than any other catcher in Minor League Baseball. For a former prep player that scouts, or “haters” if you ask him, deemed a future first baseman, Moore has proven that he belongs behind the plate.

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back Moore’s arrival in Double-A aligned with Frisco’s chase towards a Texas League First Half Championship, as his first series as a RoughRiders was also the last series of the half. On just his third day at the Double-A level, Moore got to celebrate the clinch with teammates both new and old. After self-described struggles acclimating to a new group of people in 2025, the celebration was extra special for Moore.

“It was honestly awesome for more reasons than just the party afterwards,” he said.

“Coming in with a new group of guys, it could be a little tough… So having that night where everybody’s like not in a baseball game and we’re all just hanging out, I think that was big ” “You kind of just get to know people on a personal level a little bit better and break the ice of being new teammates,” Moore continued. “It was really cool. I’m glad I was a part of that.”

Malcolm Moore: The Battle Back Moore homered twice in his first two weeks as a RoughRider, took over as the team’s primary catcher and enjoyed the success at the start of his Double-A career. Despite that, he wanted to stay far away from setting result-oriented goals.

“The big thing that just keeps coming back to me is just being present,” Moore said. “It’s easy to tell yourself goals of, ‘Hey, I want to be here, I want to be there.’ But the reality is, if you’re trying to be somewhere else, then it's hard to be where you’re at.”

“The big goal for me this year is just: How can I enjoy these guys? How can I make the best friends I can and, at the end of the year, I’m not going to remember how I did on a specific day, but I will remember the people that I met along the way,” he concluded.

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