JULIOVALDEZ PITCHINGCOACH
Julio Valdez joins Frisco after serving as the pitching coach for High-A Hickory in 2024 and with Low-A Down East before that in 2023. Starting his sixth season with the Rangers organization, he had previously held the same role for the Arizona Complex League Rangers (2022) and the Dominican Summer League Rangers (2020-2021) Valdez started his coaching career with his alma mater, Alabama State, in 2017 before transitioning to the Director of Pitching at the Texas Pitching Institute in El Paso He spent two years at TPI before taking the me role at Baseball Rebellion in Durham, his last stop before joining the Rangers organization
RYANTUNTLAND HITTING COACH
Tuntland will return to Frisco in 2025 after serving as the club’s hitting coach in both 2023 and 2024 Under Tuntland, the 2024 RoughRiders finished third in franchise history with 150 steals and fifth in walks (481) In 2023, the Riders set franchise records with 680 walks and a 355 team on-base percentage Starting his fourth season with the Rangers organization, Tuntland was the hitting coach for Hickory in 2022 after serving as the hitting coach for the Arizona Complex League Rangers in 2021. From 2016 to 2018, the Illinois native coached in the collegiate ranks at Oakton CC, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Virginia, his alma mater. Tuntland was drafted in the 29th round of the 2013 aft by San Francisco, hitting .227/.345/.338/.683 over his two seasons.
TYLERWOLFE
HITTING COACH
Wolfe will return to the RoughRiders for his second season in Double-A and his third season in the Rangers system In 2023, he served as the hitting coach for the ACL Rangers, helping guide an offense that finished with the second-most total bases in the ACL and tied for the second-most home runs Prior to joining the Rangers, Wolfe served two years as a hitting coordinator at Cressy Sports Performance in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Before that, he coached for two seasons in the St. Louis farm system with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and spent four seasons as the head coach for Minnesota Blizzard Baseball, a 15U fall league team in Minneapolis/St. Paul. As a player, he was a 39th-round selection by the Astros in 2016 out of Kansas State University, reaching Double-A Corpus Christi.
KAWIKAEMSLEY-PAI BENCHCOACH
Emsley-Pai returns to the RoughRiders in 2025, where he specializes in working with the Frisco catchers. In 2024, Riders’ catchers allowed just 101 steals, tied for the fewest among all full-season MiLB teams, while throwing out 26 percent of potential base stealers. In 2023, RoughRiders' catchers had the second-fewest wild pitches and passed balls in the Texas League. After coaching collegiately from 2019-2021 as the head coach of Centralia College in Washington state, he joined the Rangers organization in 2022 with the Hickory Crawdads A former catcher, Emsley-Pai played six seasons in the minor leagues for the ondbacks (2010) and Pirates (2011-15) systems, making his highest stop at Double-A Altoona in 2014
CARSONPHILLIPS BULLPENCOACH
Phillips marks another new face to the staff, joining the Rangers organization for his primary year after serving as a bullpen coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization for the last two seasons (2023-2024). He was with High-A Vancouver in 2024 and Triple-A Buffalo in 2023 after being a graduate assistant with the University of Arizona baseball team in 2022. Phillips also pitched at California Baptist, San Diego Mesa Community College and Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State).
MICHAELTHEILE ATHLETIC TRAINER
Theile heads to Frisco for his first season as well, spending his fourth year within the Rangers organization. The Milwaukee, WI native served as the athletic trainer for the Low-A Down East Wood Ducks in 2024 after being with the ACL affiliate in both 2022 and 2023. After attending both Marquette University and Georgia State (master’s degree), he served as an athletic training fellow at Florida Atlantic University, working with the baseball and cheer teams from June to December 2021.
STRENGTHANDCONDITIONINGCOACH
BRETTPLATTS
Platts returns to the RoughRiders for his third season in the Rangers organization in 2025 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 8/21/2025
JAX BIGGERS
POSITION: INF | DOB: 4/7/1997 | HEIGHT: 5'9" | WEIGHT: 175
HOMETOWN: MISSOURI CITY, TX
Biggers has spent parts of four seasons with Frisco and was part of the 2022 Texas League Championship team. He was assigned to the Riders on May 31 after working back from injury with ACL Rangers Biggers spent all of 2024 with Triple-A Round Rock, batting .275 in 119 games. He also won the True Ranger Award, given to a player who represents the core values of the organization on and off the field. An eighth-round pick by the Rangers in 2018, Biggers played collegiately at Arkansas, where he helped the Razorbacks to the CWS Finals that season
WILIAN BORMIE
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 2/23/03 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 2175
HOMETOWN: BARAHONA, DR
Bormie signed a minor league contract with the Rangers in December of 2019 and began playing in the Rangers organization in August of 2022. After posting a 3.86 ERA with High-A Hub City in 2025, he was promoted to Frisco on August 5, 2025. Across 33 relief appearances for the Spartanburgers, the right-hander struck out 76 batters across 52 innings of work while walking 29 batters. Opposing hitters hit just .209 against him Bormie tabbed his best month with Hub City in April, registering a 0.73 ERA across 12.1 innings of work.
JULIAN BROCK
POSITION: C | DOB: 6/3/01 | 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 batters stealing while also adding 24 RBIs, 12 doubles and 10 stolen bases on offense across 62 games for the Spartanburgers. In August of 2024, Brock went 11-for-20 at the plate in a series to earn Carolina League Player of the Week and bat .392 during that month to earn Carolina League Player of the Month honors with Single-A Down East
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 9/13/1998 | HEIGHT: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 170
GERARDO CARRILLO
HOMETOWN: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
Carrillo signed a Minor League contract with the Rangers in December of 2023 and was assigned to Frisco on April 24 He missed the 2024 campaign due to injury. He was originally signed by the Dodgers in 2016, where he reached as high as Double-A Tulsa in 2021. That year, he was traded to the Nationals for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner along with C Keibert Ruiz, RHP Josiah Gray and OF Donovan Casey. With the Nats organization, 20 of his 29 appearances came with Double-A Harrisburg His brother Raúl has pitched 16 seasons in the Mexican League.
POSITION: SS | DOB: 2/6/03 | HEIGHT: 5'10" | WEIGHT: 170
CAM CAULEY
HOMETOWN: HOUSTON, TX
Cauley, MLB Pipeline’s No 21 Rangers prospect, was a third-round pick by the Rangers in 2021 out of Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas Entering 2025, the Houston native leads the Rangers organization with 101 stolen bases since 2022. In 93 games with Hickory in 2024, Cauley clubbed 35 extra-base hits and stole 27 bases. Ahead of the 2025 season Baseball America named him the Fastest Baserunner, Best and Best Defensive Infielder in the Texas organization. At Barbers starred on the gridiron and was an All-State wide receiver
FRAINYER CHAVEZ
POSITION: SS | DOB: 6/6/97 | HEIGHT: 5'8" | WEIGHT: 170
HOMETOWN: VALENCIA, VENEZUELA
Chavez enters 2025 having played parts of three seasons with Frisco after being drafted in the 22nd round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of Midland Junior College. In 2024, Chavez batted .250 with four homers and 42 RBI in 78 games with Frisco before playing 35 games with TripleA Round Rock. 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. The Venezuelan-born Chavez went to Little Elm High School, under 10 miles from Riders Field.
SE CORNIELL
N: RHP | DOB: 6/22/03 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 165
OWN: SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
7 Rangers prospect tossed two hitless innings in his Double-A n July 19 versus Corpus Christi. It marked his first non-rehab nce since the 2023 season where he earned Nolan Ryan Pitcher Year honors. Between Low-A Down East and High-A Hickory, he gers Minor Leaguers in ERA, K%, BB% and opposing average At years old, Texas added him to the 40-man roster after the season.
JOEY DANIELSON
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 1/11/01 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 235
HOMETOWN: EDINA, MN
Danielson was a 17th-round selection by the Rangers in 2024. The 24year-old right-hander was promoted to Frisco on July 29, 2025, after a stellar stint in High-A Hub City. The former North Dakota State Bison pitched in 34 games out of the bullpen for the Spartanburgers, boasting a 3.70 ERA across 41.1 innings of work. Danielson struck out 48 batters while walking just 15 At North Dakota State, he earned 2024 All-Summit League First Team honors and finished third in school history for saves in a single season with 11
'1" | WEIGHT: 175
UELA
isco after a dominant start with otion, Davalillo ranked fourth in and led the SAL in ERA (2.12). Hickory in 2024, Davalillo led Rangers farmhand since former her Pompeyo played one MLB g leaguer, dad David played in LAA’s No. 14 prospect.
" | WEIGHT: 200
ee agent in May of 2019 After began his 2025 season as a Across 17 starts and 18 total posted a 2.83 ERA with 90 ngs pitched, Gonzalez limited rage against him Before his alez was named South Atlantic seven scoreless innings in Hub
" | WEIGHT: 220
o on July 1 and made an -A debut versus Arkansas With South Atlantic League in OBP ing June Player of the Month ound pick in 2024 out of New or the Dick Howser Trophy. st
JACKSON KELLEY
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 4/26/00 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 185
HOMETOWN: MARIETTA, GA
The submarining right-hander returns to Frisco after rehabbing from a torn lat with the ACL Rangers In 2024 between High-A Hickory and Frisco, he held opponents to a .166 average in 42 appearances. The Rangers drafted Kelley in the 12 round of the 2022 after a decorated career at Mercer University In his final season as a Bear in 2022, he earned First Team All-SoCon honors and was a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year, posting a 1 35 ERA in 60 innings
LARSON KINDREICH
POSITION: LHP | DOB: 6/21/1999 | HEIGHT: 6'4" | WEIGHT: 210
HOMETOWN: MEDFORD, OR
Kindreich was assigned to Frisco on May 2 after going 3-0 and not allowing an earned run across seven appearances with High-A Hub City He picked up the save in his 2025 Riders debut on May 4 versus Wichita. In 2024, Kindreich came back from an injury and rehab assignment with ACL Rangers to post a 1.62 ERA with High-A Hickory and earn a promotion to Frisco With the Riders, he held opponents to a 250 average. Kindreich was an eighth round pick by Texas in 2021 out of Division II Biola College (CA), earning NCAA Division II West All-Region First Team honors in 2021
RYAN LOBUS
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 9/8/00 | HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 180
HOMETOWN: WOODSTOCK, GA
Lobus signed with Texas as a Non-Drafted Free Agent on July 18, 2023 after three seasons at Mercer University and one at Chattanooga State Community College, where he started as a position player In his first Minor League season, Lobus shined in 27 appearances, including 12 starts, between Low-A Down East, High-A Hickory and Frisco The Marietta, Georgia native posted a 2.96 ERA and 134 strikeouts while his 35.8% strikeout rate ranked second in MiLB (min 90 IP) Lobus made six appearances for Frisco, including two in the postseason.
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 3/27/02 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 195
ERIC LOOMIS
HOMETOWN: BRENTWOOD, MO
The Rangers selected Loomis in the 16th round of the 2024 Draft. The right-handed pitcher has been promoted twice this season, earning a promotion to High-A Hub City on May 2, 2025, and a call-up to Frsico on July 29, 2025 Across his 32 combined appearances at Low-A Hickory and Hub City, Loomis owned a 30% strikeout rate between the two stops. Among arms with at least 30 innings pitched, he led the South Atlantic League with a .116 batting average against. In his final season at Missouri State, Loomis ranked eighth in school history for appearances in a season (29).
T: 6'1" | WEIGHT: 200 UBLIC
co from High-A Hub City on July sted a 2 19 ERA, a 199 opposing arts. In his final five starts in Highn the South Atlantic League Lopez o starts, with Hickory last season n. He returned to start three out of Arizona Fall League
NO
6'1" | WEIGHT: 202
inor League Reliever of the Year A Down East, High-A Hickory and rned runs all year, while his .134 cond among MiLB pitchers (min tched 19-straight innings without The Santo Domingo, DR native ers organization after signing a
T: 5'8" | WEIGHT: 185
r league contract with the Rangers on h-round draft pick of the Red Sox in of professional baseball experience to ortland (Red Sox), Marrero batted 268 across 50 games. The catcher also has r games with the Worcester Red Sox in nd Rock Express in 2025. Elih’s father 10 seasons, primarily with the St Louis
GHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 180 R
epublic native signed a Minor League 2024 and re-signed on Nov. 18, 2024. ague seasons with the Chicago White a MiLB.com Organizational All-Star in m and Double-A Birmingham. After d list and a rehab stint, he played 83 d Frisco. With the RoughRiders, Mieses batted 281 with six homers and 20 RBI in 33 games
DANIEL MISSAKI
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 4/9/96 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 170
HOMETOWN: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
The 29-year-old from Japan first made headlines when he pitched for Brazil in the 2013 World Baseball Classic at just 16 years old Fast forward to 2024, Missaki made 20 appearances between ACL Cubs, Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa in 2024, his first Minor League season since 2015 in the Mariners system. That year, he was part of a trade that sent RHP Freddy Peralta and RHP Carlos Herrera to the Brewers for 1B Adam Lind. After being released, he embarked on a pro career overseas, pitching in Japan, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela and is now back in the states looking to make the big leagues
N MOLLER
ON: C | DOB: 10/26/02 | HEIGHT: 6'0" | WEIGHT: 190
TOWN: DUBUQUE, IA
was a fourth-round pick by the Rangers in 2021 out of Wahlert chool, forgoing a commitment to LSU After 15 games with ACL rs in 2021, Moller played 155 games over the next two seasons with Down East He flashed defensively with High-A Hickory in 2024, g third in the South Atlantic League with a .989 fielding percentage ed for seventh with 22 runners caught stealing. His 16 stolen bases xas Minor League catchers
BER RODRIGUEZ
N: SS | DOB: 10/24/00 | HEIGHT: 5'8" | WEIGHT: 178
OWN: MARACAY, VENEZUELA
ez enters his eighth season in the Rangers organization after a Minor League Contract on July 2, 2017 He first reached Frisco batting .242 in 41 games. In 2024, he hit .234/.285/.369/.654 is 139 defensive assists ranked 10th among Texas League ps. The Maracay, Venezuela native won the 2021 True Ranger given to the Rangers Minor Leaguer who exemplifies the core f the organization both on and off the field
POSITION: OF | DOB: 9/11/00 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 185
MARCUS SMITH
HOMETOWN: KANSAS CITY, MO
The Kansas City, MO native was originally a third round pick by the Athletics in 2019 before being dealt to the Rangers along with former Rider Dustin Harris for LHP Mike Minor on Sept. 18, 2020. Smith was assigned to Frisco on June 3 after hitting 283 with four homers and 10 RBI’s with Triple-A Round Rock. The 24-year-old speedster has stolen 81 bases in five seasons in the Rangers system, including a career-high 47 in 2022 with Low-A Down East. A star at Pembroke Hill HS (MO), Smith was mmitted to play collegiately at the University of Michigan.
POSITION: RHP | DOB: 4/15/02 | HEIGHT: 6'3" | WEIGHT: 185
JOSH STEPHAN
HOMETOWN: GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
Stephan, MLB Pipeline’s No 30 Rangers prospect, signed as a NonDrafted Free Agent on June 16, 2020, foregoing a commitment to Stephen F Austin He broke out in 2023, earning South Atlantic League All-Star honors and a promotion to Frisco. The Grand Prairie, Texas native made one start with the RoughRiders before an injury shut him down the rest of the season. In 2024, Stephan posted a 4.94 ERA across 12 games/11 starts before a UCL sprain ended his season. He re-emerged in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the All-AFL Team
IGHT: 185
s promoted to Double-A with nine starts in Highpitching prospect in the eague in ERA (1.15) and s with over 50 innings k out 71 batters while ck spent two seasons at the 2023 junior college ings)
GHT: 190
No. 4 overall prospect, ise history to reach the he batted .348 (8-for-23) Atlantic League All-Star, ckory and Frisco, he led nd 34 doubles Baseball e Player of the Year, as Best Infield Arm.
ERY WEEMS
ON: LHP | DOB: 6/6/97 | HEIGHT: 6'2" | WEIGHT: 205
TOWN: FLAGSTAFF, AZ
-year-old lefty was a sixth-round pick by the Chicago White Sox in ut of the University of Arizona. That season, he was named a Short A Pioneer League All-Star with the Great Falls Voyagers Along HP Dane Dunning, Weems was dealt to Texas in exchange for RHP Lynn on 12/8/2020 With Frisco in 2022, he ranked third on the n strikeouts (107). Weems missed 2023 after undergoing “Tommy surgery and was limited to seven appearances, including one start, en Hickory and Round Rock due to a different injury in 2024.
AARON ZAVALA
POSITION: OF | DOB: 6/24/00 | HEIGHT: 5'11" | WEIGHT: 193
HOMETOWN: KEIZER, OR
The University of Oregon product was a second-round pick by Texas in 2021 – the highest-drafted position player in the Oregon baseball modern era Zavala was the 2021 Pac-12 Player of the Year and a First Team AllAmerican by five media outlets. After 22 games with ACL Rangers and Low-A Down East in 2021, Zavala was a Baseball America High-A All-Star in 2022 with Hickory, totaling 11 homers and 41 RBI. Zavala has played his last 243 games with Frisco, notching 15 homers and 113 RBI In 2024, he played a career-high 118 games, hitting .224/.333/.305/.638.
