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Sebastian Walcott, the Rangers’ top prospect, played last night in the Arizona Complex League, his first game since UCL brace surgery in February. He went 1 for 3 with a double and two runs scored.

As these things go, this new TV debacle is not a good look for a Major League franchise.

I think we should be rewarded with an expanded trade deadline budget. 🤷

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Jacob Latz made us proud last night. He was needed for one out and got it by striking out Luis Arraez, who has only struck out 16 times this season in 402 plate appearances.

The rotation after the break is going to be a work in progress. We know we have:

1 - deGrom
2 - Eovaldi
3 - Gore

But 4 and 5? It's been Quantrill and Rocker, but Jordan Montgomery could join the big league club next week, and Cody Bradford a couple of weeks after. What would you do, and who would be in our bullpen, which also needs some help?

Happy birthday to former Ranger David Carpenter!

David Carpenter pitched for the Texas Rangers during the 2019 Major League Baseball season, appearing in 4 games out of the bullpen and posting a 5.40 ERA. A journeyman right-handed reliever, he also played for the Astros, Braves, Yankees, Nationals, and Blue Jays throughout his career.

Texas Rangers '26 Draft Review - 7th Round

RHP CADEN AOKI (7th round, 207th overall) – Aoki, 23, tallied 23 appearances/9 starts, at the University of Georgia in 2026, going 9-2 with a 4.11 ERA (42 ER/92.0 IP), 116 strikeouts, and 33 walks during his graduate senior campaign. In his final collegiate start on June 15 against eventual College World Series-champion Oklahoma, the right-hander authored a complete game (8.0 IP, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO).

He spent his freshman year (2022) at the University of Notre Dame and transferred to USC, where he pitched for three seasons (2023-25) ahead of his Georgia tenure, as he logged a career 21-14 record, 3.79 ERA, and 312 strikeouts across 65 collegiate games/47 starts. Hailing from Huntington Beach, Calif., Aoki was a four-year letterman at Huntington Beach H.S., where he posted a 9-0 record and 0.93 ERA as a senior.

Happy Birthday to former Ranger Pepe Frias!

He played for the Texas Rangers during the 1980 season, serving primarily as a shortstop and utility infielder.

He was acquired by Texas on December 6, 1979, from the Atlanta Braves alongside Adrian Devine in a multi-player trade for Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks, and cash.

Rangers Draft Review Round 6:

RHP AIDAN BRAINARD (6th round, 178th overall) – The 22-year-old Brainard was selected to the All-Mountain West First Team as a senior in 2026, posting a 5-4 record in 15 games/10 starts for the Wolfpack in 2026, including a 4-0 record and 2.66 ERA with 48 strikeouts over 39.0 innings in Mountain West play.

Prior to his Nevada tenure, the righty spent time at Regis University (2025) and Northeast (Neb.) Community College (2023-24). The Littleton, Colo. native prepped at Columbine H.S., where he was a unanimous First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior.

Congrats to Frisco Roughrider 3rd baseman Rafe Perich, who was named Texas League Player of the Week!

Perich becomes the third RoughRider to be named either player of the week or pitcher of the week in 2026.

Last week at Corpus Christi, Perich led the Texas League with four home runs.

Perich hit .423 (11-for-28)/.464/1.000/1.464 with three doubles, four home runs, six RBIs, two walks, and six runs scored on the week. He clubbed two homers on Sunday's series finale for his first career Double-A multi-home run game, and his third of the season overall.

In July, Perich is hitting .419/.500/.860/1.360 with four home runs and eight RBIs in 11 games. He is the only player in Double-A to have five three-hit games in the month.

On the season, the former Rangers seventh-round pick in 2024 leads the Texas organization with 21 home runs between High-A Hub City and Frisco, slashing .313/.407/.633/1.040. He is fifth in all of Minor League Baseball in both slugging percentage (.633) and OPS (1.040).