Texas Rangers minor league players
Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Texas Rangers:
Players
Dane Acker
Dane Harrison Acker is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.Acker attended Brenham High School in Brenham, Texas. Acker pitched to a 5–2 record with a 1.79 ERA his senior season of 2017. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Rice University to play for the Owls. Acker went 5–2 with a 4.20 ERA and 32 strikeouts over innings his freshman season. Following that year, he transferred to San Jacinto College. As a sophomore with San Jacinto in 2019, Acker went 10–0 with a 2.36 ERA and 97 strikeouts over innings. Acker was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2019 MLB draft, but did not sign and transferred to the University of Oklahoma to play for the Sooners. Acker played for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2019. In the COVID shortened season of 2020, Acker went 1–1 with a 3.51 ERA and 28 strikeouts over innings for OU. In a game on March 1, Acker threw a no-hitter versus LSU, in which he recorded 11 strikeouts. Acker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 2020 MLB draft. He signed with them for a $447,400 signing bonus.
Acker did not play professionally in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 6, 2021, Acker, Khris Davis, and Jonah Heim were traded to Texas Rangers in exchange for Elvis Andrus, Aramis Garcia and cash considerations.
Acker made two starts for the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A East in 2021 before suffering a torn UCL and underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2021. After successfully rehabbing, Acker returned to game action in July 2022. He split the remainder of 2022 between the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 0–3 with a 6.31 ERA and 31 strikeouts over innings. Acker opened the 2023 season on the injured list, until May 24 when he was assigned back to Hickory. Over 6 games with Hickory, he went 0–0 with a 2.11 ERA and 25 strikeouts over innings. He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League on July 3. Over 46 innings for Frisco, Acker went 1–1 with a 2.74 ERA and 51 strikeouts.
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Robby Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom attended North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Chemeketa Community College. During his freshman season of 2018, he went 4–3 with a 2.55 ERA and 84 strikeouts, while hitting.302 as a utility player. He then transferred to The University of Oregon to play college baseball for the Ducks. Ahlstrom played three seasons for Oregon. His best season was as a senior when he went 9–3 with a 2.50 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 90 innings. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Ahlstrom was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th Round of the 2021 MLB draft and signed with them. He did not play professionally in 2021 after signing.
On April 2, 2022, Ahlstrom and Albert Abreu were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Jose Trevino. He split the 2022 season between the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 2–10 with a 5.04 ERA and 106 strikeouts over innings. He split the 2023 season between Hickory and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League, going a combined 3–1 with a 3.86 ERA and 79 strikeouts over innings. Following that season, he played in the Puerto Rican Winter League for the Cangrejeros de Santurce, going 2–0 with a 0.64 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 14 innings. Ahlstrom split the 2024 season between Frisco and the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, going a combined 6–1 with a 2.53 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 64 innings. He opened the 2025 season splitting time between Frisco and Round Rock.
Carter Baumler
Baumler grew up in Grimes, Iowa, and attended Dowling Catholic High School. He had committed to play college baseball at TCU.
Baumler was selected in the 5th round of the 2020 MLB draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He signed with the team and received a $1.5 million signing bonus. Baumler did not play minor league baseball as the minor league season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He took part in the Orioles' fall instructional league, but tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, requiring him to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the entire 2021 season. Baumler was assigned to the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds in May 2022 to begin his professional career.
On August 16, 2025, while playing for the High-A Aberdeen IronBirds, Baumler combined with Luis De León, Jacob Cravey, and Zane Barnhart to no-hit the Hudson Valley Renegades.
On December 10, 2025, Baumler was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 draft and then was traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitcher Jaiker Garcia and cash considerations immediately after.
Cam Cauley
Cameron Andrew Cauley is an American professional baseball infielder in the Texas Rangers organization.Cauley attended Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. Cauley played on the Babers Hill football team, where he was an all-state wide receiver his junior year. During his senior season of 2021, Cauley hit.450 with 6 home runs, 35 RBI, and 52 stolen bases and won the Class 5A Baseball State Championship. He was named the All-Greater Houston hitter of the year by the Houston Chronicle. Cauley had committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech. Entering the 2021 draft, he was ranked as the 85th overall prospect by Baseball America, the 92nd by MLB Pipeline, and the 138th by ESPN. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round, with the 73rd overall selection, in the 2021 MLB draft. He signed with Texas for an over-slot $1MM signing bonus.
Cauley made his professional debut in 2021 with the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, hitting.255/.311/.383/.694 with 17 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 24 games. He spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, hitting.209/.306/.289/.595 with 2 home runs, 21 RBI, and 38 stolen bases over 77 games. Returning to Down East to open the 2023 season, Cauley hit.244/.331/.405/.736 with 7 home runs, 33 RBI, and 22 stolen bases over 66 games. He was promoted to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League on July 18. Over 34 games for Hickory in 2023, Cauley hit.248/.336/.424/.760 with 5 home runs, 24 RBI, and 14 stolen bases. Following the 2023 season, Cauley played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.
Aidan Curry
Aidan Curry is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.Curry attended Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, New York City. Curry had committed to play college baseball at Bucknell University. Curry had his senior season of high school in 2020 wiped out due to the response to COVID-19 pandemic. Curry went undrafted in the shortened five-round 2020 MLB draft. Instead, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers for a $20,000 signing bonus.
Curry made his professional debut in 2021 with the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going 0–1 with a 13.79 ERA and 23 strikeouts over innings. He split the 2022 season between the ACL Rangers and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going a combined 1–1 with a 4.23 ERA and 56 strikeouts over innings. Curry split the 2023 season between Down East and the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going a combined 6–3 with a 2.75 ERA and 104 strikeouts over innings.
David Davalillo
David Alejandro Davalillo is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball.Davalillo signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in January 2021, and was released in 2022 without pitching in any games with the organization. In June 2022, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Rangers.
Davalillo pitched 2023 with the rookie-level Arizona Complex League Rangers and Down East Wood Ducks and 2024 with Down East and the Hickory Crawdads. He started 2025 with the Hub City Spartanburgers. Davalillo made 23 appearances for Hub City and the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, posting a combined 6-4 record and 2.44 ERA with 126 strikeouts over 107 innings of work.
On November 18, 2025, Davalillo's contract was selected by Texas, in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Trevor Hauver
Trevor James Hauver is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization.Hauver attended Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona, where he played shortstop for the baseball team. The Kansas City Royals selected him in the 37th round of the 2017 MLB draft. Hauver did not sign with the Royals, and attended Arizona State University, where he played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In 2018 and 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
The New York Yankees selected Hauver in the third round, with the 99th overall selection, of the 2020 MLB draft. He did not make his professional debut in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He began the 2021 season with the Tampa Tarpons of the Low-A Southeast. He hit six home runs over his first five professional games. He was named the Low-A Southeast Player of the Week for the week of May 4 to 9, and Player of the Month for May.
On July 29, 2021, Hauver along with Josh Smith, Glenn Otto, and Ezequiel Durán were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Joey Gallo and Joely Rodríguez. Hauver was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A East following the trade, and hit.246/.357/.426/.783 with six home runs and 21 RBIs over 33 games for them. Hauver split the 2022 season between Hickory and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double–A Texas League, hitting a combined.220/.387/.427 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI. He played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League following the 2022 season. Hauver returned to Frisco for the 2023 season, hitting.260/.375/.429/.803 with 12 home runs and 59 RBI.
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