Texas Rangers prospects Hans Crouse and Yerry Rodriguez each made their first start yesterday at for their newly teams, with Crouse having been promoted to low-A Hickory and Rodriguez having been promoted to short-season-A Spokane. Each pitcher also performed well in his debut with his new club.
Crouse, 19, went 6 innings for the Crawdads, allowing 1 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3. Mark Parker, the Crawdads beat guy, said on Twitter there were a couple of long foul balls and some loud outs, and Crouse normally is going to fan more than 3 batters in a six inning stint, but overall, I think we can feel good about HFC’s debut in full season ball.