The 2022 rosters for the Texas Rangers’ full season minor league affiliates — the Round Rock Express, the Frisco Roughriders, the Hickory Crawdads, and the Down East Wood Ducks — have been announced today.
Round Rock’s roster is about as prospect-laden as we’ve seen from a Rangers’ AAA affiliate in some time. Cole Winn, Sam Huff, Josh Smith, Davis Wendzel, Leody Taveras, Sherten Apostel, Jake Latz and Bubba Thompson are all with the Express to start the season. Also noteworthy, at least to me, is that righthanded reliever Daniel Robert, who earned praise this spring, is also with Round Rock — he’s someone who could end up being a major league bullpen option at some point in 2022 if he shows out at Round Rock.