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Each of the 10 teams of Minor League Baseball's Texas League carry a 28-man active roster. [1] Only these players are eligible to play. Teams may have any number of inactive players on their rosters at a given time who do not count toward active roster limits. Injured players may be placed on the injured list (7-day or 60-day). [2]
The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the state of Texas; the five North Division teams are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Athletics major league club. The RockHounds play in Momentum Bank Ballpark , which opened in 2002 and seats 4,709 fans. They have won seven Texas League championships : in 1975 (co-champions with the Lafayette Drillers ), 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Church opened the 2022 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going 2–2 with a 2.91 ERA and 57 strikeouts over 34 innings. [8] [9] [10] He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League on June 29, and struggled to a 1–3 record with a 7.20 ERA and 21 strikeouts over 15 innings. [11]
For the 2021 season, the league was named the Double-A Central before reverting to its original name in 2022. Over that 124-season span, its teams have relocated, changed names, transferred to different leagues, or ceased operations altogether. This list documents all teams which played in the league.
In 2022, the Double-A Central became known as the Texas League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization. [20] In 2022, Veronica Gajownik coached for the Sod Poodles. [21] In March 2023 the Sod Poodles won top team name in MiLB as voted by subscribers of The Athletic. [22]
[21] [22] White opened the 2022 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League. [23] After going 6–2 with a 3.99 ERA and 81 strikeouts over 58 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings for Hickory, White was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League in June. [24]
The Texas League suspended operations during World War II from 1943 to 1945. [3] After the cancellation of the 2020 season, [5] the league was known as the Double-A Central in 2021 before reverting to the Texas League name in 2022. [6] [7] The award became known as the Most Valuable Player Award in 2021.