Chavez named August Player of the Month, multiple Riders named to Fall League roster

Sebastian Walcott highlights AFL roster

By Zach Bigley

September 10, 2025

FRISCO, Texas (September 10, 2025) – On Wednesday, the Texas Rangers announced their August Minor League Award winners and their 2025 Arizona Fall League participants. Frisco RoughRiders infielder Frainyer Chavez was named August Player of the Month, while there were multiple RoughRiders named to the AFL roster. Chavez hit .337/.462/.407/.869

FRISCO, Texas (September 10, 2025) – On Wednesday, the Texas Rangers announced their August Minor League Award winners and their 2025 Arizona Fall League participants. Frisco RoughRiders infielder Frainyer Chavez was named August Player of the Month, while there were multiple RoughRiders named to the AFL roster.

Chavez hit .337/.462/.407/.869 over the month with 19 walks to 17 strikeouts over his 24 games. His .337 batting average was third in the Texas League while he paced the league with his .462 on-base percentage.

In the month, Chavez raised his season batting average from .190 to .233 and his OPS from .516 to .623.

MiLB Rangers August winners:

Player of the Month: Frainyer Chavez
Starting Pitcher of the Month: RHP Caden Scarborough (Hickory/Hub City)
Reliever of the Month: RHP Adrian Rodriguez (Hub City)
Defender of the Month: INF Rafe Perich (Hub City)

In addition, five former or current RoughRiders players will play for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League this fall:

RHP Jose Corniell (Rangers No. 3 prospect by MLB.com)

RHP Winston Santos (Rangers No. 4 prospect by MLB.com)

RHP Emiliano Teodo (Rangers No. 14 prospect by MLB.com)

RHP Joey Danielson

INF Sebastian Walcott (No. 4 prospect overall, Rangers No. 1 prospect by MLB.com)

The Surprise Saguaros will play its season opener on October 7th against the Solar Sox at Mesa's Sloan Park as part of the Arizona Fall League schedule.

The RoughRiders face the Naturals at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10th for the second game of the final six-game series of the year. RHP Leandro Lopez (0-0, 3.45) starts for the Riders against LHP Frank Mozzicato (2-4, 7.86).

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About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].