MINORS: The Eyes Have It—High-A Rangers including Taveras, Martinez, Tejeda

Photo: Leody Taveras (OF, TEX) at the 2018 Futures Game

At the beginning of April, I had pegged the Rangers’ high-A Down East club as one to see when they rolled through my area. With an initial roster that included three hitting prospects in the Rangers Top 10—OFers Bubba Thompson (#2) and Leody Taveras (#3) as well as SS Anderson Tejada (#6)—it was a natural fit to try and catch several games of the mid-month series and produce a column that would share some thoughts on these three. 

But then two things happened to alter my best-laid plans:

Thompson fractured his hamate bone in his left hand the the prior series and will likely be out of action for four weeks. The team, did, however, promote their #4 prospect, OF Julio Pablo Martinez,...

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