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Three RoughRiders named to Post-Season All-Star Team

Cordell and Guzman make squad, Hart named Mike Coolbaugh Coach of the Year
By
August 31, 2016

FRISCO, TEXAS (August 31, 2016) - The Texas League named its Post-Season All-Star Team on Wednesday, and three members of the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, made the team. Outfielder Ryan Cordell and first baseman Ronald Guzman were both selected after outstanding seasons, and hitting coach Jason Hart was named the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial Coach of the Year.

"These awards are well-deserved and are a great recognition of the hard work that sometimes goes unnoticed at the minor league level," said RoughRiders manager Joe Mikulik. "To accomplish what they have takes lot of hours and a lot of sacrifice, and it's good to see good people rewarded for their efforts."

Cordell, 24, earns his first end-of-season All-Star team selection after being named to the Texas League Mid-Season All-Star team this season and the California League Mid-Season All-Star Team last season. The Sacramento, California native leads the RoughRiders with 19 homers and 70 runs batted in, despite missing the last 24 games while on the disabled list. Cordell is batting .264 and has a team-leading 22 doubles to go along with five triples and 12 stolen bases. This year marks the third straight season for Cordell with 13-or-more homers and 12-or-more steals. He was named Texas League Player of the Week April 24, hitting .429 and hit two home runs and leading Double-A baseball with nine RBI during the week. He was also named Texas League and Texas Rangers Minor League Player of the Month for April. In 21 games during the season's opening month, Cordell hit .363 with five home runs and 22 RBI, turning in the best statistical month of his career. He finished April as the league leader in doubles (9), runs (20), and slugging percentage (.688), while placing in the top five of many other offensive categories. Texas drafted Cordell in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB draft out of Liberty University.

Guzman, 21, is in the midst of a career season. Now with Triple-A Round Rock, Guzman has posted a career high in homers (16), and his slugging percentage (.454) is currently the highest of his career as well. With the RoughRiders, Guzman hit .288, second in the league, in 102 games, blasting 15 homers, smacking 16 doubles, and collecting five triples. Like Cordell, this is Guzman's first Post-Season All-Star award after being named to the Texas League Mid-Season All-Star Team. He also participated in the Texas League Home Run Derby and played in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. The Rangers signed Guzman out of the Dominican Republic on July 2, 2011.

Hart becomes the third coach in RoughRiders history to earn the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial Coach of the Year. The award, picked by the Texas League, goes to "a long-time, dedicated minor league baseball person, one who shows a devotion to the sport and has a passion for his position as an instructor and is an example of professionalism for others to follow." Hart is in his fifth season with the RoughRiders, all as the team's hitting instructor. He also played with the RoughRiders during the 2005 season. Mike Coolbaugh's brother, Scott Coolbaugh, won the award while with the RoughRiders during its inaugural season in 2007, and Jeff Andrews earned the honor for the 2014 season. Frisco has had more coaches win the award (3) than any other team in the Texas League.

About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 11 seasons (2005-2015). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg and Scott Sonju. The new ownership group, together with the city of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise improvements over the past two seasons, investing over $7 million in wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including the new state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store, and the newest and biggest creation, the 174-foot Choctaw Lazy River. The improvements made prior to the 2015 season earned the Riders and the City of Frisco "Best Ballpark Renovation" of 2015 by Ballpark Digest. More than 130 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Gonzalez, Ian Kinsler, Nelson Cruz, and C.J. Wilson as well as current Rangers stars Derek Holland, Rougned Odor, and Mitch Moreland. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Nathan Barnett at (972) 334-1976 or via e-mail at [email protected].

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