Jake Burger scheduled to rehab in Frisco

FRISCO, Texas (July 1, 2025) – Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger is scheduled to begin his rehab assignment with the Frisco RoughRiders on Tuesday, July 1st when the RoughRiders face the Arkansas Travelers (Mariners affiliate) from Riders Field.

Burger hit .220/.253/.403/.656 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI’s in 65 games before being placed on the 10-day Injured List on June 21st with a left oblique strain. He was batting .246 (17-for-69) with three homers and eight RBI’s across 17 games in June before the injury

The right-handed slugger was traded to Texas from Miami in exchange for former SS Echedry Vargas, LHP Brayan Mendoza and former RoughRiders SS Maximo Acosta on December 10th, 2024. In his lone full season with the Marlins, Burger totaled 29 home runs and 76 RBI’s.

The St. Louis, Missouri native was originally an 11th overall pick by Chicago (AL) in 2017 out of Missouri State. Burger posted an .810 OPS with 46 homers and 109 RBI’s in three seasons with the White Sox before being traded to Miami in exchange for LHP Jake Eder on August 1st, 2023.

Between Chicago and Miami in 2023, he set career-highs in home runs (34), RBI’s (80), OPS (.828), walks (32) and games played (141).

Burger is the fifth Ranger to rehab with Frisco this season, joining Josh Jung, Wyatt Langford, Kevin Pillar and Kumar Rocker.

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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 new 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].