Osuna named April Rangers Minor League Defender of the Month
FRISCO, Texas (May 9, 2025) - On Friday, the Texas Rangers announced that RoughRiders outfielder Alejandro Osuna was named the Rangers Minor League Defender of the Month for April. It marks his second time earning the distinction, winning first in May of 2024 with High-A Hickory. Osuna, the Rangers No.
FRISCO, Texas (May 9, 2025) - On Friday, the Texas Rangers announced that RoughRiders outfielder Alejandro Osuna was named the Rangers Minor League Defender of the Month for April. It marks his second time earning the distinction, winning first in May of 2024 with High-A Hickory.
Osuna, the Rangers No. 7 prospect, posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in April, securing all 61 total chances across 20 starts in the outfield.
Osuna's 176 innings without an error last month were the most among Texas League outfielders and fourth-most in all of Minor League Baseball. Since August 15th, 2024, as of May 9th, 2025, he has played 50-straight games without making an error for Frisco.
Osuna also hit safely in each of his last 13 games in April as part of a 17-game hitting streak, tied with Ryan Cordell (2016) for the third-longest in RoughRiders franchise history.
The Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico native was the Rangers Tom Grieve Player of the Year and a Texas League All-Star in 2024, leading the TL in hits (72), runs scored (46) and doubles (18) after being assigned to Frisco on June 28th.
Since the award began in 2008, Osuna is the 22nd RoughRider to take home the honor of Defender of the Month and the first since Aaron Zavala in August of 2024.
Osuna and the Riders return home for a 12-game homestand against the Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros affiliate) from Tuesday, May 13th to Sunday, May 18th and the Midland RockHounds (Athletics affiliate) from Tuesday, May 20th to Sunday, May 25th.
For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
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].