FRISCO, Texas (July 18, 2026) - Former Frisco RoughRiders RHP Emiliano Teodo made his MLB debut with the Texas Rangers on Friday, July 17th in their game against the Atlanta Braves. He is the eighth player in 2026 who will go on the Road to the Show wall, driven by Advondale Dealerships.
Teodo, 25, struck out MLB All-Star Matt Olson for his first big league strikeout and tossed 1.2 innings in relief against Atlanta. He fired seven pitches at or above 100 miles per hour, taking the Texas team lead for triple-digit pitches in the entire 2026 season over Jacob deGrom.
The Barahona, Dominican Republic native owned a 3.76 ERA across 35 relief appearances with Triple-A Round Rock before his call-up and posted 52 strikeouts in 40.2 innings. Teodo made his Triple-A debut in 2025 with 14 appearances for the Express.
Teodo pitched for Frisco in both 2024 and 2025, operating as a full-time starter in his first Double-A season with the RoughRiders. In 2024, the righty made 19 starts with a dazzling 1.98 ERA and 110 strikeouts across 86.1 innings, earning the start for the American League in 2024’s MLB Futures Game and a Double-A All-Star nod from Baseball America.
With Teodo’s debut Friday, there have now been 233 players in RoughRiders franchise history to make the major leagues. Ortiz joins Gavin Collyer, Peyton Gray, Robbie Ahlstrom, Mitch Bratt, Cam Cauley, Winston Santos and Abimelec Ortiz in 2026.
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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 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact zbigley@ridersbaseball.com.