FRISCO, Texas (July 23, 2026) - Former Frisco RoughRiders RHP Gerardo Carrillo made his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, July 22nd in their game against the Athletics. He is the tenth player in 2026 who will go on the Road to the Show wall, driven by Advondale Dealerships.
Carrillo, 27, allowed just one earned run across two innings. The righty rolled a double play and recorded his first MLB strikeout.
The Guadalajara, Mexico native signed with Arizona as a Minor League free agent in December and made 33 appearances for Triple-A Reno before his call-up this season.
After coming up in the Dodgers and Nationals organizations, Carrillo made 40 appearances for the RoughRiders in 2025 and posted a 3.69 ERA in 46.1 innings of work. He struck out 53 and earned two appearances with Triple-A Round Rock.
Carrillo was originally signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent in 2016 and was included in the package Los Angeles sent to Washington in exchange for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner during the 2021 MLB season.
With Carrillo’s debut Tuesday, there have now been 235 players in RoughRiders franchise history to make the major leagues. Carrillo joins Kohl Drake, Emiliano Teodo, 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.