Cody Bradford #61

Cody Daniel Bradford...he and his wife, Madi, were married on 12/15/19…visited and delivered gifts to patients at Memorial City Children’s Hospital during the 2023 offseason…was honored by his hometown of Aledo, Texas, last December after Aledo High School created a scholarship in Bradford’s name and Bradford’s number 18 jersey was retired.

2025

Missed all of the regular season after undergoing ‘internal brace’ surgery on his left elbow, performed 6/25 by Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister…began the season on the Injured List with a left elbow sprain after he experienced soreness during Spring Training…steadily progressed towards a return and faced hitters in a live session in June but felt renewed pain in his elbow during a bullpen session later that month and imaging revealed that surgery would be required…was transferred to the 60-day IL on 4/8, where he remained for the balance of the season…went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA (2 ER/9 IP), one walk, and seven strikeouts over three starts in Cactus League play prior to the injury.

2024

Made his first career Opening Day roster, joining Texas’ rotation to begin his second big league season…dazzled in his first three starts before landing on the Injured List, going 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA (3 ER/19.1 IP), 8.50 SO/BB (17 SO/2 BB) and a .145 opp. BA (10-69) from 3/30-4/10…missed more than three months with a low back strain that was eventually determined to be a rib stress fracture, and was transferred from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL on 5/23…made three rehab appearances (two starts) between the ACL Rangers (Rk.) and Double-A Frisco between 7/19-26 and was activated by Texas on 7/29, making his lone relief appearance of the year on 7/30 at STL (2.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R-ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR) before rejoining the rotation for the remainder of the campaign… posted a 3.60 ERA (22 ER/55.0 IP) in his final 10 starts, fanning 51 batters while issuing just 10 walks… his 5.38 K/BB ratio in his sophomore season was the third-highest single-season mark in WSH/TEX franchise history behind only Colby Lewis in 2012 (6.64 in 105.0 IP) and Cliff Lee in 2010 (8.00 in 108.2 IP)…went 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA (14 ER/56.0 IP) in nine starts at Globe Life Field (1-2, 7.08 ERA in 5 G/4 GS on road), the lowest ERA by any pitcher at the ballpark in 2024 (min. 5 GS).

2023

Rookie went 4-3, 5.30 ERA (33 ER/56.0 IP) with 51 strikeouts over 20 G/8 GS in his first Major League action… had his contract selected from Round Rock (AAA) on 5/15 and made his Major League debut that night vs. Atlanta (L, 5.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R-ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR)…was optioned to Round Rock on 5/16 before being recalled again on 5/27 and making start on 5/28 at BAL (ND, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 5 SO)… optioned again on 5/29 before third recall 6/19…went 2-0, 3.60 ERA (12 ER/30.0 IP) across 10 games/4 starts in June and July, earning his first MLB win on 7/7 at WSH (5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR)…optioned on 8/1, but was recalled for fourth and final time on 9/1 as rosters expanded…was 2-2, 7.31 (13 ER/16.0 IP) in 8 G/2 GS in September to end season…performed better as a reliever, going 3-0 with a 2.82 ERA (7 ER/22.1 IP) in his 12 relief outings, compared to 1-3, 6.95 ERA (26 ER/33.2) in his eight starts…LHB slashed .286/.344/.429/.773, while RHB slashed .250/.279/.525/.804 against Bradford. 

2022

Finished 10-7 with a 5.01 ERA (66 ER/118.2 IP) and team-high 124 strikeouts over 26 starts for Double-A Frisco…ranked among Texas organization pitching leaders in innings (second), starts (second), wins (second), and strikeouts (third), registering career bests in each of those categories...went 6-6, 6.26 ERA (54 ER/77.2 IP) over his first 19 GS, but closed by going 4-1, 2.63 ERA (12 ER/41.0 IP) over final seven GS...struck out a season-high 11 batters over 5.1 innings of work against on 6/17 vs, Midland, one of three outings in which he recorded 10+ SO…proved more effective against LHB (.226 BA) than RHB (.302 BA).

2021

Named a Texas Organizational All-Star by MiLB. com in first professional action…combined to go 6-4, 4.11 ERA (44 ER/96.1 IP) in 20 starts for Frisco (AA) and Hickory (A+)...led all Texas farmhands with 128 strikeouts and hurled 2nd-most innings (96.1) in the system (102.2-Nick Krauth)… began season with Hickory – going 4-4, 4.23 ERA (29 ER/61.2 IP) in 13 starts – and found even more success upon an 8/1 promotion to Frisco – going 2-0, 3.89 (15 ER/34.2 IP) in seven starts.

2020

Did not see official game action after minor league season was canceled due to pandemic.

2019

Did not pitch following his selection in the draft while recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery that he underwent in March.