David Alejandro Davalillo…originally signed as Minor League free agent with Mets in 2021 but had deal voided after two months without seeing game action…father, David, was a former infielder and spent five seasons in the Angels system (1994-98), reaching as high as Double-A in 1996-97…also spent 16 years as a Minor League coach in the NYM organization and earned 2019 Mets Minor League Coach of Year honors as NYM’s Gulf Coast League skipper…the elder Davalillo has also coached for several teams in the Venezuelan League...the younger Davalillo played for La Guaira in 2023-24 under his father’s tutelage... grandfather, Pompeyo Davalillo, and great uncle, Vic Davalillo, both played in the Majors…younger brother, Gabriel, is a catcher who signed with the Angels as a minor league free agent on 1/15/25.
2025
Selected Rangers’ Nolan Ryan Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 6-4 with a 2.44 ERA (29 ER/107.0 IP), 0.93 WHIP, .184 opponent BA and 126 SO against 28 BB in 23 G/22 GS between High-A Hub City and Double-A Frisco… paced TEX farmhands (min. 100.0 IP) in SO/9 (10.60), SO percentage (29.6%), WHIP, and opponent BA…through 9/17, his WHIP was the third-lowest mark among all Minor Leaguers under the same parameter...opened the campaign with Hub City and allowed one-or-zero ER in 10 of his 11 GS for the Spartanburgers... named Rangers Minor League SP of the Month for April (1-0, 1.10 ERA, 2 ER/16.1 IP, 5 BB/26 SO), registering the fourth-highest SO/9 figure (14.33) in the SAL during the month (min. four GS)… named SAL Pitcher of the Week for the 4/14-20 after tossing five no-hit innings with zero BB and nine SO on 4/18 vs. BG…selected SAL Pitcher of the Month for May after going 3-0 with a league-best 0.96 ERA (3 ER/28 IP), 35 SO and four BB, pacing the circuit in all four slash categories (.152/.184/.222/.406) and WHIP (0.68)… tabbed as a SAL Postseason All-Star…promoted to Frisco on 6/20 and went 2-3 with a 2.73 ERA (17 ER/56.0 IP) in 12 G/11 GS with the RoughRiders to conclude the season…had brief stay on Development List, 6/26-7/3…held opp. to a .196 BA (40-for-204) at Double-A, leading the TL (min. 50.0 IP) in opp. BA from 6/20-end of season…also ranked among TL leaders in span in opponent OBP (.270), opponent OPS (third, .589) and WHIP (third, 1.02).
2024
Set then-career highs in wins (8), games (22), IP (110.1) and SO (113) as he posted a 1.88 ERA (23 ER/110.1 IP) over split campaign with Down East (A) and Hickory (A+)…ranked among org. arms in ERA (second), innings (T-third), WHIP (fourth, 1.10), opponent BA (fourth, .217), starts (T-fourth), and wins (T-fifth)…his 1.88 ERA was the lowest in the Minors (min. 20 GS) as he did not allow more than three ER in an outing…pitched to a 1.79 ERA (16 ER ER/80.1 IP) over his first 17 G/16 GS with Down East, earning a promotion to Hickory on 8/6…led the SAL in IP (30.0) and ranked highly among league arms in SO (T3rd, 34) and ERA (7th, 2.10) over his five-game season-ending stint with the Crawdads beginning 8/11… notched a pair of season-high 10-SO efforts with Hickory
2023
Combined to go 1-1, 3.32 ERA (8 ER/21.2 IP) with 27 SO/4 BB in 10 G/3 GS for the ACL Rangers (Rk.) and Down East in his first stateside action…participated in Rangers’ Fall Instructional League program…had nine games/six GS with Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Winter League.
2022
Made two relief appearances for DSL Rangers Red (Rk.) in his pro debut…signed by Texas as a Minor League FA on 6/7.
2021
Did not see official game action after signing with the New York Mets as a non-drafted free agent on 1/15…had deal voided after two months.
