Hub City Spartanburgers

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Hub City Spartanburgers
Hub City Spartanburgers logo.png Hub City Spartanburgers cap logo.png
Team logoCap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class High-A (2025–present)
League South Atlantic League (2025–present)
Division South Division
Major league affiliations
Team Texas Rangers (2025–present)
Minor league titles
Division titles (1)
  • 2025
Wild card berths (1)
  • 2025
Team data
NameHub City Spartanburgers (2025–present)
ColorsNavy blue, bright green, red, tan, yellow
     
Ballpark Fifth Third Park (from 2025)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
 Diamond Baseball Holdings
General manager Tyson Jeffers
Manager Chad Comer
Website milb.com/hub-city

The Hub City Spartanburgers are a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They started playing their home games on April 15, 2025, at Fifth Third Park, which opened in 2025 and holds 5,000 people.

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History

In May 2023, Diamond Baseball Holdings bought the Down East Wood Ducks of the Single-A Carolina League and announced that the team would move for the 2025 season to a new ballpark to be built in Spartanburg, South Carolina. [1] Tyson Jeffers was announced as Spartanburg's first general manager in October 2023. [2] [3] Renaming of the team to Hub City Spartanburgers was announced in May 2024. [4] In July 2024, MiLB announced that the team would be promoted to class High-A, joining the South Atlantic League while remaining an affiliate of the Texas Rangers. [5] Chad Comer was announced as Spartanburg's first manager in January 2025. [6]

The Spartanburgers won 4-3 in their inaugural game over the Aberdeen IronBirds on April 4, 2025, at Aberdeen's Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium. [7]

Roster

Hub City Spartanburgers roster
PlayersCoaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 17 Ismael Agreda
  • 18 Aidan Curry
  • 30 Kolton Curtis
  • 13 Mailon Felix
  • 37 Brooks Fowler
  • 61 Jesus Gamez
  • 28 Dylan MacLean
  • 31 Case Matter
  • 36 Dalton Pence
  • 33 Brock Porter
  • 16 Adrian Rodriguez
  • 12 Josh Sanders
  • 11 Caden Scarborough
  • 22 Victor Simeon
  • 35 Anthony Susac
  • 20 Adonis Villavicencio
  • -- Kai Wynyard ~

Catchers

Infielders

  •  2 Casey Cook
  • 23 Arturo Disla
  •  1 Gleider Figuereo
  •  3 Luke Hanson
  •  9 Rafe Perich
  •  5 John Taylor

Outfielders

  •  8 Dylan Dreiling
  • -- Anthony Gutierrez Injury icon 2.svg
  • 25 Paxton Kling
  • 19 Antonis Macias
  • 24 Maxton Martin
  •  6 Yeison Morrobel
  • -- Chandler Pollard Injury icon 2.svg
  • 19 Quincy Scott


Manager

  • 90 Chad Comer

Coaches

  •  4 Elevys Gonzalez (development)
  • 33 Drew Sannes (hitting)
  • 88 Thomas St. Clair (pitching)
  • 53 Jay Sullenger (development)

60-day injured list

  • -- Paul Bonzagni
  • -- Seth Clark
  • -- Danyer Cueva
  • -- Luis Ramirez (full season)
  • -- Izack Tiger (full season)

Injury icon 2.svg 7-day injured list
* On Texas Rangers 40-man roster
~ Development list
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporarily inactive list
Roster updated September 9, 2025
 Transactions
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→ Texas Rangers minor league players

References

  1. ↑ Boschult, Christian (May 23, 2023). "Spartanburg gets a minor league baseball team, plans downtown stadium" . The Post and Courier . Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ Boschult, Christian (October 3, 2023). "Spartanburg baseball team's new GM talks new role, new team name" . The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ Montgomery, Bob (October 4, 2023). "GM hired in time for downtown Spartanburg baseball stadium groundbreaking" . Spartanburg Herald-Journal . Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hill, Benjamin (May 11, 2024). "Well done: Texas affiliate debuts Hub City identity". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ "South Atlantic, Carolina Leagues to realign in 2025". Minor League Baseball (Press release). July 23, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hub City Spartanburgers hire manager, coaching staff". Greenville Journal. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Spartanburgers Win Inaugural Season Opener in Extras 4-3". MLB.com . April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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