Hub City Spartanburgers

Hub City Spartanburgers
Founded in 2025 Spartanburg, South Carolina
Team logo Cap 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
Second-half titles (1)	2025
Team data
Name	Hub City Spartanburgers (2025–present)
Colors	Navy 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.

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

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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 18 Aidan Curry 30 Kolton Curtis 13 Mailon Felix 37 Brooks Fowler 61 Jesus Gamez 28 Dylan MacLean 31 Case Matter 14 D. J. McCarty 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 88 Ben Hartl 27 Malcolm Moore 15 Cal Stark 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 25 Paxton Kling 19 Antonis Macias 24 Maxton Martin -- Wady Mendez ~  6 Yeison Morrobel -- Chandler Pollard -- 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) 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 3, 2025 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB  •  South Atlantic League → 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.

External links

• Official website