The Rangers promoted Walcott from High-A Hickory to Double-A Frisco on Sunday, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
With Hickory's season coming to a close Sunday, Walcott will take a step up after producing a .261 average with 10 home runs, 49 RBI, 60 runs scored and 26 stolen bases over 116 games in the South Atlantic League. The 18-year-old is moving up the ranks quickly after signing with the Rangers organization out of The Bahamas in January 2023.
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Rangers' Sebastian Walcott: Aggressive assignment to High-A
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Walcott will begin the 2024 season with High-A Hickory, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports.
While Walcott finished the 2023 season with four games at High-A, it's still surprising to see him assigned to that level less than a month after turning 18 years old, as he never played at Single-A and struck out a lot (32.5 K%) in the Arizona Complex League last season. Known for his extremely loud tools (plus-plus raw power, plus speed), the 6-foot-4 Walcott has superstar upside if he can keep the strikeouts in check, but that could prove difficult this season as the youngest player in the South Atlantic League.
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Rangers' Sebastian Walcott: Gets call to High-A
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The Rangers promoted Walcott from the rookie-level Arizona Complex League to High-A Hickory on Sunday.
At just 17 years and five months old, Walcott will become the youngest player in the South Atlantic League. Walcott received the green light to bypass an assignment to Single-A Down East after he slashed .273/.325/.524 with seven home runs and nine stolen bases across 157 plate appearances in the ACL.
