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Down East Wood Ducks
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
ClassA-Advanced (from 2017)
LeagueCarolina League (from 2017)
DivisionSouthern Division
Major league affiliations
TeamTexas Rangers (from 2017)
Minor league titles
League titles (0)None
Team data
NameDown East Wood Ducks (from 2017)
BallparkGrainger Stadium (from 2017)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Texas Rangers/Kinston Baseball LLC
General managerWade Howell
ManagerHoward Johnson

The Down East Wood Ducks are a Minor League Baseball team that will begin play as a member of the Carolina League in Kinston, North Carolina, in 2017.[1] The team will be the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Texas Rangers, who also own the team.[1] They will play their home games at Grainger Stadium which opened in 1949 and seats 4,100 people. The team's name was announced on November 2, 2016, at the conclusion of a name the team contest. The finalists from which the team's name would be selected were: Down East Eagles, Down East HamHawks, Down East Hogzillas, Down East Shaggers, and Down East Wood Ducks.[2]

The team joined Minor League Baseball and the Carolina League as an expansion team and assumes the Class-A Advanced spot from the California League's High Desert Mavericks who were the previous Rangers affiliate. The Mavericks were originally going to relocate to Kinston while switching from the California League to the Carolina League, but Minor League Baseball instead decided that Kinston would be an expansion team and not the relocation of the Mavericks and that the Mavericks would simply cease operations and give up their Class-A Advanced spot to the Kinston expansion team of the Carolina League.

The new Kinston team fills the void that was left behind by the Kinston Indians who also played in the Carolina League; the Kinston Indians' last season was in 2011.

Roster

Down East Wood Ducks roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 30 Angel Anazco
  • 23 Wilian Bormie
  • 44 Kolton Curtis
  • 11 Joey Danielson
  • 18 Thomas Ireland
  • 47 Jake Jekielek
  • 41 Kyle Larsen
  • 45 Eric Loomis
  • 40 Aneudis Mejia
  • 30 Alberto Mota
  • 46 Kamdyn Perry
  •  3 Justin Sanchez
  • 16 Luke Savage
  • 39 Caden Scarborough
  • 50 Anthony Susac
  • 32 Josh Trentadue
  • 38 Adonis Villavicencio
  • 79 Kai Wynyard

Catchers

  • 15 Beycker Barroso
  • 19 Julian Brock
  • 14 Jesus Lopez
  • 11 Jesus Moreno

Infielders

  •  1 Erick Alvarez
  •  8 Esteban Mejia
  • 36 Rafe Perich
  •  2 Chandler Pollard
  • 27 Echedry Vargas

Outfielders

  •  5 Yeremi Cabrera
  •  9 Casey Cook
  • 21 Jose De Jesus
  • 25 Pablo Guerrero
  • 31 Keith Jones II
  •  1 Antonis Macias
  • 13 Wady Mendez
  • 37 Tommy Specht
  • 24 Marcos Torres

Manager

Coaches

  • 35 Jorge Cortes (development)
  •  6 Wes Hunt (development)
  • -- Danny Mendoza (development)
  • 12 Brian Pozos (hitting)
  • 17 Thomas St. Clair (pitching)

60-day injured list

  • -- Dylan MacLean (full season)
  • -- Case Matter (full season)
  • 18 Luis Valdez

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 October 17, 2024
 Transactions
→ More rosters: MiLB • Carolina League
 → Texas Rangers minor league players

References

  1. ^ a b Speddon, Zach (August 23, 2016). "Excitement Builds in Kinston". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Speddon, Zach (September 16, 2016). "Kinston Reveals Name The Team Finalists". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
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