Texas Rangers outfielder Alejandro Osuna is movin’ on up, with the organization announcing yesterday that Osuna was being promoted from AA Frisco to AAA Round Rock.

Its not a surprise that Osuna is getting an early season promotion — if anything, one might have expected Osuna to start the season in AAA to begin with. Osuna had a breakout 2024 campaign that saw him slash .272/.339/.486 at high-A in 45 games before moving to Frisco and hitting even better, with a .306/.379/.523 slash line in 57 games. He then had a quality stint in the Arizona Fall League, slashing .306/.438/.449 in 25 games.

This year, Osuna was one of the big stories of the spring, as he ended up getting a lot of Cactus League action, turning heads with both his impressive performance at the plate and the high energy with which he played. At Frisco, Osuna is slashing .284/.363/.409 in 146 plate appearances, with 12 walks against 21 Ks while playing primarily center field. Thomas Nestico identified Osuna as a “hitting prospect on the rise,” one of a group with “strong underlying data to back up their performances.”

MLB Hitting Prospects on the rise:

– Luis Pena (MIL)
– Aroon Escobar (PHI)
– Jacob Reimer (NYM)
– Alejandro Osuna (TEX)
– Mike Sirota (LAD)
– Héctor Rodríguez (CIN)
– Max Anderson (DET)
– Ryan Waldschmidt (AZ)
– Alfonsin Rosario (CLE)
– Jared Thomas (COL)

— Thomas Nestico (@tjstats.ca) May 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Osuna is an interesting prospect — he’s a fireplug (listed at 5’9”, which may be generous, and 185 lbs., which may be low) who was signed out of Mexico after the 2020 season to a $125,000 bonus. He was named the Rangers Minor League Defender of the Month for April this year, and has played all three outfield positions in almost equal amounts during his minor league career. I don’t have a good sense as to whether he’ll be able to stick in center field defensively as he ages, or if he’ll end up as more of a corner outfielder.

At just 22, he’ll be one of the youngest players in the Pacific Coast League — he’s two months younger than Evan Carter, who was the 8th youngest player on an opening day roster in the PCL at the start of the season. Osuna will be Rule 5 eligible for the first time this offseason, and would seem to be a near-lock to be protected at this point.

I don’t know that Osuna has a super-high ceiling, since he doesn’t have a real carrying tool, and may be a tweener in the outfield — not strong enough defensively to be an asset in center field, and not enough bat (and in particular, power) to be an asset in a corner spot. But he appears to have taken strides that have moved him up a tier in the overall prospect hierarchy, and could be a solid depth option going forward, with the possibility of having a David Murphy-type career as a platoon outfielder, or a fourth outfielder who plays more than your typical fourth outfielder.