Cody Freeman moves to Triple-A Round Rock in rehab assignment
Cody Freeman was bumped to Triple-A Round Rock and slotted second in the lineup, a sign the Rangers are pushing his back rehab toward the finish line.
Cody Freeman’s rehab climb took another step Tuesday night when the Rangers moved him up to Triple-A Round Rock and put him right back in the middle of the action, batting second and starting at second base.
That assignment matters more than the label on the roster card. Freeman had already logged three games in Frisco after beginning his rehab work on May 22 against the San Antonio Missions at Riders Field, and the Rangers did not hide him in a corner of the lineup or ease him in at designated hitter. They sent him to the plate in the two spot and put him on the dirt at second base, the clearest sign yet that he is moving beyond the earliest stage of recovery.
Freeman’s path back has been long enough to matter to Texas. The Rangers placed the 25-year-old on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to March 22, with a lumbar stress reaction that sidelined him at the start of the season. Earlier reporting described the issue as a lower-back fracture, and manager Skip Schumaker indicated Freeman would be out at least four to six weeks. Instead, the rehab assignment has now advanced from the Arizona Complex League to Frisco and then to Round Rock, where MLB.com listed him as a Round Rock Express infielder on a rehab assignment.
For Texas, that is the part worth watching. Freeman made his major league debut on July 18, 2025, after the Rangers drafted him in the fourth round in 2019, 115th overall. He entered this stage of the assignment hitting .192 with a .226 on-base percentage and a .457 slugging percentage, with five hits and five RBI in 26 at-bats. Those numbers do not scream instant impact, but the defensive usage and the lineup spot tell a different story: the Rangers are treating him like a player who is nearing baseball readiness, not someone still in the first turn of the rehab wheel.
That matters because Texas has been searching for more infield depth while sorting through other roster and injury issues. If Freeman comes through Round Rock without a setback, he gives the Rangers another option at second base or third base, and that could sharpen the infield picture quickly. Round Rock’s next listed game on Freeman’s player page was May 27 against Salt Lake, a reminder that the final stretch of the rehab assignment was already in motion.
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