High Desert Mavericks

High Desert Mavericks
Founded in 1988
Adelanto, California
Team logoCap insignia
Class-level
Current Class A - Advanced
Minor league affiliations
League California League
Conference South Division
Major league affiliations
Current Texas Rangers (2015–present)
Previous
Minor league titles
League titles 1991, 1993, 1997
Team data
Nickname High Desert Mavericks (1991–present)
Previous names
Riverside Red Wave (1988–1990)
Ballpark Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Main Street Baseball
Manager Spike Owen
General manager Ben Hemmen

The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, USA. Their Major League parent club is the Texas Rangers. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League.

The franchise was founded in 1988 and was first located in Riverside, California and known as the Red Wave from 1988. In 1991 it relocated north across the mountains to Adelanto, part of the Victor Valley metro area in California's High Desert region. The Rangers are the eighth parent club in the Mavericks' relatively short history.

The Mavericks play their home games at Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium (known as Stater Bros. Stadium from 2007 to 2014 and Mavericks Stadium until 2007) which opened in 1991 and seats 3,808 fans. The park is known to be an extreme hitter-friendly venue which tends to inflate home run totals drastically.[1] As a result, offensive statistics for High Desert players must be discounted for comparative purposes, while the reverse is the case for statistics accumulated by High Desert pitchers.[2]

Achievements

Notable High Desert Mavericks alumni

Sale of team

On November 29, 2010, High Desert Mavericks were sold to Main Street Baseball after more than a year on the open market.[3] Rumors have the team possibly relocating to Chico, California, if a new ballpark is proposed and built there.

According to an article in the Victor Valley Daily Press dated August 12, 2012, the Mavericks will be staying in the High Desert through the 2015 season and possibly through 2018.[4]

Roster

Taylor Stanton pitching for High Desert in 2012
High Desert Mavericks roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 20 Felix Carvallo
  • 12 Cody Ege
  • 33 Juan Grullon
  • 32 Pat Kaminska
  • 15 David Ledbetter
  • 17 Ryan Ledbetter
  • 29 Frank Lopez
  • 28 Shane McCain
  • 18 Luis Parra
  • 19 Richelson Pena
  • 27 Tyler Smith
  • 26 Justin Sprenger
  • 30 Jose Valdespina
  • 14 Cole Wiper

Catchers

  •  4 Alex Burg
  •  7 Kellin Deglan
  •  8 David Lyon

Infielders

  •  5 Preston Beck
  • 24 Edwin Garcia
  • 16 Luis Marte
  •  6 Seth Spivey

Outfielders

  • 21 Carlos Arroyo
  • 25 Lewis Brinson
  • 22 Zach Cone
  •  9 Ryan Cordell
  • -- Chris Grayson ‡
  •  2 Joe Jackson
  •  3 Evan Van Hoosier

Manager

Coaches


7-day disabled list
* On Texas Rangers 40-man roster
∞ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
‡ Restricted list
# Rehab assignment
Roster updated May 3, 2015
Transactions
More MiLB rosters
Texas Rangers minor league players

References

External links