“Bould” Moves Ahead of 2026

The New York Boulders and manager TJ Stanton are happy to announce that six returning players have agreed to contracts for the upcoming 2026 Frontier League season. The team has also acquired three new players for the upcoming season.

Catcher Jason Agresti is coming off a career year in 2025, earning All-Frontier League honors as he batted .319 with 11 HR and 78 RBI.  He also compiled a franchise record 27-game hitting streak (May 24-July 9) and was named MVP of the annual Frontier League All-Star Game. Agresti will take on additional duties in 2026, adding the title of Boulders hitting coach to his already impressive resumé. 

Second baseman Fritz Genther was also a member of the All-Frontier League Team after finishing third in the league with 83 RBI. On June 3rd vs New Jersey, he became the first Boulder in franchise history to hit three home runs in a game. 

Infielder Santino Rosso had the team’s second-lowest strikeout rate (.102), fanning 25 times while drawing 24 walks in 65 games. He  enjoyed a two-homer game vs Sussex County on July 23rd and, on August 26th vs Ottawa, racked up six RBI. 

RHP Tyler Vail rounded out the Boulders’ All-Frontier League honorees, leading the league in relief pitcher points — a product of saves, relief wins, and relief losses — while finishing tied for second with 15 saves. 

LHP Cobe Reeves had a sensational stretch during his rookie season, allowing 0 runs from July 6th through August 30th, scattering 7 hits and 4 walks over 13 innings while striking out 22 baLers. 

LHP Ethan Bradford went 7-0 in 24 relief appearances, striking out 36 over 34.1 innings.

Outfielder Dan Tauken is set to embark on his rookie season as a professional. The 24-year-old Congers, NY, native is a graduate of Clarkstown North High School whose collegiate career took him from Rockland Community College (aka SUNY Rockland) to the University at Albany and, ultimately, to Murray State University in Kentucky, where the left-handed hitter led the Racers with 77 RBI and helped them reach their first College World Series. 

Outfielder Julian Boyd joins the Boulders from the Tri-City ValleyCats as the “player to be named later” in a deal that sent OF Jake Reinisch up to the Capital District earlier this year. Boyd, 26, gives New York another lefty bat and speed to burn – he hit .319 in 60 games this past season with the ValleyCats and, in his senior campaign at Colorado Mesa University, batted .436 while leading the

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in OPS (on-base + slugging percentage), stolen bases, runs scored, and triples. He also ranked Top 5 in the league in batting average, OBP (on-base percentage), total hits, and doubles.

Pitcher Jalon Long has been signed after spending 2025 with the New Jersey Jackals and Tri-City ValleyCats. The 26-year-old right-hander posted a 6-5 record and 2.33 earned run average in 20 games, making 10 starts, and struck out 69 batters over 69 2/3 innings.

The 2026 Frontier League calendar features an expanded 102-game schedule, with the Boulders set to play a league-high 54 home games. Opening night is scheduled for May 7th at Clover Stadium against the Brockton Rox.