Isiah Kiner-Falefa promoted to Rangers for first time in career

FRISCO, Texas (April 10, 2018) - The Texas Rangers announced Tuesday that former RoughRiders catcher/infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been promoted to the Major Leagues for the first time in his career.
When he debuts, he'll become the 141st former Riders player to make it to the Major Leagues and the 100th to debut with the Rangers.
Kiner-Falefa played all of 2016 and 2017 with the RoughRiders, the Rangers' Double-A affiliate, and was named a Texas League Midseason All-Star both seasons. The Honolulu, Hawaii native hit the first five home runs of his career in 2017, including one off Major League rehabber James Paxton . He was added to the Rangers 40-man roster this past offseason and began the 2018 campaign in Triple-A Round Rock before earning his call to the big leagues.
The RoughRiders round out the season's opening homestand tonight at 7:05 p.m. with the first Taco Tuesday of the year, featuring $2 tacos all game long and drink specials from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are available at RidersBaseball.com, by phone at (972) 731-9200 or at the Dr Pepper Ballpark box office.
About the RoughRiders 
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 13 seasons (2005-2017). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Choctaw Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 140 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis , Adrián González , Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz , as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus , Rougned Odor andNomar Mazara . For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Art Garcia at[email protected] or Ryan Rouillard at [email protected]