Andy Ibañez makes Major League debut with Rangers

FRISCO, Texas (MAY 5, 2021)– The RoughRiders had gone a month without a former player making their Major League Baseball debut, but that changed on Tuesday night, when Andy Ibañez collected a pinch-hit single for the Rangers in a 6-3 win over Minnesota.

The Cuba native played for the RoughRiders in 2017, batting .265/.323/.400 over 82 games with eight home runs, 29 RBIs and six stolen bases.

Ibañez is the 167th former RoughRiders player to make his major-league debut after playing in Frisco and the first in 2021.

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About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 15 seasons (2005-2019). 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 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 160 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including current Rangers players Jose Trevino, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Joey Gallo. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected]